REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Budget Modification No. 28 to Appropriate Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) Program Manager Funds 40% Grant Funds and Vehicle Registration Funds for Retiming of Traffic Signals and Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvements and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Grant Related Documents
Report
GRANT SUMMARY
On July 16, 2015 the City was awarded TFCA Program Manager Funds 40% grant funds in the amount of $739,048 for retiming of traffic signals and pedestrian infrastructure improvements.
TFCA is a Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) program funded by a surcharge of $4.00 on motor vehicle registration fees paid within its jurisdiction. The surcharge revenues are to be used to implement specified transportation control measures that are included in the BAAQMD's Clean Air Plan, developed and adopted pursuant to the requirements of the 1988 California Clean Air Act.
TFCA provides grants to local governments for projects that will reduce air pollution and improve bike and pedestrian facilities. Sixty percent of the annually available funds are administered by the BAAQMD and remaining forty percent are returned to Bay Area counties, which in Santa Clara County are administered by Valley Transport Authority (VTA) and are awarded on a competitive basis. The grant discussed in this report is administered by the VTA out of 40% TFCA funds and will fund the following projects:
* Traffic Signals Retiming: To help reduce delay and improve travel time, traffic signal timing improvements will be implemented along Mathilda Avenue/Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road, Wolfe Road, and Homestead Road for a total cost of $369,048. The funds will be appropriated to three separate projects, one for each location as specified in the grant documents. As a part of these projects, new traffic data will be collected that will be used to develop new timing plans to best serve the current demand and traffic volumes. To ensu...
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