REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Budget Modification No. 17 to Appropriate $880,000 in Federal Funding for the Pedestrian and Safe Routes to School Improvements in SNAIL and Braly Corners Neighborhoods Project and Authorize the City Manager to Execute any Related Grant Documents
Report
BACKGROUND
In November 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was passed into law. With the passage of IIJA, the Community Project Funding / Congressionally Directed Spending (CPF/CDS) program was created to support specific community projects as part of the annual federal appropriations process. For every year of funding, the CPF/CDS projects are solicited and selected by the members of the U.S. Congress. Once selected, the individual scope and funding amount for each of the selected CPF/CDS projects is then written into law via the Annual Appropriations bill.
In 2022, the City applied for funding to improve pedestrian safety and safe routes to school at three intersections in the Sunnyvale Neighbors of Arbor Including La Linda (SNAIL) and Braly Corners neighborhoods. The intersections are near two public schools: Columbia Middle School, where approximately 34% of students walk to school, and Braly Elementary School, where approximately 24% of students walk to school, per the latest walk audits conducted in 2024 and 2019, respectively. The proposed improvements were identified in the City's Active Transportation Plan, adopted by City Council in 2020, which include:
1) Borregas Ave./Hemlock Ave. (near Columbia Middle School)
* Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacon
* High Visibility Crosswalk
2) Borregas Ave./Duane Ave. (near Columbia Middle School)
* Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacon
* High Visibility Crosswalk
* Curb Extensions
3) Gail Ave./Gladiola Dr. (near Braly Elementary School)
* High Visibility Crosswalks
* Curb Extensions
* Advanced Yield Markings
The project also includes improvements to roadway signage/markings, streetlight improvements at al...
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