20B - AA 2019-2020 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

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Appropriation Adjustment & Amendment to Fiscal Year 2019-20 CIP December 17, 2019 Page 2 The McFadden Avenue Protected Bike Lane and Bicycle Boulevard Project will install Class 4 Protected Bike Lanes from Harbor Boulevard to Bristol Street, from Halladay Street to Grand Avenue, and a Class 3 Bike Boulevard from Bristol to Halladay Street. This project will include signing, striping, median, bike detection, bulb -outs, and traffic signal modifications to provide a safe and low -stress mobility option, with expected outcomes to improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote healthy lifestyles. The Standard Avenue Protected Bike Lane Project from 3'd Street to Warner Avenue will install Class 4 Protected Bike Lanes, Class 2 Buffered Bike Lanes, a Class 3 Bike Boulevard from 3'd Street to Warner Avenue, and a Protected Intersection at McFadden and Standard Avenue. Both projects are designed to increase pedestrian and bicyclist safety and mobility, as well as provide connections to future bike facilities. Protected Bike Lanes categorized as Class 4 bikeways are also known as cycle tracks, and provide space that is exclusively for bicyclists and separated from motor vehicle travel lanes, parking lanes, and sidewalks. Bike Boulevards categorized as Class 3 bikeways are bike routes on residential streets that prioritize through trips for bicyclists. Traffic calming is included as needed to discourage drivers from using the boulevard as a through route. Recommended Action No. 1 will recognize the grant award of $13,665,000, appropriating $2,346,000 for expenditure in Fiscal Year 2019-20 and $11,319,000 in Fiscal Year 2020-21. Recommended Action No. 2 will amend the FY 2019-20 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to include the $13,655,000 grant fund allocation, making this revenue available for the continued progress of City's Active Transportation Plan (ATP) enhancements for multi -modal transportation safety (Exhibit 3). STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #6 - Community Facilities & Infrastructure, Objective #1 (Establish and Maintain a Community Investment Plan for All City Assets), Strategy G (Develop and Implement the City's Capital Improvement Program in Coordination with the Community Investment and Deferred Maintenance Plans). ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT There is no environmental impact associated with this action. FISCAL IMPACT Approval of the requested Appropriation Adjustment will recognize $13,665,000 in State -funded ATP funds into the Traffic System Management, State Grants -Direct revenue account (No. 14817002-52025) and appropriate the same amount into the Active Transportation Program Augmentation, Improvements Other Than Building expenditure account (No. 14817614-66220). Appropriated funds will be expended as follows: 20B-2