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File ID: 2025-00965 5/20/2025 Item 9.
State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Funding: Approve Memorandum of Understanding and Applications for STIP Funding
File ID: 2025-00965
Location: Citywide; Marysville Boulevard, District 2; and North of I Street at Sacramento River, District 4
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution: 1) authorizing the Interim City Manager or designee to execute a Memorandum of Understanding for countywide STIP funding; 2) authorizing the Interim City Manager or designee to execute all documents necessary to accept or exchange sub-allocations for STIP funding; and 3) directing staff to submit applications for STIP funding for the Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero Safety Project and the I Street Bridge Replacement Project.
Contact: William Shunk, Senior Engineer, (916) 808-2986, [email protected]; Jesse Gothan, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-6897, [email protected]; Ofelia Avalos, Engineering Manager, (916) 808-5054, [email protected]; Lucinda Willcox, Assistant Director, (916) 808-5052, [email protected]; Public Works Department Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Memorandum of Understanding
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On March 17, 2025, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) issued a call for projects for two years of state and federal grant funding estimated for Sacramento County transportation projects in the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). SACOG will program $28.4 million in estimated STIP funding for projects in Sacramento County over two years (FY2027/28 and FY2028/29). In addition, SACOG reserved 10% of funding from the total Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba County STIP allocations (a total set-aside of $4.25 million) to be pooled to use for regional priority projects as approved by the SACOG Board.
On April 10, 2025, the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) approved a Memorandum of
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Understanding (MOU) to be agreed to by all agencies in Sacramento County that would provide a sub-allocation of the total countywide STIP funding to each city and the unincorporated county based on a formula using population (75%) and lane-miles (25%). In addition, 22.5% of the countywide allocation would be reserved for transit and rail projects. This approach provides agencies with certainty related to the amount of funding they can expect, reducing potential project delays. The agency also does not have to invest in preparing numerous grant applications without knowing if and when any will be funded. All projects submitted under the terms of this MOU must meet SACOG and STIP Guidelines. Based on this sub-allocation formula, the City’s share is about $6.9 million.
Based on consistency with the SACOG and STIP Guidelines, the City’s Transportation Priorities Plan, consultation with SACOG staff, and project readiness, City staff recommends submitting the Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero Project to the Sacramento County STIP program. This project was identified to address one of the Top 5 highest injury corridors in the Vision Zero Action Plan. The City has previously submitted grant applications for this project to the federal Safe Streets for All program.
The project was highly recommended by the grant reviewers but not funded as the program has a per-state funding cap. The revised Safe Streets for All program released this year does not support safety projects that reduce vehicle capacity, which is a key element of the Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero Safety project, so the Safe Streets for All program does appear to be a viable grant strategy for this project. The City has continued to work on environmental clearance and design so the project can be ready for construction once funding is obtained.
The City of Citrus Heights and City of Rancho Cordova do not plan to submit for STIP funding in this round, and other Sacramento County agencies may also not be ready to apply for STIP funding in this round. In order to maximize ability to deliver the Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero Safety project and take advantage of available funding, staff of the cities propose to exchange the City of Citrus Heights and City of Rancho Cordova’s STIP funding suballocations (about $1.1 million each) by providing this amount to the City of Sacramento in this STIP funding round, and in return, the City of Sacramento will provide an equivalent amount of the City of Sacramento’s allocation to each city in the next STIP funding round. Additional exchanges with other local agencies may also be implemented as they work through the SACOG review process.
For the regional set-aside, City staff propose to submit the I Street Bridge Replacement project in partnership with the City of West Sacramento for this funding, as it best meets the regional and STIP project criteria.
Policy Considerations: The submission of the projects is consistent with the City General Plan goals of promoting safety and enhancing livability, sustainability, and economic vitality. The recommendations in this report are in accordance with the following specific policies from the Sacramento 2040 General Plan:
M-1: Application of Safety. An equitable, sustainable multimodal system that provides a range of
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viable and healthy travel choices for users of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.
M-4.3 Vision Zero. The City shall utilize a data driven, “vision zero” approach to eliminate all traffic fatalities and severe injuries by 2027, while increasing safety, health, and equitable mobility for all.
