REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Budget Modification No. 20 to Appropriate $302,900 in FY 2019/20 Transportation Fund for Clean Air County Program Manager Funds for the Retiming of Traffic Signals and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Grant-Related Documents
Report
GRANT SUMMARY
On September 11, 2019, the City was awarded Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) County Program Manager funds in the amount of $302,900? for the retiming of traffic signals on various city streets as noted below.
TFCA is a Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) program funded by a surcharge of $4.00 on motor vehicle registration fees within the Bay Area. Sixty percent of the annually available TFCA funds are administered by the BAAQMD and the remaining forty percent are returned to the nine Bay Area counties in the form of County Program Manager funds as grants to local governments for projects that will reduce air pollution and improve bike and pedestrian facilities. In Santa Clara County, Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) administers these funds and awards them to individual cities on a competitive basis.
The intent of the Traffic Signals Retiming projects is to help reduce delays and improve vehicle travel time. Traffic signal timing improvements will be implemented along Duane Avenue, Wolfe Road, Homestead Road, Bernardo Avenue and Kifer Road for a total cost of $302,900?. The funds will be appropriated to five separate projects - one for each location. Additionally, the grant allows for a portion of the funds to be used to purchase equipment to monitor the timing for these intersections and is included within the project budgets. New traffic data will be collected that will be used to develop the retiming plans. The plans will also incorporate pedestrian and bicycle intersection crosswalk timing needs.
Granting Agency
The FY 2019/20 TFCA County Program Manager funds set aside for competitive local government grant awards are administered by V...
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