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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBridge Prioritization Project Draft FY25 CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING APPLICATION Section 1 Requestor Information: Requesting Entity The name of the local government or organization making the request. Do not use acronyms or abbreviations. Incorporated cities should begin with “City of” and counties should begin with “County of.” City of Palm Desert Priority Number: #X of Y Multiple requests from the same entity must be ranked in priority order across all appropriations bills. For example, we need to know what your entity's number one priority project is in FY24, not the number one in Agriculture, or the number one in Transportation, etc. 1 of 3 Project Name The project or program to be funded. If applicable, label with the name used in the latest Senate, House, or Conference Report. City of Palm Desert Bridge Preventative Maintenance Program County or Counties Impacted If more than one county, list counties in order of project’s impact high to low. Separate by commas. Use this format: Alameda, Alpine, Amador Riverside Grantee Legal Name The name of the local government or organization to receive funding. City of Palm Desert Requesting Entity Address The mailing address of the local government or organization to receive funding. Street Address City, CA Zip Code Palm Desert City Hall 73510 Fred Waring Drive Palm Desert, CA 92260 Employer Identification Number (EIN) The Employer Identification Number, also known as a Federal Tax Identification Number, assigned to the requesting entity by the IRS. Please provide in XX-XXXXXXX format. This will only be used for verification of eligibility of entity to receive funding and will not be published. 95-2859459 Grantee Point of Contact - Name The name of a point of contact with the grantee who is authorized to complete the final grant agreement should this project be funded. This CANNOT be a lobbyist or consultant. Joe Barron Section 2. Project Information Within which account are you applying. See list of eligible accounts for reference: THUD Amount Requested $1,589,000 Total Project Cost  $1,986,000 What percentage of the project will this funding cover? 80% Brief Summary of Project (50 word limit) Please provide a concise (1-3 sentences max) description of the project. Summarize the necessary information about the project to make its case. The City of Palm Desert is requesting CDS funding to fund high priority bridge maintenance project(s) within their currently in-development bridge maintenance prioritization program to aid in review, countermeasures, and prevention of bridge maintenance needs and concerns. This prioritization program will allow the City to ensure that the bridge’s under their control are in good maintenance and rehabilitated in a timely and efficient manner. Description of Project (1000 word limit) This description should provide a brief summary of the project including its purpose, goals, history, and current status, as well as the justification for the project (i.e., why funding is in the interest of taxpayers). The description should explain how the money will be spent (i.e., $ -x- for salaries; $ -x- for programming; $ -x- for equipment; etc.). Please be specific when describing the activities and expenditures. The most common issue in determining if a project is eligible for funding is a lack of specific information on what the funding will be used for. The description should also state who/how many people the project will serve and what performance standards will be used to measure whether this project has achieved its objectives. This description must be complete on its own and may not simply incorporate supporting materials by reference.      The purpose of the Bridge Preventative Maintenance Program is to establish a local agency program to prioritize their preventative maintenance project. High Priority Projects should include repair of scour countermeasures, embankment erosion control and repair, restoration, and strengthening of structural elements. The local focus is on bridges not eligible for rehabilitation or replacement under the Federal Highway Bridge Program. The prioritization list is currently in the final stages of approval and is being reviewed by Caltrans. The intent of the program is to keep these bridges in structurally good condition to maximize their service life and to conserve limited funds available for bridges that do require major rehabilitation or replacement. The City is requesting CDS funding to aid in this prioritization effort and have funding to direct to their highest, most immediate priority maintenance concerns as soon as the prioritization list clears Caltrans review. The request of $1,589,000 will go towards bridge maintenance and construction to ensure high priority bridges are operational and functional, without structural concerns. It will be fully allocated to regular construction costs, with an anticipated $800,000 towards materials and $789,000 to labor to maintain and update the top priority bridges. The initial draft of the prioritization (currently pending final approval) identified the following: Identified 27 grade separated structures (bridges) that carry vehicular and pedestrian traffic either fully or partially within the city limits. Four of the 27 structures are dedicated pedestrian bridges, and 23 structures carry a mix of vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle traffic. 16 of the 27 bridges are the City’s sole responsibility to maintain. The remainder of the bridges either within private property or are under the jurisdiction of the County of Riverside or Caltrans. 10 out of the 16 bridges are identified as in need of preventative maintenance. The City of Palm Desert has completed its first program year 23/24 and is currently beginning its second cycle design for FY 24/25. The City has committed $198,035 to Design for year 1 and $325,509 dollars to execution for year one. Year one accomplished structural column repair, expansion joint replacement, deck spall repairs and metal culvert replacement on 5 bridges in the City. The City of Palm Desert has committed $199,800 dollars to Design for year 2 and is anticipating an approximately $600,000 dollar construction effort.) These efforts bank Bridge investment credits with the Federal Highway Bridge Program that open the possibility for HBP managers to review submitted lists from other municipalities and determine which projects and which municipalities will be granted funding for priority projects. Currently the City of Palm Desert has the FY 25/26 prioritization list in review with Caltrans awaiting feedback.              