Item 10 - Request to Apply for Transit Development Act TransNet Funds AGENDA REPORT SUMMARY
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members\~°f the City Council ~
FROM: James L. Bowersox, City Manag~,r'-
INITIATED BY: John O. Fitch, Assistan~ City Managee~'
Reba Wright-Quastler, D~rector of Pla~ihing Services~d'
DATE: May 9, 1995
SUBJECT: A request to apply for Transit Development Act/TransNet Funds.
ABSTRACT
The City Council must authorize the submittal of TDA and Transit grant proposals. This
year staff is submitting five grant applications that would provide funds for sidewalk
and bike lane improvements on Garden and Pomerado Roads, bike facilities on Scripps
Poway Parkway, bike racks for new parks and a bike/pathway linkage study to enhance the
access and safety routes between schools, residential neighborhoods, parks and
commercial areas.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Not subject to CEQA.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of the grant funds could generate approximately $380,486.
ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
A public notice for this report is not required. A copy of the resolution will be
forwarded to SANDAG per their request.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached resolution to approve and
authorize SANDAG to consider the Ci~of Poway's 1995-96 TDA/Transit combined grant
submittal of $380,486,
ACTION
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AGENDA REPORT
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TO: Honorable ~ayor and Nembers of the City Council
FROH: James L. Bowers0x, City ~aniL~
INITIATED BY: John D. Fitch, Assistant City Manager~~'
Reba Wright-Quastler, Director of Planning Services~s~-
PROJECT PLANNER: James H. Lyon, Assistant Planner II
DATE: May 9, 1995
SUBJECT~ A Request To Apply for Transit Development Act/TransNet
Funds for a sidewalk and bike lane improvements on
Garden and Pomerado Roads, additional fundinq for bikP
facilities on Scripps Poway Parkway, bike racks for new
parks and a bike/pathway linkaqe study to enhance th~
access and safety routes between schools, residential
neiqhborhoods, parks and commercial areas
ABSTRACT
In order to apply for grant funding, the City Council must first authorize the
request. The attached resolution authorizes the San Diego Association of
Governments to consider funding the pedestrian bridge and bike lane improvements
on Pomerado Road.
BACKGROUND
With the passage of Proposition A and two percent of the monies from the Transit
Development Act(TDA), the SANDAG Bicycle Facilities Committee will have
approximately $2,200,000 available this year for bicycle and pedestrian related
improvement programs. The distribution of money is based on competitive grants
submitted by each of the member jurisdictions. Claims for eligible projects
generally exceed the funds available by two to three times each year. Once
submitted, the claims are ranked according to predetermined criteria. After the
initial prioritization has been made, the SANDAG Board of Directors allocates the
funds to the individual projects.
This year, the City of Poway is submitting five grant proposals for a total of
$380,486. The first grant proposes $21,325 for a concrete sidewalk and bike lane
on Garden Road that will extend from Whitewater Road east to Sycamore Valley
Road. This project will provide safer access for the children commuting from the
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Sycamore Canyon Estates west to Garden Road Elementary School. The second grant
proposes the construction of a sidewalk section on the east side of Pomerado Road
between Holland Street to Meadowbrook Lane. Students and others walking to
Meadowbrook School and beyond must use a narrow earthen path which is further
complicated by the intrusion of mail boxes, signs and utility boxes. With the
estimated loss of $2,000,000 in transit funds for Scripps Poway Parkway, staff
is requesting $198,581 to supplement the construction of bike lanes along this
roadway. Although the bike lanes are required as part of the road construction,
staff was able to receive $125,000 of the $260,000 required to construct these
facilities. Staff has tentatively received approval of the fourth and fifth grant
proposals. The fourth project proposes a linkage study that would evaluate
existing and propose new pedestrian/bike paths that interconnect residential
neighborhoods with schools, parks, government facilities and commercial areas.
The intent of the program is to enhance the safety and security of the "short
cuts" used throughout the City. With the construction of two new miniparks and
the additional demand in the Community Park, the fifth grant requests the
acquisition of four new bike racks.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The proposed requests are covered by the General Rule that CEQA applies to _
projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the
environment. As these proposals are requests for consideration only and that it
can be said with certainty that this activity will have no significant effect on
the environment, they are not subject to CEQA.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal obligation to the City. Approval of the grant funds could
generate approximately $380,486. This year there are over $6,000,000 in proposals
and $2,200,000 in grant funds. Given this significant imbalance, it is uncertain
whether staff will receive full funding on these projects.
CORRESPONDENCE
A public notice for this report is not required. A copy of the resolution will
be forwarded to SANDAG per their request.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recon~nended that the City Council approve and authorize SANDAG to consider
the combined grant submittal of $380,486 that would propose a sidewalk and bike
lanes improvements on Garden and Pomerado Roads, additional funding for bike
facilities on Scripps Poway Parkway, bike racks for new parks and a bike/pathway
linkage study to enhance the access and safety routes between schools,
residential neighborhoods, parks and commercial areas.
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Attachments:
A. Proposed Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
REQUESTING GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT ACT AND TRANSNET TO
PROVIDE SIDEWALK AND BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS ON GARDEN AND POMERADO ROADS,
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR BIKE FACILITIES ON SCRIPPS POWAY PARKWAY, BIKE PACKS
FOR NEW PARKS AND A BIKE/PATHWAY LINKAGE STUDY
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to continue to improve the safe
passage of its pedestrians and bicyclists through the City; and
WHEREAS, certain monies are available on a competitive basis through
the Transit Development Act and TransNet which can be utilized to fund the
aforementioned projects; and
WHEREAS, a request for grant funding through the San Diego Association
of Governments must first be authorized by the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Poway, hereby authorizes the San Diego Association of Governments to
consider the funding of City of Poway grant applications submitted under the
1995-96 Transportation Development Act and TRANSNET Non-Motorized Grant
Funding cycle.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Poway, State
of California this 9th day of May 1995.
Don Higginson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk
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