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Home My WebLink AboutRES NO 102-11RESOLUTION NO. 10 2 -11 RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE WESTSIDE PARKWAY PHASE 6 APPLICATION TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANTS FOR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, OR "TIGER DISCRETIONARY GRANT", PROGRAM. RECITALS WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield is a member of the Kern Council of Governments (Kern COG), a Regional Transportation Planning Agency and a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO); and WHEREAS, the MPO is required to develop, maintain and endorse the Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) with a Biannual Program of Projects for federal funding assistance; and WHEREAS, the FTIP for the Kern region is a four-year schedule of multimodal transportation project improvements of major freeways, expressways, arterials, urban collectors, bikeways, transit, rail and aviation facilities; and WHEREAS, the Westside Parkway Project is identified in the 2010 State Transportation Improvement Program and the 2011 FTIP as an 8-mile new east-west freeway in the City of Bakersfield for which the easterly 6 miles, from just west of State Route 99 to Allen Road, is currently under construction and which includes the first 5 of the 6 project roadway phases; and WHEREAS, the Westside Parkway Phase 6 project is the last 2 mile segment, from Allen Road to the Heath Road/Stockdale Highway intersection, of the project and is ready for construction but has not yet been authorized for construction by the California Transportation Commission; and WHEREAS, the Westside Parkway freeway is part of the State Route 58 Corridor which is a high-volume, east-west interregional route in Bakersfield that provides significant goods and freight movement connections between 1-5 and SR 99 in the San Joaquin Valley and links to other national goods movement corridors such as SR 14,1-15,1-40 and U.S, 395; and WHEREAS, in the metropolitan Bakersfield area east of SR 99, a well- developed freeway system consisting of State Routes 204, 178, and 58 accommodate large volumes of local and regional traffic movement while the western section of metropolitan Bakersfield lacks an adequate freeway system to ~AKF - Page 1 of 3 Pages - o`` 9sT L m r ORIGINAL support the traffic generated east of State Route 99; and WHEREAS, the Westside Parkway combined with the future Centennial Corridor SR 58 Connector projects will provide much-needed interregional, east- west connectivity and improved local circulation in the east-west direction while the regional goods movement and commercial commute times would be reduced as vehicles would not have to use congested arterial routes that have stop-and- signal-controlled intersections; and WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield is the Lead Agency for the preparation and submittal of the TIGER 3 Grant Application; and WHEREAS, the delivery and completion of this entire project is a Number 1 transportation priority for the Kern region and the City of Bakersfield. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows; 1. The foregoing recitals are true and incorporated herein. 2. The City Council supports the proposed Project. 3. The City Manager is authorized to sign a Letter of Support for the TIGER 3 application for the Westside Parkway Phase 6 project. ----------000---------- - Page 2 of 3 Pages - RAKF9s m U p ORIGINAL HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on OCT 1.~,-2011 by the following vote: RE COUNCILMEMBER: SA AL S, WEIR, COUCH, HANSON, SULLIVAN, JOHNSON COUNCILMEMBER: n&DnQ ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER: rl <n-~ COUNCILMEMBER: a r'N ROBERTA GAFFORD, C CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED OCT 1 9 20V By HARVEY L. HALL Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: VIRGINIA GENNARO City Attorney HUA H. RUDNICK puty City Attorney gAKF9~ r - Page 3 of 3 Pages ->~?a aINA! B A K E R S F I E L D Alan Tandy • City Manager October 20, 2011 The Honorable Ray LaHood Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 400 7th Street, SW Washington, D.C. 20590 RE: Letter of Support for TIGER Grant Application, Westside Parkway Phase 6 Dear Secretary LaHood: The Bakersfield City Council passed a Resolution at their October 19, 2011 meeting to authorize the City of Bakersfield to submit a TIGER 3 Grant application to deliver the Westside Parkway Phase 6 (Stockdale/Heath Tie-in) (Project). This $38 million project will have independent utility and function as the westerly