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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF December 7, 1999 To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council Approval: Henry T. Garcia, City Manager From: Kathy A. Kivley, Assistant to the City Manage Subject: Authorize Submission of Colton Avenue Bicycle ic:t:4tplication to SANBAG Date: November 30, 1999 BACKGROUND The Transportation Equity Act for the 21"` Century (TEA -21) reauthorized funding for the Transportation Enhancement Activities (TEA) Program. TEA funds represent a set aside of ten (10) percent of the Surface Transportation Funds received by the State of California. Post-SB45 era, the TEA funds no longer flow through the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Instead the Regional Transportation Planning Agencies and County Transportation Commissions (SANBAG) were given discretion over the formula shares. SANBAG has discretion to allocate about $16.42 million in TEA monies over the life of TEA 21. The current Call for Projects allocates $10.144 million or the first four (4) years of TEA dollars. The TEA Program funds transportation enhancements above and beyond what is normally required for the mitigation of transportation projects, and only those projects directly related to the transportation system. The TEA Projects must be selected from one or more of twelve activity categories. The categories are as follows: 1. Bicycle and pedestrian facilities 2. Safety & educational activities for pedestrians & bicyclists 3. Acquisition of scenic easements & scenic or historic sites 4. Scenic or historic highway programs 5. Landscaping & other scenic beautification 6. Historic Preservation 7. Rehabilitation & operation of historic transportation buildings, structures or facilities 8. Preservation of abandoned railway corridors (including the conversion & use thereof for pedestrian or bicycle trails) 9. Control & removal of outdoor advertising 10. Archaeological planning & research 11. Mitigation of water pollution due to highway runoff or reduce vehicle caused wildlife mortality while maintaining habitat connectivity 12. Establishment of transportation museum TEA projects must be for capital improvements and cannot be used for operation and maintenance. The projects must have a useful life of five (5) or more years and cannot be a one-time temporary improvement. All TEA funds require a minimum of twelve percent (12%) match on each project phase. The second funding source in the Call for Projects is state Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 monies. This fund provides two percent (2%) of Local Transportation Funds (LTF) be made available to counties and cities for facilities for the exclusive use of pedestrians and bicycles. In San Bernardino County this totals over $700,000 annually. This figure does not include the twenty percent (20%) set aside that is distributed equally among the cities and county for curb cuts on existing sidewalks. The adopted criteria currently favor funding bicycle projects. The SANBAG Board authorized $3.3 million in Article 3 funds and TEA Program project selection criteria for TDA in case of eligible projects. Item #21