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Item #14 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 17,2003 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: AMER JAKAER, P.E., CITY ENGINEER 0AY SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF: (1) CALTRANS "PROGRAM SUPPLEMENT NO. M002 TO ADMINISTERING AGENCY -STATE AGREEMENT NO. 08-5065" AND (2) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MAYOR TO EXECUTE PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT DATE: JUNE 9, 2003 BACKGROUND: The City of Colton previously applied for funds through the State of California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans") to pay for seismic retrofitting of several bridges located within the City. These retrofit projects are part of the State's "Local Seismic Safety Retrofit Program" ("LSSRP"), which is a State mandated program that applies to bridges designated as "Category I " (bridges that may collapse in a seismic event and potentially threaten public safety). ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION: Under the LSSRP, the City's seismic retrofit projects were originally to be fully funded by a combination of eighty percent (80%) Federal funds through the Local Highway Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement Program ("HBRRP") and by twenty percent (20%) State funds through the LSSRP. However, due to the State's current budget crisis, Governor Davis signed into law Assembly Bill No. 2996, which eliminated the LSSRP as a State mandate and withdrew the State's matching twenty percent (20%) funding for seismic retrofit projects. Effective January 22, 2003, local agencies are now required to provide the twenty percent (20%) matching funds for local seismic safety retrofit projects. The good news is that the State recently released a limited amount of State seismic safety retrofit matching funds. These released funds can be used to fund the remaining twenty percent (20%) of local seismic safety retrofit projects. In order to obtain these recently released funds, the City must act quickly and enter into a Program Supplemental Agreement with Caltrans.