M-5.3 Bridges. The City shall maintain existing bridges and plan and seek funding for new bridges, when appropriate, to improve multimodal connectivity and provide emergency evacuation routes.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations: The pursuit of grant funds is not subject to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Under Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Applying for funding is an administrative action which will have no effect on the environment and is therefore not subject to CEQA review. Both projects proposed for funding are either completing environmental review or have approved environmental documents.
Sustainability: The projects are consistent with sustainability goals of promoting all modes of transportation by developing a universally accessible, safe, convenient, integrated, and well- connected transportation system. Transportation is also responsible for 57% of Sacramento’s local greenhouse gas emissions, the single largest sector. Providing safe, walkable and bikeable transportation alternatives helps to reduce single-occupant vehicle use and contribute towards Sacramento’s climate goals.
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
Rationale for Recommendation: Competitive federal and state grants are the primary sources of funding for transportation projects in the city. With limited available sources of local funding to meet the City’s goals to advance transportation safety and mobility options, grant funding is essential to deliver projects. Reliance on future grants means that it is difficult to determine if and when projects may be funded. In addition, preparation of grant applications is costly and uses resources that could be applied directly to delivering transportation projects. The SACOG Board and agency staff worked for more than a year to identify improvements to SACOG’s competitive funding processes. A key change is a new process that retains the majority of STIP funding for projects in the county in which the funding share is determined by the State.
Staff in agencies in Sacramento County and the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) also worked to further increase certainty by developing a methodology and MOU which sub-allocates a fair share of total countywide funding among the cities and unincorporated county, with a reservation for transit and rail projects. Under the terms of this MOU, each agency will submit applications for its
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assigned sub-allocation after coordination with SACOG staff to ensure consistency with SACOG and STIP guidelines. Approval of this MOU will provide the City with certainty in future funding and support inter-agency coordination rather than competition.
The Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero Safety project is a top priority in the Transportation Priorities Plan. It is one of the highest injury corridors in the City and is well into project development. The I Street Bridge Replacement project is a top regional and City priority and receiving this funding will reduce the amount of local funding the two cities will have to dedicate to this project.
For the STIP Program, SACOG requires that the City Council approve a resolution to show commitment to the submitted projects.
Financial Considerations: This request would seek an estimated $9,166,000 or more in funding for construction of the Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero project. Construction costs for the project are estimated at $16.4 million. The balance of funding would be sought through a competitive SB1 Local Partnership Program grant and/or the SACOG federal funding round next year. Having secured STIP funding will make the project more competitive in these programs.
The request would seek $4.25 million in funding for the I Street Bridge Replacement Project. The complete financial plan for this project will be brought forward to the City Council for action in late Summer/Fall of this year.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
Background: As the Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA) for four of the counties in the region, including Sacramento County, SACOG is responsible for programming countywide shares of funding from the STIP. The STIP includes federal and state transportation funding.
Previously, every two to three years, SACOG would manage a competitive grant program for all agencies in the four counties that combined all four counties’ share of STIP funding with regional federal funds allocated to SACOG to administer as the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).
This process meant that there was no certainty about which projects might be funded in any given funding round, and SACOG determined the timing and priority for project funding throughout the four counties. SACOG allocated federal funding shares to Placer and El Dorado Counties based on population to be identified by each county’s RTPA.
In order to comply with an audit finding about how funding was allocated to Placer and El Dorado Counties and address agencywide concerns about the funding processes, SACOG established a working group with agency staff and a Committee of the SACOG Board to recommend new funding processes. The recommendations from this effort created a separate STIP funding program, where the majority of STIP funding will be allocated to projects based on each county’s share rather than
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pooled in a four-county competitive process. SACOG also decided to separate the STIP funding program from the larger six-county federal funding round.
The STIP funding applications will occur in 2025 and the federal funding program in 2026.
In February 2025, SACOG approved a funding estimate for the 2025 Four-County STIP Program, with 90% of each county's share allocated to individual county competitive funding programs and ten percent reserved for regional priority projects as adopted by the SACOG Board on February 20, 2025. SACOG released a Call for Projects on March 17, 2025. Draft applications are due May 2, 2025, and final applications on June 6, 2025.
More information on the funding guidelines, eligibility, and process are available on SACOG’s website at the following link:
https://www.sacog.org/funding/regional-funding-programs/stip-call-for-projects-301 Under the schedule, the SACOG Board will act on funding recommendations in August of this year, with programming actions to be initiated in March 2026. The STIP funding will be programmed for fiscal years 2027/28 and 2028/29.
