HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-01-09 - AGENDA REPORTS - MTA CALL FOR PROJECTS (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
NEW BUSINESS City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented b Mark L. Yamarone
DATE: January 9, 2001
SUBJECT: METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (MTA) 2001
CALL FOR PROJECTS APPLICATIONS
DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Engineering Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council approve the MTA 2001 Call for Projects List of Candidate Projects and direct
staff to submit completed grant applications to the MTA by the February 2, 2001 deadline.
BACKGROUND
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is required by
federal and state statutes to prepare a Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Los
Angeles County. The MTA is required to program revenues in the TIP across all
transportation modes. The Fiscal Year 2001 TIP Call for Projects will program a variety of
local, state, and federal revenues to regionally significant projects from several
transportation modes throughout the County.
To take advantage of the flexibility of various funding sources, the MTA has developed a
single unified process, which allows each applicant to apply for specific regionally
significant projects of interest to the applicant agency without regard to funding source.
Through the Call for Projects, the MTA identifies needs and allots an amount of funds to
various regional transportation projects. Once needs are identified and projects are
selected, specific funds are assigned to meet the eligibility requirements of funding sources
and to leverage the maximum amount of federal and state funds for the County.
Each project will compete within one of the following Modal Categories:
- Freeways: High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes and Gap Closures
- Regional Surface Transportation Improvements
Signal Synchronization and Bus Speed Improvements
- Transportation Demand Management
- Bikeway Improvements
- Pedestrian Improvements
- Transit Capital
- Transportation Enhancement Activities
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MTA 2001 CALL FOR PROJECTS
January 9, 2001 Page 2
The applications are evaluated by the MTA using the following criteria:
- Regional Significance, Project Benefit, and Intermodal Integration
- Cost Effectiveness and Local Match
- Land Use and Environmental Compatibility
- Benefit to Transit System
- Project Need, Long Term Project Development, and Management of Existing
Systems
- Project Readiness
The applications are due to the MTA by February 2, 2001. After a detailed evaluation and
ranking, MTA staff and the MTA Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) will recommend to
the MTA Board a program of projects for each modal category. This list of projects selected
to receive grant funds will be presented to the MTA Board at their meeting in July 2001.
Funds will be awarded to projects over a five-year period from Fiscal Year 2001/2002 to
Fiscal Year 2006/2007.
The various departments within the City have prepared their respective applications for
the MTA 2001 Call for Projects under the following modal categories: Regional Surface
Transportation Improvements, Signal Synchronization and Bus Speed Improvements,
Bikeway Improvements, Transit Capital, Transportation Enhancement Activities, and
Transportation Demand Management. (See List of Candidate Projects.)
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISC— AL— IMPACT
There is no immediate fiscal impact from submitting the recommended grant applications.
If grant funds are awarded to a project, the required local match funds will come from an
existing project budget. If there are insufficient funds in the project budget, staff will
return to the City Council with the appropriate budget amendments.
ATTACHMENT
MTA Call for Projects List of Candidates
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MTA 2001 CALL FOR PROJECTS
LIST OF CANDIDATE PROJECT APPLICATIONS
PRIORITIZED WITHIN EACH MODAL CATEGORY
Newhall Ranch Road
(I-5 to Copperhill)
Full width grading and construction of four -lane I 1 of 3
roadway.
Newhall Ranch Road/Golden Valley Design, environmental review of the ultimate bridge 2 of 3
Road and roadway. Full width
(Bouquet Canyon Road to Soledad full width bridge and fo aIIe rgradinoadway. of
Canyon Road)
Via Princessa
(Golden Valley Road to Rainbow
Enhanced Automated Incident
Santa Clara Regional River Trail
Newhall Meirolink Gateway
North County Reverse Commute
Vanpool Program
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Design, environmental review of the ultimate
roadway. Full width 3 of 3
grading and construction of four -
Installation of changeable message signs on major
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Construction of multi-purpose Regional River Trail.
Design and construction of Streetscape enhancements
Working with SCAG and the cities of Lancaster and
Palmdale, this program will provide commute
alternatives to employees of businesses in the Santa
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