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1999-17 RESOLUTION NO. 99-17 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING NOMINATION OF MICHIGAN STREET PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS FOR FUNDING AS A TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITY AND/OR A TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT ARTICLE 3 PROJECT, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN WHEREAS, the Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century (TEA 21) was enacted into laws as U.S.C. Title 23, Section 101, and WHEREAS, the TEA 21 legislation includes the provision of approximately $60 million to the State of California over a six-year period starting in 1997 for a Transportation Enhancement Activities (TEA) program, and - WHEREAS, TEA funds are available to local governments which provide a requisite local funding share for specific eligible activities as defined by the TEA 21 legislation, and WHEREAS, projects eligible for funding include transportation enhancement activities that have a direct relationship to the surface transportation system, and provide enhancements above and beyond what is normally required for the mitigation of transportation projects; projects must be of capital improvement nature; and, WHEREAS, the provision of facilities for pedestrians and bicyclists is an activity eligible for TEA funds as defined by the TEA 21 legislation, and State Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 funds, and WHEREAS, San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) has been authorized by State legislation to have discretion over the allocation of funds for the Federal TEA and State TDA Article 3 programs, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace possesses the legal authority to nominate a transportation enhancement activity and to finance, acquire, and construct projects that are eligible for Federal TEA and State TDA Article funding, _ WHEREAS, the project is consistent with the City's General Plan Circulation and Air Quality Elements in that it promotes alternative modes of transportation and helps to improve air quality; and WHEREAS, the project is consistent with the City Vision as adopted in September, 1997: "All who wish will be able to ride, walk or bicycle via green, blossoming and beautifully landscaped corridors to the town square in the center of town . . ." WHEREAS, the project is consistent with the City's General Plan Guiding Principles adopted in September, 1997: . . Know who the most important people in your life are. Give priority to families, children, seniors and their needs." The project provides a safe pedestrian/bikeway route to school and to the City commercial and entertainment areas; and WHEREAS, the project is shelf ready and can be built within one year of funding authorization; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: 1. City staff is authorized to nominate to SANBAG for funding under the Federal TEA and/or State TDA Article 3 programs construction of Michigan Street Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements between Barton Road and Main Street. 2. Patrizia Materassi, as the City of Grand Terrace Community and Economic Development Director, is authorized, as the official representative of the City of Grand Terrace to act in connection with the nomination and to provide such additional information as may be required. 3. The City Staff is authorized to request $515,200 of TEA and/or TDA Article 3 funds. 4. The City staff is authorized to propose a local match of$4,800 in AB 2766 subvention funds, and the balance of local match funds ($135,000) to be offered as the cost of right-of-way dedicated to the City of Grand Terrace. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED, this 14t'' day of October, 1999. ATTEST: City Clerk of the City of Brand Terrace Ma r of the City of Gr nd Terrace and of the City Council thereof. And of the City Council thereof. I, BRENDA STANFILL, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 14'h day of October, 1999, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Hilkey, Garcia, and Larkin; Mayor Pro Tem Buchanan; Mayor Matteson NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Brenda Stanfill = City Clerk =- _ APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney Michigan St.Project Pedestrian & Bike Way from Barton Rd. to Main St. To Loma Linda LEGEND /4k/ Segment/V Segment R ��,.. I Segment C • RTA_Route 25 IVes Streets Z ; BARTON', DE BEIMYJ. :.�--:v uRErr:�. x Co- : MAIN To Riverside 0 0.5 Miles 09/24/99