REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
June 25, 2020
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE, City Engineer/Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Traffic Operations and Planning Division
BY: JESUS AVITIA, PE, Deputy City Engineer
Public Works Department, Traffic Operations and Planning Division
SUBJECT
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Authorize the Public Works Director to enter into a Cooperative Project Agreement (Agreement) in the form presented totaling $6,000,000.00 with the Fresno County Transportation Authority (FCTA); and adopt a Statutory Environmental Exemption per Sections 21080.13(a) of the California Public Resources Code, and 15282(g) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines for the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project. (Council Districts 1 and 7)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the Council adopt the following recommendations:
1. Adopt a Statutory Environmental Exemption per Sections 21080.13(a) of the California Public Resources Code, and 15282(g) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines for the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project.
2. Approve the attached Agreement in the form presented between the City of Fresno and FCTA for $6,000,000.00 for the Plans, Specifications & Engineering (PS&E) Phase of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project, and authorize the Public Works Director to execute the agreement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On April 22, 2020, the FCTA Board approved the conversion of the Measure "C" Alternative Transportation Program into a Grade Separation Program (GSP), consistent with provisions of the 2006 Measure "C" Expenditure Plan, and selected the Blackstone McKinley BNSF grade separation project for funding through the GSP. The Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation project will eliminate two existing at-grade crossings by grade separating N. Blackstone Avenue and E. McKinley Avenue under the BNSF Mainl...
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