To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: APPROVE the Pacifica Avenue Safe Routes to School Project and take related actions under CEQA
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE the Pacifica Avenue Safe Routes to School Project (Project), and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to advertise the Project, Bay Point area. [County Project No. 0662-6R4164, DCD-CP#23-32] (District V).
DETERMINE the Project is a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Categorical Exemption, pursuant to Article 19, Section 15301(c) of the CEQA Statute and Guidelines, and
DIRECT the Director of Department of Conservation and Development (DCD), or designee, to file a Notice of Exemption (NOE) with the County Clerk, and
AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to arrange for payment of a $25 fee to DCD for processing, and a $50 fee to the County Clerk for filing the NOE.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Estimated Project cost: $4,842,000. (80 % Active Transportation Program State Funds, 20% Local Road Funds).
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this Project is to improve the multi-modal transportation network on Pacifica Avenue and increase roadway safety for active modes of transportation, including walking, and biking. The Project will construct approximately 2,400 feet of a Class IV two-way buffered bikeway, 400 feet of new sidewalk, 500 feet of widened sidewalk, bulb-outs, and three raised crosswalks. The Project will remove portions of the existing sidewalk and asphalt walking path and replace with a new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant sidewalk. One bus stop will be relocated to the west side of Inlet Drive, and another bus stop will be replaced with a bus platform on the east side of Breaker Drive. Pacifica Avenue will be restriped to narrow the existing travel lanes and install bike lanes on the south side of the existing road.
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