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State ARRA 09 LSR Local Support 2 June 15, 2009 being provided directly to regions and the ARRA funds made available via ABX3 20 through the State. The City will receive $1,338,000 of the Regional ARRA funding, which has already been approved by Council. The distribution formula used for the State ARRA funds is the same as that used for the Regional ARRA funds. Based on this formula, the City is eligible for $257,000, however, we will receive $350,000 in State ARRA funding instead. How this funding increase was arrived at is described in detail in the Analysis section below. Analysis The Alameda County Congestion Management Agency (ACCMA) is the local programming organization for the State ARRA funds. The ACCMA solicited responses from all of the county's agencies as to whether any jurisdictions wanted to complete a project using State ARRA funds or "roll over" their agency's programmed allocation to a future federal LSR cycle. The City elected to receive its share now, and therefore, is able to receive additional funds as several jurisdictions elected to wait for the future Federal LSR program. The City is programmed to receive approximately $350,000. The additional $93,000 programmed to the City will be deducted in a future Federal LSR programming. ARRA funds can be used only on arterial roadways that require rehabilitation within the city and only for construction activities. Staff used the City's Pavement Management System to identify the arterial streets that meet the rehabilitation requirements. Springlake Drive from Washington Avenue to the ACFCD channel is the arterial street meeting the selection criteria for rehabilitation using ARRA funds. The estimated total cost for this work is approximately $528,900. This street has been submitted in the City's application for the State ARRA Program. The rehabilitation work will most likely be completed by October 2009. The City will be required to provide any necessary funds for this project beyond the available ARRA funds and therefore, the City must program approximately $178,900 to cover the total project cost. This amount will be met by using Measure B Streets & Roads funds. Given that during the next few months, nearly all 110 Bay Area agencies will be proceeding with road rehabilitation projects, the ACCMA encourages all local jurisdictions to have their Councils provide City Managers with the authority to award the ARRA projects as soon as possible. Furthermore, the ACCMA has recommended that Councils take action now to provide City Managers with the authority to release the projects for advertisement upon issuance of the federal Authorization to Proceed (E-76), allowing the project to proceed at least a minimum of two weeks earlier than our normal schedule. Current City Council Policy Not Applicable