TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven Lederer, Director of Public Works
REPORT BY: Graham Wadsworth, P. E., Engineering Supervisor
SUBJECT: Resolution approving a 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 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 for a maximum amount of $170,000 and a term that shall terminate 180 days after Caltrans approves the encroachment permit for construction or as mutually agreed by Caltrans and the County in writing. (Fiscal Impact: $170,000; Accumulated Capital Outlay Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary).
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BACKGROUND
Congressman Thompson included $4 million of Community Project Funding (CPF) in the federal fiscal year 2023-2024 budget to complete the planning, engineering, and environmental work of over 10 miles of Class I and Class III multiuse path between the existing path in Yountville and the path under construction between St. Helena and Calistoga. This funding could help the County to be closer to "shovel ready" and submit a more competitive Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 7 grant application in mid-June 2024.
Approximately 40% of the path alignment is within the Caltrans Highway 29 right-of-way. The County needs to enter into a cooperation agreement for Caltrans to review documents required to construct the Project. On November 7, 2023, the Board approved a Budget Amendment of $2.5 million to complete the Project Initiation Document (PID), Project Approval, and Environmental Document Phases of the Project. The funding for the creation of these documents and for Caltrans to review them is reimbursable fr...
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