Has the organization or any potential sub-grantees been subject to sanction or litigation by State, Local, or Federal governments in the past five years? If so, please provide details.  No. Project Website  https://www.palmdesert.gov/ Importance to the State of California: The proposed bridge prioritization is in line with both Riverside County Transportation Commission transit priorities and, once approved, Caltrans. Many bridges across the Coachella Valley face elevated concerns due to high flood risk, blowsand, and deferred maintenance, that make regular maintenance and updating critical for safe infrastructure in our community. These bridges provide critical access points for our community. Of the 10 priority maintenance bridges, the below shows several key examples of the necessary connectivity they provide for Palm Desert: Thrush Road Bridge: Connects Residents with Adams Park Fred Waring Drive Bridge: critical City Eastwest thoroughfare, with the bridge going over areas impacted by Tropical Storm Hilary (Federal Disaster Declaration). Fred Waring Drive connects the College of the Desert, Civic Center Park (City Hall, Emergency Operations Center), the Jean Benson Child Development Center, Palm Desert High School, the Montessori School of the Desert, the Palm Desert Visitor Center, the Palm Desert Branch Library, and other critical community services and economic opportunities. Portola Avenue Bridge: Another vital Northsouth City Thouroughfare. The Bridge is located less than 0.5 miles from Abraham Lincolnm Elementary School and Palm Desert Charter Middle School, and is a designated route to school for students travelling from the Residential areas North of the bridge to the school directly south of the bridge. This is bridge is also over a channel strongly impacted by Tropical Storm Hilary. It is also a connectivity point for the Palm Desert Civic Center Park, Desert Holocaust Memorial, Desert Recreation Center, Senior Centers and Palm Desert Aquatic Center. Benefit to Low Income Communities The City of Palm Desert includes 4 out of 7 census tracts that have been designated either Disadvantaged or Areas of Persistent Poverty according to USDOT’s grant project locator tool. The City also has significant population center’s below the State MHI’s disadvantaged community threshold, according to CA DWR’s DAC Mapping Tool. The City’s population is 35% non-white identifying, with a vibrant Latino community. Many of the priority bridges, such as the Portola Avenue Bridge, are critical accesss points to ensure our low income populations are able to travel to and from school and other critical community services via active transportation if they lack access to a vehicle – tracts within the City are in the bottom 22% of cities in California for automobile access. The City also ranks poorly on the California Healthy Places Index for housing conditions: it is in the bottom 3.9% for housing habitability and the bottom 11.5% for severe housing cost burden. Section 3. Account Specific Questions: Agriculture Subcommittee Interior Subcommittee Military Subcommittee THUD Subcommittee Section 4. Support and Funding History Has this project been submitted to other Members of Congress for FY24?  List Any Elected Officials, Government Entities, or (Non-Government) Organizations Partnering in or Supporting the Project  Please format as: State Senator Jane Doe, City of Cityville, Community Organization, etc. Has this project previously been submitted by the requesting memeber or another member of congress to the Appropriations Committee?  Has this project previously been awarded funds through Congressionally Directed Spending?  Section 5. Contact Information Joe Barron Senior Contracts and Grants Analyst jbarron@palmdesert.gov 760-7756-64591 Account Specific Questions: THUD Subcommittee Economic Development Initiatives (EDIs) - National Objectives For EDI requests you MUST include relevant data on how activities or projects address at least one of the three National Objectives of the broader CDBG program. HUD defines the national objectives of CBDG as: Benefiting low- and moderate-income persons or communities; Preventing or eliminating slums or blight; or Addressing community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community for which other funding is not available. Please use data from HUD as much as possible to justify your project's eligibility. If you are justifying the project's benefits to low- and moderate-income (LMI) persons or communities, please review this HUD resource: https://www.hudexchange.info/programs/cdbg/cdbg-low-moderate-income-data/ Use the “Map Application” tool to provide the necessary data points demonstrating the LMI benefit: https://hud.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ffd0597e8af24f88b501b7e7f326bedd Highways (HIP) or Transit (TIG) - STIP or TIP ID Number Provide the STIP or TIP ID number for the project as it appears in the STIP or TIP included in the Project Website field (if the project is already on a STIP or TIP). https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/local-assistance/documents/ob/08-15/ob10-02.pdf For transit requests, provide the name of the transit agency recipient or subrecipient For airport requests, provide the NPIAS code for the airport. For airport requests - Does project meet federal cost share requirements? For large and medium primary hub airports, funding can cover 75 percent of eligible costs (or 80 percent for noise program implementation). For small primary, reliever, and general aviation airports, funding can cover a range of 90-95 percent of eligible costs, based on statutory requirements. Additional Project description information to include in section 2: For FAA Facilities and Equipment: Please also describe why the tower needs to be replaced. This description should include the age of the tower, number of enplanements, operational line of sight issues, other related infrastructure work not covered by the cost of replacing the air traffic control tower (roads, utilities, etc.), and any other information to justify the project.