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File #: ID19-1173    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 1/29/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/14/2019 Final action: 2/14/2019
Title: RESOLUTION - Approving the application for grant funds from the United States Department of Transportation's Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Program for the Veterans Boulevard Corridor Improvement Project and authorizing the execution of documents by the Public Works Director or designee (Council Districts 1 and 2)
Sponsors: Public Works Department
Attachments: 1. 19-1173 Resolution.pdf, 2. 19-1173 Project Map.pdf
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL



February 14, 2019


FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, P.E., Director
Public Works Department

BY: RANDALL W. MORRISON, P.E., Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Engineering Division

SHELBY D. MACNAB, MPA, Grants Administrator
Public Works Department, Administration Division


SUBJECT
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RESOLUTION - Approving the application for grant funds from the United States Department of Transportation's Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Program for the Veterans Boulevard Corridor Improvement Project and authorizing the execution of documents by the Public Works Director or designee (Council Districts 1 and 2)

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RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Program for the Veterans Boulevard Corridor Improvement Project and authorize the execution of all application related documents by the Public Works Director or designee.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Staff is requesting authorization to submit a grant application to the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) program for the Veterans Boulevard Interchange and Corridor Improvement Project. The request will include $10.5 million to fund construction of Phases 3 and 4b of the Veterans Boulevard interchange and extension, and $14.5 million to fund related corridor improvements to the Herndon Avenue/Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) bridge and Adaptive Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) upgrades on Shaw Avenue from Grantland to Polk. The total amount requested from the INFRA program is $25 million. Veterans Boulevard Phase 3 will construct an interchange at State Route 99 and grade separation over the realigned Golden State Boulevard. Veterans Boulevard Phase 4 will extend Veterans Boulevard to connections with Herndon Avenue to the north and Shaw Avenue to the south. Phase 4 is broken into two sub phases including the sout...

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