While the new STIP approach did provide a level of certainty of STIP funding at the county level, it did not provide the same level of certainty at the individual agency level. With the competitive nature of the funding programs, there is uncertainty about when and if projects may be awarded funding, which makes it challenging for agencies to plan for projects or provide any expectation to the community on when they may be constructed.
To further improve funding certainty within agencies in the county, the STA adopted a Memorandum of Understanding to be executed by all agencies potentially seeking STIP funding within Sacramento County that sub-allocates countywide funding to agencies based on population and lane-miles, with a
22.5% set aside for rail and transit projects. The sub-allocations are shown in the following table.
Sacramento County STIP Allocation*
Agency/Area Suballocation
Citrus Heights $1,109,000
Elk Grove $2,400,000
Folsom $1,274,000
Galt $363,000
Isleton $100,000
Rancho Cordova $1,168,000
Sacramento $6,889,000
Unincorporated County $8,712,000
Transit and Rail $6,391,000
Total $28,406,000
*Less 10% Regional Set-aside
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Sacramento County STIP Allocation*
Agency/Area Suballocation
Citrus Heights $1,109,000
Elk Grove $2,400,000
Folsom $1,274,000
Galt $363,000
Isleton $100,000
Rancho Cordova $1,168,000
Sacramento $6,889,000
Unincorporated County $8,712,000
Transit and Rail $6,391,000
Total $28,406,000
*Less 10% Regional Set-aside
The approach defined by this MOU maintains SACOG’s competitive process but adds predictability at the agency level by allowing jurisdictions to collectively structure their funding priorities within their respective sub-allocation. Applicants coordinate with SACOG staff through a pre-application and draft application process to ensure that proposed projects meet STIP and SACOG Guidelines.
City staff analyzed potential projects for this program and recommend applying for the Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero Project located between Arcade Boulevard and North Avenue. This section of Marysville Boulevard was identified in the Vision Zero Top 5 Corridors Plan which prioritizes safety improvements on the corridor. Improvements identified in the corridor include a road diet (reduction of a travel lane), bicycle lane gap closure, upgrading existing bike lanes to protected bike lanes, sidewalk improvements, pavement repairs, upgrading existing unsignalized intersections to controlled crossings, modifying existing traffic signals, a new pedestrian signal, and improved signing and striping. The project is funded through the design phase. The construction phase is currently unfunded and estimated to be approximately $16.4 million.
For various reasons, not all local agencies in Sacramento County plan to submit for STIP funding in this round. In particular, the Cities of Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova do not plan to submit for STIP funding, so staff of the cities propose allowing the City of Sacramento to use the cities’ sub- allocations in this round to allow the City to submit a larger funding request. The City of Sacramento would then provide an equivalent amount of STIP funding back to those cities in a future STIP funding round. City staff has also had discussions with other local agencies that may also not be able to submit to use the STIP allocations in this round, so if it appears beneficial, the City may also include additional exchanges. This allows the City of Sacramento to benefit by delivering projects sooner, and allows the other agencies to retain future spending authority.
The remaining balance of construction costs for the Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero project would be sought through a competitive SB1 Local Partnership Program grant and/or the SACOG federal funding round next year. Secured funding will make this project more competitive for funding through these programs.
In addition, SACOG reserved 10% of the STIP funding shares from all four counties to support regional priorities, as adopted by the SACOG Board on February 20, 2025. This amount is $4.25 million. While the City had several projects identified as regional priorities, the I Street Bridge Replacement meets the guidelines of the program in terms of readiness, project benefits, service to multiple counties, and consistency with the current federal programming.
The City of Sacramento, in partnership with the City of West Sacramento, plans to construct a new
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bridge over the Sacramento River connecting Railyards Boulevard in Sacramento to C Street in West Sacramento. The new bridge will be upstream from the existing I Street Bridge, which will remain.
Travel lanes on the existing I Street bridge will be converted for bicycle and pedestrian access only.
