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Experience, Continued J <br />LOCAL GOVERNMENT <br />• City of Oakland — Redevelopment Agency Dissolution $44 Million <br />The top priority project for the City of Oakland is the redevelopment of the former <br />Oakland Army Base. This project includes turning long vacant parcels into a light <br />industrial regional goods movement hub. The former Oakland Redevelopment Agency <br />provided much support, in the form of parcel transfers and tax increment, to this site. <br />With the dissolution of redevelopment agencies in 2012, the project was severely <br />impacted. A year later, TPA, in partnership with the City of Oakland and the master <br />developer of the Oakland Army Base, worked closely with the Governor's Office, <br />Assembly Member Skinner, Assembly Member Bonta and the Department of Finance to <br />overturn a previous state decision and reallocate over $44 million dollars for this project. <br />Additionally, numerous land parcels were also transferred back to the project to ensure it <br />moves forward. <br />TRANSPORTATION <br />• City of Tulare — Grade Separation Projects $21,830,000 <br />TPA worked closely with the City of Tulare to draft and submit competitive applications in <br />2010 through Proposition 1B, which resulted in securing $7,156,000 in funding for the <br />Bardsley Avenue Grade Separation project, and an additional $11,293,000 in funding for <br />the Cartmill Avenue Grade Separation project. In 2012, TPA again partnered with the <br />City on a successful application for funding in the amount of $3,381,000 for construction <br />of a pedestrian overcrossing on the Santa Fe Trail at the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) <br />tracks, which provides a grade -separated trail extension in the City center, eliminating <br />delays and providing safer crossing of the UPRR tracks for those using alternative <br />transportation modes including bicyclists and pedestrians. <br />City of Oakland, Fresno, Tulare etc. — Safe Routes to Schools $6.1 Million <br />Each year, the California Department of Transportation administers state and federal <br />funding through the Safe Routes to Schools Program. This program provides <br />competitive grants for capital funding to improve biking and walking routes to and from a <br />school site. Eligible projects include sidewalk, streetscape, signage, lighting and traffic <br />signal improvements. Through past rounds TPA has helped clients identify competitive <br />projects, played a key role in writing and submitting strong project applications, created <br />an advocacy strategy unique to each project, and worked with the California Department <br />of Transportation and state legislators to secure funding. Over the last two rounds of <br />funding, TPA secured awards for 10 cities throughout the state totaling $6.1 million or <br />over 6 percent of the total funds awarded statewide. These cities included, but are not <br />limited to: the City of Fresno, City of Garden Grove, City of Brea, City of Merced, City of <br />Placentia, City of Tulare, and the City of Oakland. These wins have come despite <br />significant competition as for Cycle 2 alone, 401 applications were submitted requesting <br />a total of $191,086,892 out of the $46 million available. <br />0 Proposal for State Legislative Advocacy Services I City of San Leandro Page 12 <br />