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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
CITY OF PALM DESERT
TO: City Council and City Manager
FROM: Richard J. Folkers, ACM/Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES APPLICATION
PARTICIPATION
DATE : October 13, 1995
RECOMMENDATION:
By minute motion: 1 . Support the Transportation Enhancement
Activities Application by Riverside
County Transportation Department for the
enhanced landscape of the Monterey
Avenue, Cook Street and Washington Street
interchanges with a 11 . 5 percent cost
match and four year maintenance
commitment.
2 . Authorize the appropriation of $126 , 000
from the Year 2000 fund reserve.
BACKGROUND:
The Transportation Enhancement Activities (TEA) Program is federal
funding for projects directly related to transportation and planned
to enhance the quality of life, in and around transportation
facilities . These projects must be over and above the scope
required to meet federal and state requirements .
The current years application for TEA funds will permit the
enhancement of the three I-10 interchanges that directly affect
Palm Desert, Monterey Avenue, Cook Street and Washington Street.
In prior years various enhancement project applications have only
addressed Monterey Avenue and Washington Street with very little
direct matching funds from other communities or agencies .
Riverside County Transportation has agreed to be the lead agency in
the application process and the City of Palm Desert would be the
initial source of a required 11 . 5 percent project match and an
initial four year maintenance commitment if the project is accepted
for a grant award.
The interchange landscape enhancement will be similar to that of
the I-10 corridor through the Coachella Valley. The application
will request $969 , 000 for the three interchange landscape projects
with a $126 , 000 match commitment from the city. Also, to make the
project viable and acceptable a four year maintenance commitment of
$100 , 000 per year is requested.
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TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES
APPLICATION PARTICIPATION
The TEA application will go through a project scoring review, and
if successful the funds will be awarded. The award will be known
about mid 1996 and any matching funds will not be required until
the project is underway and maintenance funds will not be required
until completion.
Public Works staff is requesting the City Council to support this
grant application with an appropration of $126 , 000 from the Year
2000 fund reserve .
RIC ARD J. FQLKERS, P.E. REVIEWED AND CONCUR
ACTING CITY MANAGER
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ABSENT:
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VERIFIED
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