This project is currently funded primarily through the federal Highway Bridge Program (HBP); however, given the required total funding needs for the project, the cities of Sacramento and West Sacramento are jointly requesting additional funding from SACOG to support those components that will not be paid for with federal HBP funds. Since the STIP funding will not be available until 2027 or 2028, the cities will need to advance local funding to cover this need until the funding becomes available. The complete funding and financing strategy for the I Street Bridge Replacement project will be brought forward to the City Council later this year.
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RESOLUTION 2025-00965
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
May 20, 2025
STATE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (STIP) FUNDING: APPROVE
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND APPLICATIONS FOR STIP FUNDING
BACKGROUND
A. On March 17, 2025, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) issued a call for projects for funding through the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). It established an amount available for projects in Sacramento County, with 10% of funding set-aside for regional priority projects.
B. On April 10, 2025, the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to be approved by all agencies in Sacramento County, that would provide a sub-allocation of the total countywide STIP funding to each city and the unincorporated county based on a formula using population (75%) and lane- miles (25%). In addition, 22.5% would be reserved for transit and rail projects.
C. Based on the Transportation Priorities Plan, consultation with SACOG, and project readiness, City staff proposes to submit the Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero Project to the countywide STIP program.
D. The City of Citrus Heights and City of Rancho Cordova do not plan to submit for STIP funding in this round. To maximize ability to deliver the Marysville Boulevard project, staff of the cities propose to allow the City of Sacramento to use Citrus Heights ’ and Rancho Cordova’s STIP funding suballocation s in this funding round, and in turn the City of Sacramento will provide an equivalent amount of the City of Sacramento’s suballocation in the next STIP funding round. Additional agencies within the County may also request such exchanges depending on their progress with their STIP allocations.
E. SACOG reserved 10% of the funding from Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba County shares for regional priorities, as adopted by the SACOG Board on February 20, 2025.
City staff propose to submit the I Street Bridge Replacement project in partnership with the City of West Sacramento for this funding, as it best meets the project criteria.
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BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
The City Manager or designee is authorized to execute a Memorandum of Understanding for countywide STIP funding.
SECTION 2.
The City Manager or designee is authorized to execute all documents necessary to accept or exchange STIP funding allocations.
SECTION 3.
The City Manager or designee is directed to submit applications for STIP funding for the Marysville Boulevard Vision Zero Safety Project and the I Street Bridge Replacement Project and commits to meeting the schedules included in the STIP funding applications.
Final 4/3/2025
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING COORDINATION OF STIP FUNDING
APPLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATION ON THE FEDERAL FUNDING PROGRAM (SACRAMENTO COUNTY)
STA-25-005-STIP
This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is made as of June 1, 2025 by and between the Sacramento Transportation Authority, a local transportation authority formed pursuant to the provisions of Public Utilities Code 180000 et seq., hereinafter called “Authority”, and the Member Agencies specifically identified in Section 3(g) below.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, every two years the California Transportation Commission (CTC) goes through a process of updating its five-year State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for future allocations of Federal and State transportation funds adding two new years to prior programming commitments; and
WHEREAS, STIP funds are calculated by the CTC for each county, based on a statutorily defined combination of population (75 percent) and highway lane miles (25 percent) which make up “county shares” that are available for each county; and WHEREAS, the Sacramento Area Council Of Governments (SACOG), as the Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA) for the Counties of Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba, must adopt and submit its Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP), which sets out each county’s share of STIP funds to the CTC; and WHEREAS, in January 2008, the SACOG Board approved pooling all four counties’ shares of STIP funding for the 2008 STIP cycle and future cycles using a pooled competitive approach to select and award project funding through a combined Four-County federal and state funding approach called the Regional Funding Round; and WHEREAS, in February 2023, the SACOG Board approved a response to a corrective action issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) modifying the way projects are selected for federal funding by creating a Six-County Federal Funding Program with individual county funding targets and countywide priorities; and
WHEREAS, in February 2024, the SACOG Board approved a new funding framework for the Six-County Federal Funding Program to align with the corrective actions issued by FHWA as well as a new approach to pooling STIP funding where county shares of STIP dollars would be split between a regional pool program and separate intra-county competitive funding program with the majority of the county shares allocated through the separate intra-county competitive funding program; and
WHEREAS, in October 2024, the SACOG Board approved the new funding guidelines building on the new funding framework approved in February 2024 for a Six-County Federal Funding Program and Four-County STIP Funding Program which emphasized interagency consultation with the Authority; and
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WHEREAS, in February 2025, the SACOG Board approved a call for projects and STIP funding estimate for each county, and determined that ninety percent (90%) of each county share would be decided through an intra-county competitive funding program at approximately $28.4 million for the 2025 Four-County STIP Funding Program; and WHEREAS, there is a desire among local transportation agencies within Sacramento County to strategically coordinate a collectively beneficial approach to the 2025 SACOG Four- County STIP Funding Program to reduce the number of applications submitted, improve coordination, and increase funding predictability for priority projects and local needs by allowing jurisdictions to collectively structure their funding priorities within their respective 90% county share allocation.
