HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-07-11 Ordinance 5122ORDINANCE NO. 5122
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 TO ESTABLISH
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT NUMBER PE-12011,
NEWELL ROAD/SAN FRANCISQUITO CREEK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT,
AND TO PROVIDE AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $360,000
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as
follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Palo Alto
finds and determines as follows:
A. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Article III of
the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Council on June 20, 2011
did adopt a budget for fiscal year 2012; and
B. The existing Newell Road bridge over San Francisquito Creek
was constructed in 1911. The bridge links Palo Alto with the
Woodland Avenue neighborhood of East Palo Alto. The bridge is
functionally obsolete and substandard in many ways with respect to
traffic safety; and
C. The bridge's deficiencies include its substandard width,
lack of access for bicycle and pedestrian traffic, harsh vertical
profile, unsafe railings, and poor sight distances. In addition to
its traffic safety deficiencies, the bridge also creates a partial
obstruction to water flow in San Francisqui to Creek because the
bridge abutments are constructed within the creek channel; and
D. The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and
the Santa Clara Valley Water District have analyzed the bridge as
part of a preliminary study of flood control options for San
Francisquito Creek upstream of Highway 101 and have determined that
the existing bridge will need to be removed or replaced in order for
the creek to accommodate the projected 1% (100-year) flow rate at
this location; and
E. Through the Highway Bridge Program (HBP), Caltrans issues
grants to owners of local bridges for replacement of structurally
deficient or functionally obsolete bridges. The City of Palo Alto
will be completely reimbursed for the engineering
design/environmental assessment phase of the project, with a
Cal trans Highway Bridge Program grant providing 88.53% of the
funding and the 11.47% local match being provided by the San
Francisquito Creek JPA; and .
F. It is anticipated that HBP funds will be available to pay
88.53% of the project's construction cost in a future budget year,
and that the cities of Palo Alto and East Palo Alto and the JPA will
work to find the remaining funds; and
G. Staff has developed a scope of work for an engineering
design/environmental planning consultant for the replacement of the
Newell Road Bridge over San Francisquito Creek. The City of Palo
Alto, the City of East Palo Alto, and the JPA will participate in
selecting a consultant to perform the work; and
H. City Council authorization is needed to amend the 2012
budget as hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2. Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project Number
PE-12011, Newell Road/San Francisquito Creek Bridge Replacement, is
hereby created.
SECTION 3. The sum of Three Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars
($360,000) is hereby appropriated to CIP Project Number PE-12011.
SECTION 4. Three Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($360,000) is
hereby transferred from the Capital Project Fund Infrastructure
Reserve.
SECTION 5. The Infrastructure Reserve will later be reimbursed
by grant funding from the Cal trans HPB and the San Francisquito
Creek JPA in the amount of Three Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars
($360,000) .
SECTION 6. The transactions above will have no net impact on
the balance of the Infrastructure Reserve.
SECTION 7. As specified in Section 2.28.080(a) of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code, a two-thirds vote of the City Council is required to
adopt this ordinance.
SECTION 8. The Council of the City of Palo Alto hereby finds
that the design portion of this project does not represent a project
with respect to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The Newell Road/San Francisquito Creek Bridge Replacement Project
will be subject to environmental assessment and review in compliance
with both CEQA and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
SECTION 9. As provided in Section 2.04.330 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code, this ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: July 11, 2011
AYES:
NOES:
BURT, ESPINOSA, HOLMAN, KLEIN, SCHARFF, SCHMID, SHEPHERD,
YEH
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT: PRICE