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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 7, 2008 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT AND APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT FOR THE FLOWER STREET <br />BIKE TRAIL EXTENSION PROJECT <br />~~, <br />~.~ ~ <br />CI MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1ST Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the <br />attached agreement with the State of California Department of <br />Transportation for the Flower Street Bike Trail Extension Project in <br />the amount of $1,000,000, subject to non-substantive changes approved <br />by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $1,000,000 in the <br />Caltrans - Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA) revenue account (no. <br />161-O1-5372) and appropriate same in the Caltrans - Bicycle <br />Transportation Account (BTA) expenditure account (no. 161-272-6631) <br />for the Flower Street Bike Trail Extension Project. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency was <br />successful in receiving a $1,000,000 Bicycle Transportation Account <br />Project grant from the State of California Department of Transportation <br />for the Flower Street Bike Trail Extension Project. The project consists <br />of the installation of a 10-foot wide bike trail, landscaping, and <br />supporting irrigation along one mile of the flood channel, which runs <br />parallel to Flower Street. The Flower Street Bike Trail Extension Project <br />will provide a much-needed gap closure between the Alton Street Bike Trail <br />and the Sunflower Avenue Bike Trail, thus linking the Golden Loop Bike <br />Trail System which encircles Santa Ana with the City of Costa Mesa's bike <br />trail system. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />Environmental Review No. 2006-197 has been completed and a Categorical <br />Exemption has been filed for the project pursuant to the California <br />Environmental Quality Act. <br />25G-1 <br />