REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 18, 2016
FROM: Jennifer Clark, Director
Director of Development and Resources Management Department
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Authorizing the City Manager or Designee to Execute a Grant Agreement with the California Department of Transportation for the City of Fresno's Blackstone Avenue Corridor Smart Mobility Project.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council authorize acceptance of the grant award in the amount of $279,635 from the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) Sustainable Communities grant program and authorize the Director of DARM to enter into a contract with CALTRANS.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council approval is being sought to accept a Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant award of $279,635 from the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS). The Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant program aims to identify and address mobility deficiencies in the multimodal transportation system, encourage stakeholder collaboration, involve active public engagement, integrate Smart Mobility 2010 concepts, and ultimately result in programmed system improvements.
Under this grant, the City of Fresno will partner with the Local Government Commission (LGC) and Fresno Metro Ministries (Metro). Metro is included as a sub-applicant on the grant proposal to provide leadership for community outreach, engagement, and preparation of community constituents, to effectively participate in design workshops that it will help facilitate along with LGC and a consultant.
BACKGROUND
The Fresno 2035 General Plan and recently adopted citywide development code (adopted November 2015) support intensification of the corridor with mixed-use, transit-oriented activity centers. Funding has been acquired to design and implement the first phase of Bus Rapid Transit operations projected to begin in Fall of 2017. Changes to the corridor are needed to create walkable, transit-friendly enviro...
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