HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 13919 (Amend SMART Funding Agr.- Cancelled)RESOLUTION NO. 13919
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
AUTHORIZING THE ACTING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO AMEND A
FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE SONOMA-MARIN AREA RAIL TRANSIT
DISTRICT TO PERFORM CONSTRUCTION WORK ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS
ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $300,000, INCREASING THE TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT UNDER
THE AGREEMENT TO $450,000.
WHEREAS, the Sonoma -Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) project, currently
under construction, will provide passenger rail service from Santa Rosa to San Rafael and
eventually to Larkspur; and
WHEREAS, infrastructure such as SMART/City signal facilities, conduits and
accessibility ramps in and near the SMART right-of-way, as specified on Exhibit B of the
Funding Agreement, are needed to provide the safest public facilities when SMART initiates
operations in 2016; and
WHEREAS, the most economical means of constructing these improvements is
to utilize SMART's contractor; and
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution number 13824 on October 6,
2014, authorizing the Director of Public Works to sign a Funding Agreement with SMART to
perform construction work associated with various roadway infrastructure improvements in an
amount not to exceed $150,000; and
WHEREAS, an additional $300,000 is needed for construction of accessibility
ramps, storm drain improvements, and traffic signal work; and
WHEREAS, there are sufficient funds in the City's Gas Tax Fund (#206) to
support this agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of San
Rafael hereby authorizes the Acting Public Works Director to sign the amended Funding
Agreement with SMART to construct the necessary improvements listed in Exhibit `B", in a
form approved by the City Attorney;
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND RESOLVED, that funds totaling $450,000
to support this agreement will be appropriated in the Gas Tax Fund (#206); and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND RESOLVED, that the Acting Director of
Public Works is hereby authorized to take any and all such actions and make changes as may be
necessary to accomplish the purpose of this resolution.
I, ESTHER C. BEIRNE, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the
Council of said City on the 4`h day of May, 2015, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
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