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Community Development Agency, Transportation Division, recommending the Board:
1) Authorize the Chair to sign Master Agreement Administering Agency - State Agreement for Federal-Aid Projects, Agreement 03-5925F15 with the State of California, acting by and through its Department of Transportation; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 164-2016 authorizing the Director of Transportation to accept and sign all Program Supplements to Master Agreement 03-5925F15 for County road and bridge construction projects.
FUNDING: Federal-Aid Transportation Funds.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Agency (CDA), Transportation Division (Transportation), recommending the Board:
1) Authorize the Chair to sign Master Agreement Administering Agency - State Agreement for Federal-Aid Projects, Agreement 03-5925F15 (Master Agreement) with the State of California, acting by and through its Department of Transportation (Caltrans); and
2) Authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 164-2016 authorizing the Director of Transportation to accept and sign all Program Supplements to Master Agreement 03-5925F15 for County road and bridge construction projects.
Approval and execution of this Master Agreement will assist the County in meeting its goal of delivering capital improvement projects utilizing federal-aid funds made available through the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and subsequent Transportation Authorization Bills.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Before federal-aid transportation funds will be made available for a specific program project, the County and Caltrans are required to enter into an agreement to establish the terms and conditions applicable to the County when receiving federal funds for a designated project facility and for subsequent operation and maintenance of that completed facility.
The Master Agreement applies County-wide and includes, but is not limited to, the following federally funded programs: S...
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