Resolution 14427CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 1 4 42 i
AUTHORIZING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE FUND PASS -
THROUGH AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF ALAMEDA TO RECEIVE
$1,808,154 IN FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION FUNDS FOR THE
TRANSIT AND ACCESS PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SHUTTLE
SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS, AND AUTHORIZE THE USE OF $95,178 FROM
ALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FUNDS AS
MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda's General Plan supports the increased
use of alternative transportation modes to reduce the number of peak hour
single occupant vehicle (SOV) trips; and
WHEREAS, the redevelopment of Alameda Point will result in an
increase in peak -hour vehicle trips through the Webster /Posey Tubes and on
the bridges connecting the City to Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda has adopted a Climate Protection
Action Plan, which recommends the reduction of transportation - related
emissions; and
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART)
has been awarded grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
in the amount of $1 ,088,154 for the planning, design, and implementation of
transit improvements to provide service to the proposed transit- oriented
development at Alameda Point; and
WHEREAS, the City is not an authorized recipient of FTA funds, and
therefore will be serving as a grant subrecipient to the San Francisco Bay Area
Rapid Transit District (BART); and
WHEREAS, the FTA grants provide 80 percent of total project costs,
requiring the City of Alameda to contribute 20 percent of project costs as
matching funds; and
WHEREAS, the City proposes to move forward on the first phase of this
project, requiring $380,714 from the FTA funds, and $95,178 in City matching
funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Alameda City Council
that the Interim City Manager is authorized to approve Fund Pass-Through
Agreement Between the San Francisco BART and the City of Alameda to
receive $ 1,668,154 in FTA Funds for the Transit and Access Plan and
Implementation of Shuttle Service Improvements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alameda City council Y adopting
tin g
this resolution does hereby state that:
The City will provide $95,178 in Alameda Reuse And Redevelopment
Authority funds as matching funds.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the 2nd day of March, 2010, by the followin g vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Gilmore, Matarrese and Tam - 3.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember deHaan and Mayor Johnson - 2.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 3rd day of March, 2010.
Lara Weisiger, C Clerk
City of Alameda