TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven Lederer, Director of Public Works
REPORT BY: Graham Wadsworth, P. E., Engineering Supervisor
SUBJECT: Resolution approving a Revised Cooperation Agreement with Caltrans to review document required to construct the Napa Valley Vine Trail - Yountville through St. Helena Gap Closure Project, RDS 23-19
RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt a Resolution to approve and authorize an agreement substantially in the form of the Revised Cooperation Agreement No. 240371B with Caltrans to review the Project Approval & Environmental Document (PA&ED), Plans, Specifications and Estimate (PS&E), and Right-of-way (ROW) phases of the Napa Valley Vine Trail (NVVT) - Yountville through St. Helena Gap Closure Project. (No Fiscal Impact).
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BACKGROUND
On April 23, 2024, the Board adopted Resolution 2024-38 for approval of Cooperation Agreement No. 240371B with Caltrans to review the Project Approval & Environmental Document (PA&ED), Plans, Specifications and Estimate (PS&E), and Right-of-way (ROW) phases of the Napa Valley Vine Trail (NVVT) - Yountville through St. Helena Gap Closure Project. After the Chair signed the Cooperation Agreement, Caltrans Headquarters staff asked to add two paragraphs to the end of the agreement:
1. In the "Funding" section, add: "4. In accordance with the CALTRANS Federal-Aid Project Funding Guidelines, PARTIES must obtain approval from the Federal Highway Administration prior to any PROJECT funding changes that that will change the federal share of funds."
2. In the "Invoicing and Payment" section, add: "7. CALTRANS will draw from state and federal funds that are provided by NC without invoicing NC when CALTRANS administers those funds and CALTRANS has been allocated those funds by the CTC and whenever else possible is to allow Caltrans to draw funds directly from the CTC, FHWA, etc."
In the Funding and Spending tables, Caltrans removed the abbreviation for the federal funding. Obtaining FHWA approval before making any f...
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