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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2017-071 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR ONE BAY AREA GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR THE WASHINGTON AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, COMMITTING ANY NECESSARY MATCHING FUNDS, AND STATING THE ASSURANCE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT (AUTHORIZES THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR OBAG FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,048,000, COMMITTING MATCHING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $550,000 FROM MEASURE BB SOURCES AND ASSURING THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT) WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro (herein referred to as APPLICANT) is submitting an application to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for $1,048,000 in funding assigned to MTC for programming discretion, which includes federal funding administered by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and federal or state funding administered by the California Transportation Commission (CTC) such as Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STP) funding, Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) funding, Transportation Alternatives (TA) set-aside/Active Transportation Program (ATP) funding, and Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) funding (herein collectively referred to as REGIONAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDING) for the Washington Avenue Reconstruction project (herein referred to as PROJECT) for the One Bay Area Grant (herein referred to as PROGRAM); and WHEREAS, the United States Congress from time to time enacts and amends legislation to provide funding for various transportation needs and programs, (collectively, the FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ACT) including, but not limited to the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STP) (23 U.S.C. § 133), the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) (23 U.S.C. § 149) and the Transportation Alternatives (TA) set- aside (23 U.S.C. § 133); and WHEREAS, state statutes, including California Streets and Highways Code § 182.6, § 182.7, and §23 81(a)(1), and California Government Code § 14527, provide various funding programs for the programming discretion of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION ACT, and any regulations promulgated thereunder, eligible project sponsors wishing to receive federal or state funds for a regionally -significant project shall submit an application first with the appropriate MPO, or RTPA, as applicable, for review and inclusion in the federal Transportation Improvement Program (TIP); and WHEREAS, MTC is the MPO and RTPA for the nine counties of the San Francisco Bay region; and WHEREAS, MTC has adopted a Regional Project funding delivery Policy (MTC