REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution to Authorize the Filing of Fiscal Year 2019/20 Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 Application for the Design and Implementation of Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Improvements at the Intersection of Fremont Avenue and Manet Drive/Bobwhite Avenue
Report
BACKGROUND
TDA Article 3 is a source of funds created by state legislation and processed through the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) that annually returns sales tax revenues to local agencies earmarked for bicycle and pedestrian projects.
In FY 2019/20, $172,712 is guaranteed to the City for eligible projects.
Projects eligible to utilize this funding source must meet the following criteria:
1. The project shall fit within one of these eligible project types:
* Construction and/or engineering of a bicycle or pedestrian capital project.
* Maintenance of a multi-purpose path, which is closed to motorized traffic.
* Bicycle safety education project (no more than 5% of county total).
* Development of a comprehensive bicycle or pedestrian facilities plan (allocations to a claimant for this purpose may not be made more than once every five years).
* Restriping Class II bicycle lanes.
2. Environmental clearance is required for construction projects only.
3. Potential projects must have been reviewed by the City's Bicycle and Pedestrian
Advisory Commission (BPAC).
4. Bicycle projects funded by TDA Article 3 funds must comply the VTA Bicycle
Technical Guidelines as adopted on December 13, 2012.
5. Have an authorizing resolution (Attachment 1).
6. The project must be ready to implement within one year of the application cycle.
The BPAC considered FY 2019/20 TDA candidate projects at its February 21, 2019 meeting (Attachment 2 - Excerpt of February 21, 2019 BPAC meeting minutes) and March 21, 2019 meeting (Attachment 3 - Excerpt of March 21, 2019 BPAC meeting minutes). At the March 21, 2...
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