NOW, THEREFORE THE AUTHORITY AND MEMBER AGENCIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1. Recitals. The above Recitals are incorporated herein as through set forth as part of this MOU.
2. Purpose. The purpose of this MOU is to strategically coordinate a collectively beneficial partnership approach to the 2025 SACOG Four-County STIP Funding Program. Through the partnership, Member Agencies increase predictability in how much funding will be available each funding cycle which will improve capital projects funding.
3. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this MOU, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
a. “Authorized Representative(s)” means the position/individual delegated authority by each Member Agency and the Authority to sign and implement this MOU. b. “Carryover” means any unprogrammed category allocation or Geographic Suballocation. c. “CMAQ” means the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality, a federal funding source for SACOG’s Six-County Federal Funding Program.
d. “Four-County STIP Funding Program” means the four county intra-county competitive funding program administered by SACOG with STIP funding for Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties to fund STIP eligible capital projects or transportation demand management projects where SACOG finds the project to be a cost-effective substitute for a capital project.
e. “Four-County STIP Regional Set-Aside Funding Program” means the four county funding program administered by SACOG with STIP funding pooled for regional projects in Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
f. “Geographic Suballocation” means the theoretical fair share amount of formula STIP funding for projects within the cities or the unincorporated county limits based 75% on relative population and 25% on total lane mileage and a minimum amount of $100,000.
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g. “Member Agencies” means the Parties to this MOU, other than the Authority, including the County of Sacramento, Cities of Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Rancho Cordova, Isleton, and Sacramento, the Capital SouthEast Connector JPA, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Paratransit Inc., Sacramento Regional Transit District, and San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission. Member Agencies must have a Federal and/or State Master Agreement in place. An individual member agency may be referred to herein as a “Member Agency.”
h. “Non Member Agencies” means agencies that were eligible for the Four-County STIP Funding Program in 2025 but have expressed an interest in only applying for the Four- County STIP Regional Set-Aside Funding Program, including the California Department of Transportation and Capital Corridor Joint Powers Authority. i. “SACOG” means the Sacramento Area Council Of Governments. j. “Six-County Federal Funding Program” means the six-county funding program administered by SACOG with CMAQ and STBG Federal funding for El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties.
k. “STBG” means the Surface Transportation Block Grant, a federal funding source for SACOG’s Six-County Federal Funding Program.
l. “STIP” means the State Transportation Improvement Program, the funding source for the Four-County STIP Funding Program and Four-County STIP Regional Set-Aside Funding Program.
m. “TDM” means Transportation Demand Management.
n. As used in this MOU, “Sacramento County” refers to the geographic area only, whereas, “the County of Sacramento” refers to the governmental entity that is a subdivision of the State of California.
4. General Provisions.
It is agreed among the Authority and Member Agencies that:
a. Member Agencies’ execution of this MOU is voluntary. The term of this MOU shall be nine (9) years unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 16 below. b. A mandatory review of this MOU by the Authority and Member Agencies is required after two cycles of awards from the Four-County STIP Funding Program. c. This MOU may only be amended by a two-thirds (2/3) affirmative vote of the Authorized Representatives and reflected in a signed written amendment.
