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C. 5

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	April 26, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

ADOPT Resolution No. 2016/335 to execute Master Agreement No. 04-5928F15 with the State of California, Department of Transportation. (All Districts)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/26/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Nancy Wein 925 313-2275

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: April 26, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2016/335 to approve and authorize the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute Master Agreement No. 04-5928F15 with the State of California, Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for Federal-aid projects and subsequent program supplements for use on local transportation facilities as required in the State Agreement, Countywide. (All Districts)

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact. The proposed agreement will allow the County to apply and receive State and Federal funds.

BACKGROUND:

On December 5, 2006, the Board of Supervisors approved Master Cooperative Agreement No. 04-5928R with the State of California, Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The agreement outlines the responsibility of the County and Caltrans in the use and distribution of any State and Federal funds awarded to the County.

To keep up with ever changing Federal-aid regulations, the Federal Master Agreement has been revised by Caltrans to reflect the recent changes created by the "Supercircular," otherwise known as 2 CFR 200, “UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS” issued by the Federal government. When 2 CFR 200 was published over a year ago, it consolidated several Office of Management and Budget directives and eliminated other regulations. In addition, it has been 10 years since the last Federal Master Agreement revision. To address references to obsolete Federal regulations, Caltrans has revised the Master Agreement to bring it into compliance.

So that the County is able to apply for State and Federal funds for road and bridge projects, the State requires that the Master Agreement be in place. This new Federal Master Agreement will be required for any new requests for authorization for a new project. For existing projects, Caltrans plans to issue revised program supplement agreements.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this agreement is not executed the County will not be eligible to receive any State or Federal funds to repair or build County roads.