REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
January 25, 2018
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, P.E., Director
Public Works Department
BY: RANDALL W. MORRISON, P.E., Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Engineering Division
SHELBY MACNAB, MPA, Grants Administrator
Public Works Department, Administration Division
SUBJECT
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RESOLUTION - Approving the Application for Grant Funds from the California Transportation Commission's Local Partnership Program for the Veterans Boulevard Interchange and Extension Project and Authorizing the Execution of Documents by the Public Works Director or Designee (Council District 2)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Local Partnership Program for the Veterans Boulevard Interchange and Extension 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 Local Partnership Program for $23 million in construction funding for the Veterans Boulevard project. Veterans was selected for application based on grant criteria which limits eligible projects to those determined to be both construction ready and totaling over $2 million in overall project costs. This grant is submitted in addition to the recently submitted Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Grant (INFRA), as INFRA awards are highly competitive and will not be announced until mid-2018.
BACKGROUND
Veterans Boulevard, originally referred to as the Herndon-Grantland Diagonal, was part of the 1984 General Plan and is a planned six-lane super arterial in the 2035 General Plan. The interchange concept was refined in 1986 with a feasibility study conducted to analyze potential interchange/grade separation configurations. In 1991, a Project Initiation Document was completed, and in 1996, the Official Plan Line for Veterans Boulevard was...
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