RESOLUTION NO. 2024-05-XXXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND/OR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO RECEIVE AND EXPEND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM (ATP) CYCLE 6 AWARDED GRANT FUNDS FOR THE E. BURNETT STREET HISTORICAL DISTRICT PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, California Transportation Commission (CTC) has authorized an Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 6 Call for Projects, inviting local cities and agencies to submit applications for projects aimed at promoting active transportation such as biking and walking; and WHEREAS, the General Plan Circulation Element of City of Signal Hill supports enhancing bicycle and pedestrian circulation systems to encourage alternatives to automobile usage, identifying East Burnett Street walkway as a missing gap and future improvement; and WHEREAS, the City of Signal Hill’s Bike Master Plan identifies East Burnett Street Corridor as a Class 3 bikeway (signs only) with connections to other local and regional bikeways; and WHEREAS, the East Burnett Street Historical District Pedestrian and Bike Enhancement Project aims to eliminate the existing “gap” in walkways, providing connectivity to Walnut Avenue and Cherry Avenue, linking schools, transit stops and residential neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, the project includes new bike lanes to expand local bikeway facilities and improve connectivity to the planned Orange Avenue regional bikeway into Long Beach, as well as existing and future bikeways on Pacific Coast Highway; and WHEREAS, the City of Signal Hill submitted an application for Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 6 funding for the East Burnett Street Historical District Pedestrian and Bike Enhancement Project, requesting $2,894,000 in funds; and WHEREAS, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) adopted the 2023 an Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 6 Projects, authorized a total of $2,894,000 for the East Burnett Street Historical District Pedestrian and Bike Enhancement Project. The amount granted by the CTC is $2,785,000 with a requirement for City match fund of $109,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIGNAL HILL, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes and empowers the City Manager and/or the Director of Public Works to execute in the name of the City of Signal Hill all necessary documents, including but not limited to, agreements, budget and amendments to administer the E. Burnett Street Historical District Pedestrian and Bike Enhancement Project.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council this 14th day of May 2024. _____
LORI Y. WOODS
MAYOR
ATTEST:
DARITZA GONZALEZ
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )ss
CITY OF SIGNAL HILL )
I, DARITZA GONZALEZ, City Clerk of the City of Signal Hill, California, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2024-05-XXXX was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Signal Hill held on the 14th day of May 2024 by the following vote.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
DARITZA GONZALEZ
CITY CLERK
Resolution No. 2024-05-XXXX
May 14, 2024