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5. Four-County STIP Funding Program Partnership.
a. Member Agencies agree the allocation from Sacramento County’s share of the Four- County STIP Funding Program for the rail and transit category shall be 22.5% and each Member Agency’s application, should they choose to submit, shall be at least $100,000. b. For the rail, transit, and TDM category allocation, the Authority and Member Agencies with rail and transit projects will form a rail and transit working group. The working group will meet and confer regarding how to use the category allocation for rail and transit projects while considering geographic balance, project competitiveness, and the ability to meet SACOG and State guidelines for funding eligibility.
c. Member Agencies agree the allocation from Sacramento County’s share of the Four- County STIP Funding Program for the roads and active transportation category shall be
77.5% and each Member Agency’s application, should they choose to submit, shall be at least $100,000.
d. For the roads and active transportation category allocation, the Authority and Member Agencies with roads and active transportation projects will form a road and active transportation working group. The working group shall utilize the Geographic Suballocations to maintain geographic balance. Geographic Suballocations shall be spent within or for the benefit of the suballocation. The working group will meet and confer regarding how to use the Geographic Suballocations for road and active transportation projects while considering Member Agencies’ needs and priorities, project competitiveness, and the ability to meet SACOG and State guidelines for funding eligibility. e. The Authority, Member Agencies, Working Groups and Authorized Representatives shall employ their best efforts to engage and consult in good faith in an effort to reach a consensus proposal for funding. Each Authorized Representative of a Member Agency shall have one vote. In the event that the Member Agencies, Working Groups, or Authorized Representatives are unable to reach agreement, the Member Agencies may make their own independent funding proposals for their own projects to SACOG. f. Member Agencies acknowledge that Non Member Agencies may apply for future cycles of the Four-County STIP Funding Program.
g. Member Agencies acknowledge that SACOG updates funding estimates and program guidelines each cycle and may make changes over time such as changing the regional set-aside, changing scoring criteria or adding minimum scoring thresholds. h. Unprogrammed allocations for each category and Geographic Suballocations shall carryover to subsequent cycles and shall be considered as a Carryover. Unprogrammed allocations may occur for many reasons including but not limited to banking multiple cycles of Geographic Suballocations or a project not meeting the minimum scoring threshold. i. No guarantees are assumed regarding future State actions of unprogrammed funds.
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6. Authority Obligations for the Four-County STIP Funding Program. a. The Authority shall assign staff to coordinate communication, provide organizational structure, and moderate decision making on a collective approach for the Four-County STIP Funding Program among Member Agencies, working groups, and SACOG staff. b. Immediately following the SACOG Board’s approval of the amount for each county in the Four-County STIP Funding Program, the Authority shall notify the Member Agencies of the total amount available for each allocation category and Geographical Suballocation after considering Carryover.
c. The Authority shall be responsible for coordinating with Non Member Agencies, informing the Working Groups on their potential applications, and providing options to ensure a collectively beneficial approach.
d. The Authority shall track the following for each intra-county competitive funding program:
i. Amount available for each allocation category
ii. Amount available for each Geographic Suballocation
iii. Grant applications submitted
iv. Funding Awards
v. Carryovers
vi. Funding consolidations
vii. Other administrative tasks as needed.
e. The Authority staff shall be responsible for keeping its Governing Board informed.
7. Member Agencies’ Obligations for the Four-County STIP Funding Program. a. Each Member Agency acknowledges that allocations for each category and Geographic Suballocation as determined in Section 5 and 6 are not automatically programmed by SACOG.
b. Each Member Agency acknowledges allocations for each category and Geographic Suballocation will vary from one cycle to another, and this MOU makes no guarantees regarding future funding availability.
c. Each Member Agency retains discretion to determine which projects to propose to the working groups within the amount available for each allocation and Geographic Suballocation consistent with the guidelines set forth in Section 5 and 6. d. Each Member Agency commits to conducting pre-application consultations with SACOG staff to determine if proposed projects would achieve the minimum scoring threshold to be competitive and meet SACOG and State Guidelines for funding eligibility. e. Each Member Agency commits to submitting applications to SACOG consistent with the partnership and obligations set forth in Section 5, 6, & 7
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f. Each Member Agency shall notify the Authority of the following in a reasonably timely manner:
i. Grant applications submitted
ii. Funding Awards
iii. Funding consolidations
g. Each Member Agency shall be responsible for keeping its respective governing body informed.
8. Four-County STIP Regional Set-Aside Funding Program. a. The Authority and Member Agencies acknowledge that the SACOG Board will identify the total funding amount available for regional projects within Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba counties for each cycle of the Four-County STIP Regional Set-Aside Funding Program.
b. The Authority shall assign staff to coordinate communication, provide organizational structure, and moderate discussions on regional projects among Member Agencies, SACOG, and other eligible agencies wanting to partner.
