ATTACHMENT A
Resolution No. __________
Request to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the Allocation of Fiscal Year 2004/05 Transportation Development Act. Article 3. Pedestrian/Bicycle Project Funding
Findings
1. That the City of Sunnyvale is not legally impeded from submitting a request to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the allocation of Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 funds, nor is the City of Sunnyvale legally impeded from undertaking the projects described in “Attachment B” of this resolution.
2. That the City of Sunnyvale has committed adequate staffing resources to complete the projects described on Attachment B.
3. A review of the projects described in Attachment B has resulted in the consideration of all pertinent matters, including those related to environmental and right permits and clearances, attendant to the successful completion of the projects.
4. Issues attendant to securing environmental and right-of-way permits and clearances for the projects described in Attachment B have been reviewed and will be concluded in a manner and on a schedule that will not jeopardize the deadline for the use of the TDA funds being requested.
5. That the projects described in Attachment B comply with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA, Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq.), and that the City of Sunnyvale is in possession of the document(s) supporting such compliance, said document(s) having been made available to for public review and stamped by the County Clerk or County Recorder of the county in which the claimant is located.
6. That as portrayed in the budgetary descriptions of the projects in Attachment B, the sources of funding other than TDA are assured and adequate for completion of the projects.
7. That the projects described in Attachment B are for capital construction and/or design engineering; and/or for the maintenance of a Class I bikeway which is closed to motorized traffic; and/or for the purposes of restriping Class II bicycle lanes; and/or for the development or support of a bicycle safety education program; and/or for the development of a comprehensive bicycle and/or pedestrian facilities plan, and an allocation of TDA Article 3 funding for such a plan has not been received by the City of Sunnyvale within the prior five fiscal years.
8. That the projects described in Attachment B which are bicycle projects have been included in a detailed bicycle circulation element included in an adopted general plan, or included in an adopted comprehensive bikeway plan (such as outlined in Section 2377 of the California Bikeways Act, Streets and Highways Code section 2370 et seq.).
9. That any project described in Attachment B that is a “Class I Bikeway,” meets the mandatory minimum safety design criteria published in Chapter 1000 of the California Highway Design Manual.
10. That the projects described in Attachment B are ready to commence implementation during the fiscal year of the requested allocation.
11. That the City of Sunnyvale agrees to maintain, or provide for the maintenance of, the projects and facilities described in Attachment B, for the benefit of and use by the public.