Resolution 14323Approved as to Form
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14323
AUTHORIZE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN
APPLICATION TO CALTRANS FOR $79,000 IN COMMUNITY BASED
TRANPORTATION PLANNING GRANT FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2009/2010 TO CONDUCT A CITYWIDE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT/TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN,
COMMIT $16,000 AS A LOCAL MATCH INCLUDING $8,200 IN
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT FUNDS AND $7,800 IN
IN -KIND STAFF SUPPORT, AND TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City's General Plan establishes policies de- emphasizing
the use of single- occupant vehicles during peak periods; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Systems Management/Transportation
Demand Management (TSM/TDM) Plan is one element of the City of Alameda's
Transportation Master Plan (TMP), a comprehensive approach to addressing the
City's current and future transportation needs; and
WHEREAS, the City currently requires new development west of Grand
Street that significantly impacts peak hour traffic volumes in the Webster Street
and Posey Tubes to provide alternatives to single- occupant vehicle travel; and
WHEREAS, the City anticipates significant new development, which will
impact traffic levels on the bridges and the tubes leading to and from Alameda's
main island; and
WHEREAS, the TSM/TDM Plan will develop a framework for requiring new
and in -fill development to contribute towards projects and programs to reduce
single- occupant vehicle travel; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda wishes to submit a grant application to
Caltrans for funds from the Community Based Transportation Planning Grant
Program for a citywide TSM/TDM Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Alameda City Council that
the City Manager is authorized to execute and file an application for funding under
the Community Based Transportation Planning Grant Program in the amount of
$79,000 for a Citywide TSM/TDM Plan; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alameda City Council by adopting
this resolution does hereby state that the City will provide $16,000 in local
matching funds and for in -kind staff support from its TSM fund allocation.
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 21St day of April, 2009, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 22nd day of April, 2009.
Lara Weisiger, City
City of Alameda