DATE: September 25, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: BUILD Federal Grant Application, Authority to Apply for Funding for the Millerton Road Widening Project
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
TITLE
Retroactively authorize the Department of Public Works and Planning's previous submittal of a grant application in the amount of $24,054,000 to the United States Department of Transportation for the FY 2018 Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development Transportation Discretionary Grants Program to fund improvements to Millerton Road from North Fork Road, just north of the community of Friant, to the Millerton Lake State Recreation Area entrance.
REPORT
On July 19, 2018, the Director of the Department of Public Works and Planning submitted a competitive grant application for United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) discretionary grant funds through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program, contingent on your Board's approval. The grant would fund part the Millerton Road Widening Project, which would widen and improve approximately 1.7 miles of Millerton Road from North Fork Road, just north of the community of Friant, to the entrance to the Millerton Lake State Recreation Area. This item pertains to a location in District 5.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
If the recommended action is not approved, the Department would withdraw from the grant application process.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase to Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions. If the grant application were successful, no local match would be required for the $24,054,000 in Federal funding. Through an agreement the Board approved in 2008, Table Mountain Rancheria (TMR) agreed to pay up to $3.85 million for consultants to perform preliminary design and environmental studies through California Environmental Quality Act in exchange for future development traffic mit...
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