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File Number: 17-274 <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ACT, and any regulations <br />promulgated thereunder, eligible project sponsors wishing to receive federal or state funds for <br />a regionally-significant project shall submit an application first with the appropriate MPO, or <br />RTPA, as applicable, for review and inclusion in the federal Transportation Improvement <br />Program (TIP); and <br />WHEREAS, MTC is the MPO and RTPA for the nine counties of the San Francisco <br />Bay region; and <br />WHEREAS, MTC has adopted a Regional Project funding delivery Policy (MTC <br />Resolution No. 3606, revised) that sets out procedures governing the application and use of <br />REGIONAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDING; and <br />WHEREAS, APPLICANT is an eligible sponsor for REGIONAL DISCRETIONARY <br />FUNDING; and <br />WHEREAS, a part of the application for REGIONAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDING, <br />MTC requires a resolution adopted by the responsible implementing agency stating the <br />following: <br />·the commitment of any required matching funds; and <br />·that the sponsor understands that the REGIONAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDING is <br />fixed at the programmed amount, and therefore any cost increase cannot be <br />expected to be funded with additional REGIONAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDING; <br />and <br />·that the PROJECT will comply with the procedures, delivery milestones and funding <br />deadlines specified in the Regional Project Funding Delivery Policy (MTC <br />Resolution No. 3606, revised); and <br />·the assurance of the sponsor to complete the PROJECT as described in the <br />application, subject to environmental clearance, and if approved, as included in <br />MTC's federal Transportation Improvement Program (TIP); and <br />·that the PROJECT will have adequate staffing resources to deliver and complete <br />the PROJECT within the schedule submitted with the project application; and <br />·that the PROJECT will comply with all project-specific requirements as set forth in <br />the PROGRAM; and <br />·that APPLICANT has assigned, and will maintain a single point of contact for all <br />FHWA- and CTC-funded transportation projects to coordinate within the agency and <br />with the respective Congestion Management Agency (CMA), MTC, Caltrans, <br />FHWA, and CTC on all communications, inquires or issues that may arise during <br />the federal programming and delivery process for all FHWA- and CTC-funded <br />transportation and transit projects implemented by APPLICANT; and <br />in the case of an RTIP project, state law requires PROJECT be included in a local <br />congestion management plan, or be consistent with the capital improvement program adopted <br />pursuant to MTC’s funding agreement with the countywide transportation agency; and <br />WHEREAS, that APPLICANT is authorized to submit an application for REGIONAL <br />DISCRETIONARY FUNDING for the PROJECT; and <br />WHEREAS, there is no legal impediment to APPLICANT making applications for the <br />funds; and <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/8/2017 <br />204