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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF December 7, 1999 To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Approval: Henry T. Garcia, City Manager From: Kathy A. Kivley, Assistant to the City ManageAspo J� Subject: Adopt Resolution Regarding the Regional Tation Imp r vement Program (RTIP) Date: December 2, 1999 BACKGROUND On August 4, 1999, the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) Board of Directors approved the official call for projects for the 2000/2001 through 2005/2006 Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP). The RTIP is a programming document that identifies projects for which federal approval and funding are requested. The RTIP is the mechanism used to meet federal and state requirements related to the implementation of the Regional Transportation Plan and the applicable State Implementation Plan (SIP) for air quality. The RTIP is a financially constrained document. For the next three years all projects in the RTIP must be fully funded by the City. This means we will not request any additional funding from SANBAG. Years 2003/2004 through 2005/2006 include projects the City expects to receive future funding for through anticipated revenues. Using this methodology, the RTIP is financially constrained and fully funded. The only exception to the financial constraint policy is when an entity is applying for outside monies such as grants, the project may be added to the RTIP prior to entering into any type of contractual agreement with the funding source. This new caveat makes it much easier to add projects at later dates. All projects within the current RTIP that reflect the use of federal dollars must have prior approval from the California Transportation Commission (CTC) or SANBAG. At this time the City of Colton does not indicate any funding from the CTC or SANBAG for any of the projects on the RTIP. DISCUSSION /ANALYSIS The projects shown in the attached document were reviewed with representatives from SANBAG, GTS and other City staff. Comments, updates and corrections are included on each project information sheet. It is important to note, based on the City's capital improvement budget and the financial guideline constraints of the RTIP, the largest majority of the projects are posed for future construction after the third year of the RTIP. This change in timeline does not restrict the City from entering into agreements or completing the projects prior to the timelines. What the extensions allows is the City to secure potential funding from other revenue sources to construct the project improvements instead of having to find local monies to implement the improvements. By moving the completion dates the Council is able to adopt a financially constrained RTIP and adopt the enclosed resolution. On several of the pages there are numbers between one and ten, with one being the highest priority. These numbers are recommendations from our contract City Engineer as to a funding priority for consideration when determining the future transportation infrastructure needs for the City. This document remains as a worksheet with the City of Colton and was not forwarded to SANBAG. Any of the Transportation Control Measure (TCM) projects (Park and Ride) cannot be deleted or dropped from the current RTIP. The TCM projects must be fully funded and implemented by the City. Item #20