File #: 13-0604    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 5/17/2013 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 8/20/2013 Final action: 8/20/2013
Title: Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign the Landscape Maintenance Agreement with the State of California Department of Transportation for the landscape maintenance of the bike paths placed within State Highway Right of Way along State Routes 49 and 193 for the Northside School Class I Bike Path - Phases 1 and 2 Projects, CIP No. 72304 (Phase 1, SR-193) and CIP No. 72306 (Phase 2, SR-49). FUNDING: Road Fund.
Attachments: 1. A - Approved CRS 8-20-13, 2. B - Maintenance Agmt 8-20-13, 3. C - Maint Plans (SR193) 8-20-13, 4. D - Maint Plans (SR49) 8-20-13, 5. Executed Agreement 8-20-13 item 10.pdf
Title
Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign the Landscape Maintenance Agreement with the State of California Department of Transportation for the landscape maintenance of the bike paths placed within State Highway Right of Way along State Routes 49 and 193 for the Northside School Class I Bike Path - Phases 1 and 2 Projects, CIP No. 72304 (Phase 1, SR-193) and CIP No. 72306 (Phase 2, SR-49).

FUNDING: Road Fund.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost…………… $1,300

Budgeted………………………… $1,300
New Funding…………………….
Savings…………………………
Other……………………………
Total Funding Available………… $1,300

Change To Net County Cost…… $0

Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
Funding for the construction phase of the Northside School Class I Bike Path Project (Project) will be provided by both State and Federal Safe Routes to School funds. The estimated annual costs for the County to maintain this Project is $1,300 per year and will be funded from the Transportation Division Road Fund.

Background
On September 11, 2012, the Board approved Cooperative Agreement No. 03-0490 (Coop) and Funding Summary Number 1 (Agenda Item #23, Legistar #12-0981) with the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the construction and maintenance of the Northside School Class I Bike Path - Phase 1 and 2 Projects (Project). Item 67 of the Coop requires the execution of a maintenance agreement between Caltrans and the County prior to the construction of the Project. Caltrans requested that the maintenance agreement refer to the improvements as landscaping although none of the items are plants. For this reason, this agreement is referred to as a Landscape Maintenance Agreement (Agreement).

The Project provides for an 8-foot wide Class I bike path on the west side of SR-49 from Northside School to SR-193 and an 8-foot wide Class I bike path along the north side of SR-193 from SR-49 to the Ameri...

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