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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05231995 - TC3 Contra TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Costa ,FROM: TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE County DATE: May 23 , 1995 SUBJECT: Report on PVEA Grant Funding Agreement with Caltrans for the East Contra Costa Intermodal Transit Access Project SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Accept report on PVEA grant funding agreement with Caltrans for the East Contra Costa Intermodal Transit Access Project and appropriate $50 , 000 in Navy Mitigation Funds (Port Chicago Highway closure) as the local match to the PVEA grant . FISCAL IMPACT No impact on General Fund. Affirmative action would appropriate $50,000 in Navy Mitigation Funds as a local match to the project, consistent with the Board' s Navy Mitigation Monies Expenditure Plan rail studies account . BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS On December 19, 1994, the Board of Supervisors authorized the Director of Community Development to negotiate and enter into an grant agreement with Caltrans for a $200, 000 Petroleum Violation Escrow Account (PVEA) funds for the East Contra Costa Intermodal Transit Access Project . CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: x YES SIGNATURE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMIN TRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTH R SIGNATURE (S) : Jeff Smit Tom Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON . May 23, 1995 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ---------- TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Orig Dept: Community Development ATTESTED May 23, 1995 Contact: Patrick Roche, 646-2835 PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK cc: R. Wu, Caltrans Dist . 4 THE OF SUP VI RS J. Kreig, Tri-Delta Transit Y AD N T TO M. Roberts, BART B Report on PVEA Grant Funding Agreement with Caltrans May 23 , 1995 Page Two BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a comprehensive intermodal transit program for eastern Contra Costa County, in conjunction with the opening of the new Bay Point BART Station. The intermodal transit access program is intended to provide East County residents with alternatives to relying on automobile access to the BART station with the goal of providing East County residents with easier, convenient alternative modes of access . Key program objectives are to improve and coordinate bus , feeder services, develop complementary park-n-ride facilities, and facilitate pedestrian and bicycle access to the station. This program will also examine expanding intermodal transit facilities at other locations in East County and provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions interested in strengthening their ordinance and development codes to better integrate transit and other alternative modes into the planning and development process . A project proposal for the PVEA grant, prepared in consultation with staff from Tri-Delta Transit and BART, was previously approved by Caltrans . Following approval of the project proposal, the Board of Supervisors on December 19, 1994 authorized the Director of Community Development to negotiate and enter into a PVEA grant funding agreement with Caltrans . Included in this action was an allocation of Navy Mitigation Funds as the local funding match and authorization to enter into Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tri-Delta Transit and BART to establish a cooperative effort for developing the East County intermodal access program. To date, Caltrans and the County have come to terms on the grant agreement and are now ready to formally execute an agreement . Proceeding this action, however, the Board of Supervisors needs to appropriate the Navy Mitigation Funds set aside by the December 19, 1995 Board action. Although discussions on an MOU between the County and Tri-Delta Transit and BART are still ongoing, the Transportation Committee recommends to the Board of Supervisor that $50, 000 in Navy Mitigation Funds be appropriated to the program as the local share . This action will insure that a PVEA funding grant agreement can be executed with Caltrans and funds may be obligated before the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 1995) .