RESOLUTION NO. RES-2023-056
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING THE COOPERATIVE FUNDING AGREEMENT NO. M70306-A1 WITH SONOMA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR MEASURE M FUNDS FOR THE OLD REDWOOD HIGHWAY/MENDOCINO AVENUE/SANTA ROSA AVENUE BIKE LANES WHEREAS, the 2004 Sonoma County Traffic Relief Act Expenditure included $500,000 in 2004 dollars to be used to create a safer north-south bike route through central Santa Rosa; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Rosa seeks funding from the Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA) to install bike lanes on Santa Rosa Avenue section between Sonoma Avenue and Maple Avenue; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Rosa previously utilized $157,000 of the Measure M funds for the Old Redwood Highway/Mendocino Avenue/Santa Rosa Avenue Bike Lanes; and WHEREAS, in 2020 the Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA) terminated the agreement with the City of Santa Rosa due to inactivity; and WHEREAS, the City will be constructing the Santa Rosa Avenue Corridor Plan project between Sonoma Avenue and Maple Avenue; and WHEREAS, Cooperative Funding Agreement No. M70306-A1 needs to be established to provide $343,000 of eligible Measure M funding to the Santa Rosa Avenue Corridor Plan project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa approves and authorizes the City Manager to negotiate and execute the Measure M Cooperative Funding Agreement No. M70306-A1 with Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA) providing $343,000 of Measure M funding to the City for Santa Rosa Avenue Corridor Plan bicycle and pedestrian improvements, in substantially the same form as Exhibit A to the resolution, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the $343,000 of Measure M funds be appropriated into Account JL17474 - Santa Rosa Avenue Corridor Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Transportation and Public Works is hereby authorized to submit to the SCTA, on behalf of the City, Request(s) for Appropriation of Funds on an as needed basis provided in the aggregate that the Request(s) for Appropriation of Funds do not exceed the funding set forth in the Cooperative Funding Agreement No. M70306‑A1.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Transportation and Public Works is authorized and directed to execute such other documents, as may be required by the SCTA, consistent with this resolution related to the Cooperative Funding Agreement No. M70306-A1 to secure the funding described in the Cooperative Funding Agreement for the Santa Rosa Avenue Corridor Plan.
Exhibit A – Cooperative Funding Agreement No. M70306-A1 Reso. No. RES-2023-056
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