9. Six-County Federal Funding Program Coordination.
a. The Authority and Member Agencies acknowledge that SACOG will identify individual county funding targets for the Six-County Federal Funding Program funded by CMAQ and STBG.
b. The Authority shall assign staff to coordinate communication on countywide topics for the Six-County Federal Funding Program among Member Agencies and SACOG staff.
10. Reserved.
11. Reserved.
12. Integration and Modification. This MOU sets forth the parties’ entire understanding regarding the matters set forth above and is intended to be their final, complete, and exclusive expression of those matters. It supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, and negotiations—written, oral, express, or implied—and may only be modified per section 4.c. of this MOU.
13. Indemnity and Hold Harmless. Each Member Agency shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Authority, its Governing Board of Directors, officers, agents, employees and volunteers from and against all demands, claims, actions, liabilities, losses, damages, and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or resulting from the performance of the MOU, caused in whole or in part by the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of the
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Member Agency’s officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors, subcontractors or volunteers.
Authority shall defend, indemnify, and hold harmless each Member Agency , its governing board, officers, directors, agents, employees, subcontractors and volunteers from and against all demands, claims, actions, liabilities, losses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of or resulting from the performance of the MOU, caused in whole or in part by the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of Authority’s Governing Board of Directors, officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors, subcontractors, or volunteers.
It is the intention of Authority and each Member Agency that the provisions of this paragraph be interpreted to impose on each party responsibility to the other for the acts and omissions of their respective Governing Board, officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors, subcontractors, and volunteers. It is also the intention of Authority and each Member Agency that, where comparative fault is determined to have been contributory, principles of comparative fault will be followed and each party shall bear the proportionate cost of any damage attributable to the fault of that party, its Governing Board, officers, directors, agents, employees, contractors, subcontractors, and volunteers, according to law.
Notwithstanding anything in the MOU to the contrary, the obligations of this paragraph will survive the termination of this MOU.
14. Counterparts To MOU. This MOU may be executed simultaneously or in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, equally admissible in evidence, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same MOU, notwithstanding that the signatures of each party or their respective representatives do not appear on the same page of this agreement. Facsimiles, pdfs, and photocopies of signature pages of the MOU have the same binding effect as originals.
15. Severability. If any provision or any part of any provision of this MOU is, for any reason, held to be invalid, unenforceable, or contrary to any public policy, law, statute, regulation or ordinance, the remainder of this MOU shall not be affected thereby and shall remain valid and fully enforceable.
16. Termination.
a. Notwithstanding section 4.c. of this MOU (requiring a minimum 2/3 affirmative vote to amend this MOU), this MOU may be terminated upon the affirmative vote of a majority of all the Authorized Representatives. A termination vote may be initiated by any Authorized Representative through a written request to all other Authorized Representatives, specifying the reason for termination. Upon receipt of such a request, the Authority shall convene a meeting with all Authorized Representatives within 60 days of the written request to terminate to conduct a formal vote. Each Authorized Representative shall have one vote, and the MOU shall be deemed terminated if the required threshold is met.
REGIONAL FUNDING PROGRAM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR
SACRAMENTO COUNTY
Termination shall take effect 30 days after the vote, unless otherwise agreed by the Authorized Representatives.
b. Upon termination, the Parties shall cooperate in good faith to wind down any ongoing activities and fulfill Carryover obligations agreed upon in prior funding cycles. The rights and obligations of any Party accrued prior to termination shall survive as necessary to ensure proper closure of joint commitments.
REGIONAL FUNDING PROGRAM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR SACRAMENTO COUNTY
The Authority and Member Agencies promise and agree to abide by the terms of this MOU as set forth above. SACRAMENTO TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY By: ____________________________________ Date: ____________________________ Kevin M. Bewsey, Executive Director Reviewed and Approved as to Form By: ____________________________________ Date: ____________________________ William Burke, Legal Counsel
REGIONAL FUNDING PROGRAM MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR
SACRAMENTO COUNTY
CITY OF SACRAMENTO
By: ____________________________________ Date: ____________________________ Ryan Moore, Assistant City Manager
Approved as to Form
By: ____________________________________ Date: ____________________________ Senior Deputy City Attorney
Attest:
By: ____________________________________
Assistant City Clerk