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Consider recommendations regarding a Resolution authorizing the Director of the Public Works Department to execute the Master Agreement for State Funded Transit Projects with the State of California Department of Transportation, as follows:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works to execute Master Agreement No.64A0189 A01 with the California Department of Transportation for state-funded transit projects;
b) Adopt a Resolution delegating authority to the Director of Public Works to execute Program Supplement agreements and Program Supplement amendments under Master Agreement No. 64A0189 A01 during the period of March 15, 2017 through March 15, 2027 so long as local matching funds neither exceed the amount annually appropriated by the Board in the Transportation Development Act (TDA) Claim, nor exceed a cumulative amount of $40,000,000.00 unless otherwise ordered by the Board; and
c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of Public Works to sign the Caltrans Master Agreement No. 64A0189 A01 and to make the required certifications in the Master Agreement; and
d) Find that the proposed action does not constitute a “Project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act, pursuant to 14 CCR 15378(b) (4) (The creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment), and approve and direct staff to file a Notice of Exemption on that basis.