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RESOLUTION TO EXECUTE RIGHT-OF-WAY CERTIFICATIONS WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS)
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: RAJA SETHURAMAN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: SEUNG YANG, P.E., CITY ENGINEER (714) 754-5633
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2023-xx (Attachment 1) authorizing the Public Works Director or designee(s) to execute all Master Agreements, Program Supplemental Agreements, Fund Exchange Agreements, and/or Fund Transfer Agreements, including Right-of-Way Certifications, and any other certifications, amendments, and documents to facilitate processes related to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Costa Mesa (City) is eligible to receive Federal and/or State funding for certain transportation projects, through the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) through various federal and state funding sources. Caltrans requires that agreements and right-of-way (ROW) certifications with other documents need to be signed by City staff as designated by City Council resolution authorizing designees to execute said agreements and ROW certifications.
On January 2, 2007, the City Council passed Resolution No. 07-01 (Attachment 2) entering into a revised 2006 Master Agreement No. 12-5312R that authorized the City Manager and the Director of Public Services (now Public Works Director) to execute future revisions to the Master Agreement on behalf of the City. However, the language in the resolution as well as previously required provisions of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) are no longer applicable. Therefore, a new resolution is required that properly authorizes execution of ROW certifications.
ANALYSIS:
For all Federal and State funded projects, the Master Agreements, Program Suppl...
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