link in the $894 million Centennial Corridor project. The Centennial Corridor will ultimately replace the existing State Route (SR) 58, which is currently on a busy signalized arterial street. As project lead, the City of Bakersfield will construct a two-mile section of 4-lane freeway on new alignment. The Centennial Corridor will provide a high capacity, east-west transportation corridor that provides significant goods and freight movement connections between Interstate 5 and SR 99 in the Central Valley, as well as links to other national goods movement corridors such as SR 14, 1-15, 1-40 and U.S, 395. The Project will also improve livability in metropolitan Bakersfield by reducing congestion on existing arterials in Bakersfield and support new, sustainable infill development in the urban areas surrounding the new transportation facility. The Project reduces congestion and improves safety on local city streets, improves air quality, and provides essential new jobs for an economically depressed area. A successful award of $10,000,000 will leverage non-federal, state and local matching funds of $28,000,000; for a total project cost of $38,000,000. As the City Manager for the City of Bakersfield, I pledge my support in the development of this Project and the entire Centennial Corridor in any way possible. A brief Project synopsis is included with this letter for your information. Sincerely, Alan Tandy, City Manager City of Bakersfield • City Manager's Office • 1600 Truxtun Avenue Bakersfield • California • 93301 (661) 326-3751 • Fax (661) 324-1850 o~ 6 AKF9ci' ~ o ORIGINAL PROPOSED FOR 2011/2012 TIGER FUNDING WESTSIDE PARKWAY PHASE 6 (STOCKDALE/HEATH BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA October 6, 2011 TIE-IN) Project Summary Westside Parkway is the first phase of the Centennial Corridor project, linking Interstate 5 with State Route (SR) 99. Once construction is complete, the Westside Parkway/Centennial Corridor will be designated as the new alignment of SR 58, connecting with the existing SR 58 freeway east of SR 99, to a location near the Stockdale Highway/I-5 interchange. All phases of the Westside Parkway phase of the Centennial Corridor project are either under construction or complete, except for Phase 6, the Stockdale/Heath Tie-in project. To construct this two-mile section of urban freeway, the City of Bakersfield is requesting $10 million in TIGER funds and providing $28 million in non-federal, state and local funds. The environmental documents, final engineering, and right-of-way certification are complete. The project is shovel-ready and can be completed within two years of TIGER funding approval. Project Purpose The Centennial Corridor/Westside Parkway is a high-capacity, east-west transportation corridor that: • improves regional goods movement and reduces commercial travel time • improves access to employment, housing, markets and commerce • reduces congestion on highways in and around Bakersfield, including SR 99 and SR 46 • connects with regional goods distribution facilities. The existing SR 58 is a high-volume, east-west interregional route in Bakersfield that provides significant goods and freight movement connections between I-5 and SR 99 in the Central Valley and links to other national goods movement corridors such as SR 14,1-15, 1-40 and U.S. 395. The annual average daily traffic (AADT) projected for the year of 2015 on Westside Parkway near this location is 21,500; the AADT projected for year 2035 is 79,000. Project Benefits Westside Parkway Phase 6 of the Centennial Corridor project will produce numerous benefits, including: improving local and regional economic competitiveness, reducing travel time, reducing crashes and vehicle operating expenses, and creating jobs. The specific project benefits are listed below. • Produce savings totaling more than $1.1 billion over the 20-year life cycle of the project. • Produce net savings in travel time, crashes and vehicle operating expense in the amount of $13.1 million per year in 2015 and $92.3 million per year in 2035. • Improve safety within the regional roadway network by reducing accidents, resulting in cost savings of more than $7 million per year in 2015 and over $52 million per year in year 2035. • Improve interregional goods movement by carrying an estimated 5,656 heavy trucks by the year 2035. • Create a total of 1,050 new jobs, according to the FHWA website model. Project Nominator: City of Bakersfield; Alan Tandy; City Manager, (661) 326-3751 Project Sponsor: Kern Council of Governments; Ron Brummett, Executive Director, (661) 861-2191 gAkF9s ~ m r 3 ORIGINAL