CC Resolution 11146RESOLUTION NO. 11146
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL
AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT
AN APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR LIVABLE COMMUNITIES (TLC)
AND COMMUNITY DESIGN & TRANSPORTATION (CDT) FUNDS FOR
THE CAMPBELL AVENUE PORTALS PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Campbell Avenue Portals Project would construct portals/walkways
through or behind the State Route 17 Underpass abutment walls; and
WHEREAS, the preliminary cost estimate is $3,000,000 for the project; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC) grant program is a
federally-funded program administered by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
to fund projects that encourage community-based transportation projects that bring
vibrancy to downtown areas, commercial cores, neighborhoods, and transit corridors;
and
WHEREAS, the TLC grant provides a maximum $6 million per project and requires a
minimum 20 percent local match; and
WHEREAS, the Community Design & Transportation (CDT) capital grant program is a
federally-funded program administered by the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) to
fund capital projects that enhance connections with transit facilities, improve the
pedestrian environment, enhance economic vitality, and improve community connectivity
and sense of place; and
WHEREAS, the CDT grant requires a minimum $500,000 per project and requires a
minimum 20 percent local match; and
WHEREAS, VTA staff have raised the possibility that Local Streets and County Roads
(LSCR) Program funds could be available to serve as local matching funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Campbell
that the Public Works Director is hereby authorized to execute and file TLC and CDT
grant applications for the amount of $3,000,000 for the Campbell Avenue Portals
Project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that should VTA's LSCR Program funds be unavailable,
the City of Campbell will provide for the project a total of $600,000 in local matching
funds for the TLC or CDT grant.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of April, 2010, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ATTE
Anne Bybee, City Clerk
Kotowski, Kennedy, Furtado, Baker, Low
None
None
APPROC~:
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Evan D. Low, Mayor