REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
March 4, 2021
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: JILL GORMLEY, TE, City Traffic Engineer / Traffic Operations and Planning Manager
Public Works Department, Traffic Operations and Planning Division
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 66th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution No. 2020-159 Appropriating $500,000 ($250,000 was previously appropriated for a total of $750,000) for the South Fresno AB 617 Truck Rerouting Study Project. (Council Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7) (requires five affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Council to adopt the 66th Amendment to Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2020-159 appropriating $500,000 for the South Fresno AB 617 Truck Rerouting Study Project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The San Joaquin Air Pollution Control District (Air District) and the City of Fresno propose to join forces to undertake the AB 617 Truck Reroute for the South Central Fresno Community (Project). The Project aims to identify, analyze, and evaluate potential strategies that freight-impacted communities in the AB 617 area might take in cooperation with the City of Fresno to abate truck impacts. Such truck impacts include air pollution, noise, polluted runoff, traffic crashes, traffic congestion, and excess wear on the streets. This element of the AB 617 plan will study whether heavy-duty trucks travelling within the community can be rerouted to reduce emissions exposure of South Central Fresno community residents. The amended FY2021 budget, as adopted by the Council, included $250,000 for the Truck Rerouting Study Project. This proposed AAR budget amendment will increase the total appropriations for the study to $750,000, utilizing $500,000 in AB 617 funding from the Air District and $250,000 ...
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