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File ID: 2023-00516 5/30/2023 Consent Item 5.
21st Avenue Beautification Project (T15235300): Approval of Concept Plans and Budgetary Adjustments
File ID: 2023-0516
Location: District 5, Represented by Councilmember Maple Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution 1) approving the California Environmental Quality Act Categorical Exemption 2) accepting the Concept Plans for the 21st Avenue Beautification Project (T15235300); and 3) authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to increase the expenditure budget for 21st Avenue Beautification Project (T15235300) by transferring $229,176 (Major Street Construction, Fund 2007) from the State and Federal Grant Match Project (T15007200).
Contact: Stephanie Saiz, Assistant Civil Engineer (916) 808-6808, [email protected]; Department of Public Works; Megan Johnson, Senior Engineer (916) 808-1967, [email protected]; Department of Public Works; Ofelia Avalos, Engineering Services Manager (916) 808-5054, [email protected], Department of Public Works Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Exhibit A - 21
st Avenue Beautification Project Concept Plans
Additional Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: 21st Avenue's current conditions between Ethel Phillips Elementary School and the SR-99 overpass discourage walking and transit use due to ongoing garbage accumulation, dumping, graffiti, insufficient lighting, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) non-compliant sidewalks, and barren bus stops.
In April 2022, the City, in partnership with the Franklin Neighborhood Development Corporation st
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(FDNC), received a grant for the 21st Avenue Beautification Project through the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) Clean California Local Grant Program.
The 21st Avenue Beautification Project will beautify and improve the public environment. Replacing the ditches at 32nd Street with curbs, bioswales, and greenery will deter future trash and dumping and allow for more efficient street sweeping. Adding curb ramps at 32nd Street and widening the sidewalk at Ethel Phillips Elementary School will improve walkability and access. Artistic bus shelters, cultural murals, and enhanced lighting will create a more active art-filled street that encourages walking, transit use, and visitors to the area. The Public Works Department will lead the infrastructure elements of the grant, and the FDNC will lead the non-infrastructure elements.
In ongoing grant implementation, concept plans for the 21st Avenue Beautification Project were developed. The budgetary adjustments are necessary to cover activities that aren’t eligible activities to be funded by the grant for the design and construction of the project.
Policy Considerations: The actions requested herein are consistent with the City policies to support public spaces, litter abatement, and improvements to public facilities, including the following policies listed below:
M 1.3.4 - Barrier Removal for Accessibility: The City shall remove barriers, where feasible, to allow people of all abilities to move freely and efficiently throughout the city.
PHS 5.1.9 - Healthy Communities: The City shall encourage the planning of new communities and revitalization of existing urban areas to achieve improvements in overall public health by encouraging a healthier living environment that includes walkable neighborhoods, access to recreation and open space, healthy foods, medical services, and public transit.
Creative Edge Cultural Plan 5.1: The City of Sacramento’s Creative Edge cultural plan calls for celebrating and infusing all Sacramento neighborhoods and districts with arts and culture. It calls for supporting and expanding neighborhood-based programming and creative placemaking through community- and artist-initiated projects as well as artist-designed neighborhood markers.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): The action involves funding mechanisms for the 21st Avenue Beautification Project. The City of Sacramento Environmental Planning Services Division has reviewed the proposed 21st Avenue Beautification Project and determined that it is exempt from the provisions of CEQA under the Categorical Exemptions set forth in CEQA Guidelines sections 15301, 15303 and 15304. The project consists of the
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operation, repair, or minor alteration of public streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle lanes, and similar facilities involving no expansion of use. The project also involves the construction or installation of new small equipment and the minor public or private alterations in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or agricultural purposes.
Sustainability: The recommended action supports reduction of waste and debris in public spaces and support actions to promote greening and mitigate the urban heat island effect. The project will help advance climate resiliency and support safe and active transportation.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: Approval of the Concept Plans and budgetary adjustments are necessary for continued project implementation.
Financial Considerations: The estimated cost to complete design, construction activities, and construction management for the 21st Avenue Beautification Project (T15235300) is approximately $2 million. With the approval of the transfer of $229,176 (Major Street Construction, Fund 2007) from the State and Federal Grant Match Project (T15007200), there will be sufficient funding to deliver the project.
There is sufficient funding within the State and Federal Grant Match Project (T15007200) to support the transfer to the 21st Avenue Beautification Project (T15235300) in the amount of $229,176 (Major Street Construction, Fund 2007).
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
RESOLUTION NO.
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
Approval of Concept Plans and Budgetary Adjustments
for the 21st Avenue Beautification Project (T15235300)
BACKGROUND
A. The 21st Avenue Beautification Project (T15235300) will address the segment of Sacramento's 21st Avenue from the underpass at SR-99 across Franklin Boulevard to Ethel Phillips Elementary School. The project will create a widened Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant sidewalk for students walking to and from the school. On 32nd Street at 21st Avenue by the underpass, the project will replace dirt ditches that accumulate garbage with curb, gutter, bioswales, and vegetation. To beautify the route between the neighborhoods, the project will add artistic bus shelters, waste containers, lighting, and cultural murals by local artists on buildings along 21st Avenue and hold community events that help educate the public on littering and proper waste disposal.
B. Budgetary adjustments are necessary to cover the non-participating costs of the design and construction for the 21st Ave Beautification Project (T15235300).
C. On May 30, 2023, the City Council conducted a public meeting, for which notice was given pursuant Sacramento City Code , and received and considered evidence concerning the 21st Avenue Beautification Project (T15235300).
BASED ON THE FAC TS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Based on the determination and recommendation of the City’s Environmental Planning Services Manager and the oral and documentary evidence received on the Project, the City Council finds that the Project is exempt from review under Class 1, Section Number 15301, Existing Facilities, Class 3, Section Number 15303, New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures and Class 4, Section Number 15304, Minor Alterations to Land of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines as follows:
The project consists of the operation, repair, or minor alteration of public streets, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle lanes, and similar facilities involving no 2 expansion of use [15301(c)]. The project also consists of the construction, location, installation of new small equipment (15303) and the minor public or private alterations (15304) in the condition of land, water, and/or vegetation which do not involve removal of healthy, mature, scenic trees except for forestry or agricultural purposes.
Section 2. The concept plans are approved for the 21st Avenue Beautification Project (T15235300).
Section 3. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee is authorized to increase the expenditure budget for 21st Avenue Beautification Project (T15235300) by transferring $229,176 (Major Street Construction, Fund 2007) from the State and Federal Grant Match Project (T15007200).
Table of Contents
Exhibit A – 21st Avenue Beautification Project: Concept Plans (T15235300) 21st AVENUE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTIMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR
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