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Item #14 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 18, 2005 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: AMER JAKHER, P.E., CITY ENGINEER SUBJECT: APPROVE THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ACCEPTING $200,000 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE COLTON AVENUE BIKE LANE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (III -37). DATE: JANUARY 10, 2005 BACKGROUND: The Colton Avenue Bike Lane Project is a multi jurisdictional project between the Cities of Colton and San Bernardino, located within the abandoned Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way adjacent to Colton Avenue. The approximate length of the proposed project is 2.25 miles starting from Valley Boulevard in Colton moving north along 9`" Street then westward on "G" Street connecting to the abandoned Union Pacific Railroad corridor on the west side of Colton Avenue then extending northeasterly to the City limits and Inland Center Drive in City of San Bernardino. The bikeway travels along the Inland Center Drive over the I- 215 interchange and continues northeasterly terminating at "G" Street in City of San Bernardino. The project scope of work includes an eight (8) feet wide bicycle path, new traffic signal on one intersection, lighting, and economical landscape treatment and irrigation system. The City has an existing lease agreement to use the railroad property for hike and bike -trail purposes with Union Pacific Railroad Company for a period of 20 years expiring on December 31, 2023. The contract for the design and engineering of the Project was awarded to GK and Associates on November 2, 2004, in the amount of $110,700. RDA Funds In September 1999, the Colton Public Financing Authority (the "CPFA") issued $5.29 million in Tax Allocation Bonds secured by tax increment revenues in the Mt. Vernon Corridor Redevelopment Project Area. Approximately $2.0 million was used to refund existing debt from outstanding 1996 Notes, $500,000 was set aside for reserves and to pay for the cost of issuance, and the remaining $2.7 million was identified and reserved for various Redevelopment projects. On January 18, 2000, the Redevelopment Agency Board approved a list of public improvement projects which were recommended by the Mt. Vernon Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). On June 4, 2002, the Agency and the City entered into a Construction Management Agreement (CMA) to construct the public improvements. Pursuant to the CMA, the City is responsible for the management and supervision of all aspects of the design and installation of these public improvements, including the securing of right- of -way and easements to complete these projects. One of the projects identified in the CMA was the construction of