HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-2016-153 Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG)RESOLUTION NO. R-2016-153
A RESOLUTION authorizing the City Manager to sign a Surface Transportation Block
Grant (STBG) Set-aside grant application for a project that would
construct bike lanes on Powerhouse Road from Cowiche Canyon
Road to Pecks Canyon Road.
WHEREAS, the Yakima Valley MPO/RTPO has issued its 2017-2020 Surface
Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Set-aside call for projects; and
WHEREAS, STBG Set-aside provides flexible funding that may be used by states,
local agencies, non -profits and private businesses for projects related to non -motorized
transportation; and
WHEREAS, it has been noted by the City's Bike/Ped Committee that bike lanes
are severely needed on this stretch of Powerhouse Road, and
WHEREAS, the City is in a position to supply the required local match of
approximately $45,000; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
The City Manager is authorized to sign the STBG Set-aside grant application for a
project that would construct bike lanes on Powerhouse Road from Cowiche Canyon Road
to Pecks Canyon Road.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 6th day of December, 2016.
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AGENDA ITEM #20
Cover Memorandum
December 6, 2016
To Cliff Moore, City Manager
From. Brett Sheffield, PE, Chief Engineer
Subject. Surface Transportation Block Grant Set-aside Grant Application
On November 18, 2016, the Yakima Valley Conference of Governments, the lead agency for the region's
Metropolitan Planning Organization/Regional Transportation Planning Organization, issued a 2017 —
2020 Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Set-aside regional Call for Projects The maximum
amount per funded application is $284,000, and would require a local match of $45,000 The funding
would not be available until 2018 and the matching funds could come from the gas tax that the City
receives. In order to apply for this grant, City Council must authorize the City Manager to sign the
application
The project for which we would like to apply is to construct bike lanes on Powerhouse Road from
Cowiche Canyon Road to Pecks Canyon Road We currently have a Transportation Alternative Program
(TAP) to widen the northwest bound lane to 14 feet and construct a sidewalk on the right side of the road
In meetings with Neil McClure, Bill Cook and Phil Hoge, they have addressed concerns with the existing
project — in that it could prohibit the construction of bike lanes along this section of roadway in the future
If we were to be successful in securing this grant, we could construct the bike lanes at the same time that
the sidewalk would be constructed