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C.36
To: Board of Supervisors
From: TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Date: March  7, 2023
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Application

APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On:   03/07/2023
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:
John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor
Contact: Robert Sarmiento, (925) 655-2918
cc: John Cunningham     Jerry Fahy    
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED:     March  7, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to apply for and accept an amount not to exceed $486,915 from the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant program to conduct a study for the Bay Point Enhanced Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements Project.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None to the General Fund. Match funding not to exceed $63,085 (11.47% of total study cost) will be an in-kind contribution of staff time. Staff time for recommended activities are covered under existing budgets (50% Road Fund and 50% Measure J Fund).











BACKGROUND:

On January 12, 2023, Caltrans released final grant guidelines and a call for projects for the 2023-24 Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program. The grant program will provide funding to encourage local and regional planning activities that further state goals, including, but not limited to, the goals and best practices cited in the Regional Transportation Plan Guidelines adopted by the California Transportation Commission. This cycle is expected to include approximately $25 million in Senate Bill (“SB”) 1 statewide competitive funding. The maximum grant award is $700,000 and an 11.47% match is required (cash or in-kind contribution). Applications are due on March 9, 2023, 5:00 p.m.  
  
Department of Conservation and Development and Public Works Department staff collaborated to identify one project to submit to the grant program to fund a study, based on its perceived success relative to grant program objectives and previously awarded projects. The project, titled the Bay Point Enhanced Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements Project, proposes to install multimodal enhancements, including Class IV protected bicycle facilities and green infrastucture, in Bay Point, specifically along the Port Chicago Highway corridor from McAvoy Harbor to Willow Pass Road and along the Willow Pass Road Corridor east to the border with the City of Pittsburg. The project is included in both the County's Active Transportation Plan and the Vision Zero Report. The total estimated cost to conduct the study for the project is $550,000, with the County providing a local match, in the form of an in-kind contribution, of $63,085.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

County staff will not submit a grant application for the Fiscal Year 2023-24 cycle of Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant program.

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