DATE: January 7, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Reclassification of Lincoln Avenue
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt Resolution approving submittal of a Functional Classification Change for a segment of Lincoln Avenue from Elm Avenue to State Route 145 (15 miles) to the State of California, Department of Transportation.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Public Works and Planning to submit a Functional Classification Change for local streets and roads to the State of California, Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for a segment of Lincoln Avenue from Elm Avenue to State Route (SR) 145 (15 miles) from a minor collector to a major collector, making it eligible to receive Federal grant funding for rehabilitation. This item pertains to a location in District 1.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board does not approve the request, the application to receive grant funding to reconstruct the segment of Lincoln Avenue will be rescinded, as the road will not qualify to receive Federal funds.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Approval of the reclassification by your Board, Caltrans, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) would allow the road segment to be eligible for Federal funds for repair or rehabilitation. Currently, a project is planned and an application has been submitted for Federal funding to rehabilitate eight miles of Lincoln Avenue (from the Grantland Alignment to SR 145) at an estimated cost of $6,900,000. The application requests Federal Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funding of $3,895,320 and Federal Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Lifeline funding of $2,213,250. If the application is approved, the local match of $791,430 would be paid out of the Department's Senate Bill 1: Road Maintenance Rehabilitation Account (RMRA). Sufficient ...
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