To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Agreement #28-640-14 from Metropolitan Transportation Commission
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to apply for and accept on behalf of the County Grant Agreement #28-640-14, and ADOPT Resolution authorizing the County to request an allocation from Metropolitan Transportation Commission, to pay County an amount not to exceed $50,000, for the County's Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Project for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Acceptance of this agreement will result in a total grant of $50,000 for FY 2024-25 from Metropolitan Transportation Commission. (No County match)
BACKGROUND:
Article 3 of the Transportation Development Act (TDA), Public Utilities Code (PUC) Section 99200 et seq., authorizes the submission of claims to a regional transportation planning agency for the funding of projects exclusively for the benefit and/or use of pedestrian and bicyclists. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), as the regional transportation planning agency of the San Francisco Bay region, has adopted MTC Resolution No. 875, which delineates procedures and criteria for submission of requests for the allocations of TDA Article 3 countywide coordinated claim is required to submit a resolution from its governing body to MTC requesting an allocation of TDA Article 3 funds.
The County's Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Project goal is to provide safe walking and biking education by providing classroom education; assemblies, information tables, and school events; bicycle helmet distribution; educational materials; and facilitated bicycling and walking events.
Contra Costa County has been applying for and receiving funds for this Grant since 1999. On February 7, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Agreement #28-6...
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