October 4, 2022
Public Works
DATE: October 4, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Yader Bermudez, Acting Public Works Director
Subject:
Accept and Appropriate Grant funds for the Pt. Molate
Bay Trail
FINANCIAL IMPACT: On August 30, 2022, the City applied for, and was awarded, San Francisco Bay Trail grant funds for the
Project. The $150,000 grant funds awarded to the
Project are included in the FY2022-2023 Capital
Improvements Project budget under the line item Point
Molate Bay Trail Project. The grant will be appropriated in fund 1074-Engineering Grant Fund.
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STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The City applied for and was awarded $150,000 in San
Francisco Bay Trail grant funds from the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) for the Point Molate Bay
Trail Project (Project). Public Works staff is
recommending that the City Council accept and
appropriate these additional grant funds to ensure
completion of the Project.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE
$150,000 in San Francisco Bay Trail funds, from the
Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), for
construction of the Point Molate Bay Trail Project –
Public Works Department (Yader Bermudez 774-6300).
AGENDA
REPORT
October 4, 2022
DISCUSSION:
This project involves construction of a 1.25-mile multi-use, ADA-compliant section of the San Francisco Bay Trail providing new public access along the Point Molate shoreline and connect the planned Bay Area Water Trail trailhead at Point Molate Beach Park with the Point Molate pier and Wineha ven Historic District.
In early 2022, City staff applied to ABAG for San Francisco Bay Trail construction grant funds to combine with other State funds for the Project. The City of Richmond was awarded a grant in the amount of $150,000 by ABAG for the Pro ject along with $2,000,000 from the State of California Proposition 68 grant funds to construct the Project. Design work will be completed by December 31, 2022, and construction to start in Spring 2023.
The City Council needs only to accept and appropriat e the ABAG grant funds to meet the grant requirements. The other State of California, Proposition 68 have already been accepted.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – Award Letter