BACKGROUND: The City desires to complete Phase 3 of the Hearn
Avenue Improvements Project and believes entering into a cooperative
funding agreement with the Sonoma County Transportation Authority
(SCTA) is a positive step to finally delivering this critical multimodal
infrastructure project. The partnership described in the proposed
cooperative funding agreement includes a series of actions required by
the City Council to establish a final funding plan and retain $5,000,000
granted to SCTA through the Senate Bill Local Partnership Program
before those funds lapse at the end of Fiscal Year 2022-23. The
proposed funding plan includes moving $3,400,000 in State
Transportation Improvement Funds from the US 101 Bicycle and
Pedestrian Overcrossing Project (Elliot/Edwards Avenues) to the Hearn
Avenue Improvements Project, appropriating $8,600,000 from the
unassigned General Fund reserves and committing to appropriate
$3,714,279 in SB1-LSR (FY23-24) funds with the Fiscal Year 2023-24
budget.
The proposed Agreement also provides for SCTA to assume Project
management. SCTA, in turn, intends to enter into a cooperative
agreement with Caltrans for advertising and award of bids and
construction administration.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the City Manager’s Office
and Transportation and Public Works Department, that the Council, by
Resolution, delegate authority to the City Manager to negotiate and
execute a Cooperative Funding Agreement with the Sonoma County
Transportation Authority, to include moving $3,400,000 in State
Transportation Improvement Funds (STIP) from the US 101 Bicycle and
Pedestrian Overcrossing Project to the Hearn Avenue Improvements
Project, appropriating $8,600,000 from the unassigned General Fund
reserves and committing to appropriate $3,714,279 in SB1-LSR
(FY23-24) funds with the Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget to complete
Phase 3 of the Hearn Avenue Improvements project. The Agreement
will also provide for Sonoma County Transportation Authority to assume
management of the Project.
Attachments:
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REPORT - ENERGY AUDIT AND MICROGRID STUDY
BACKGROUND: The Transportation and Public Works Department has