FROM:
Engineering
SUBJECT:
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Accept an Active Transportation Program (ATP) Grant for the Date Elementary School Street Improvements Project and Adopt a Resolution for a Master Agreement with Caltrans for Reimbursement of State Funded Projects
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
1. Approve and authorize the City Manager to accept the Active Transportation Program (ATP) Grant in the amount of $1,808,000.00 for the Date Elementary School Street Improvements Project and authorize staff to request reimbursements to grant requirements.
2. Authorize staff to increase revenues up to $1,808,000.00 and appropriate budget up to $1,808,000.00 in Grant Fund 301 according to the grant allocation schedule.
3. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all utility agreements, utility easements, and subsequent agreements on behalf of the City of Fontana for the Date Elementary School Street Improvements Project.
4. Adopt Resolution No. 2022-031 authorizing the City Manager to execute the Master Agreement No. 08-5307S21 with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
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COUNCIL GOALS:
• To invest in the city's infrastructure (streets, sewers, parks, etc.) by maintaining and improving the city's existing infrastructure.
• To invest in the city's infrastructure (streets, sewers, parks, etc.) by providing for the development of new infrastructure.
• To invest in the city's infrastructure (streets, sewers, parks, etc.) by focusing on relief of traffic congestion.
DISCUSSION:
In September 2020, staff applied for a 2020 Active Transportation Program (ATP) Grant to fund the design and construction of a street improvements project around Date Elementary that would construct missing sidewalks, ADA compliant curb ramps, high visibility crosswalks and Class II bike lanes. The project limits are along Fontana Avenue between Athol Street and Merrill/Oleander Avenues within the vicinity of Date Elementary School.
In July 2021, the City of Fontana was awarded the amount of $1,808,000.00 for the Project. Staff requests that the City Council accept the Grant and authorize staff to appropriate Grant funds as required and request Grant reimbursements as the project progresses.
Before Grant funds can be made available for City Projects, the City of Fontana and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) are required to enter into a Master Agreement for the administration of Grant funded projects. As the Date Elementary School Street Improvements Project is entirely state funded, a Master Agreement which incorporates the various changes in regulations and polices since the last Master Agreement for State Funded projects was executed is being presented for approval. Staff is requesting that the City Council authorize the City Manager, by resolution, the authority to sign the Master Agreement, Project Supplemental Agreements, and Amendments that are required to be executed with Caltrans prior to state grant funds being claimed on individual projects.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Increase revenues up to $1,808,000.00 and appropriate budget up to $1,808,000.00 in Grant Fund 301 for Project Number 36000029 - Date Elementary School Street Improvements Project according to the grant schedule. Budget adjustments will be included with the 1st Quarter budget Report in FY 2022-2023. The approval of the Master Agreement No. 08-5307S21 is a prerequisite to requesting reimbursement of the awarded grant funds for the project.
MOTION:
Approve Staff Recommendation.