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Fresno COG Policy Board

July 31, 2025 5:30 pm

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The Policy Board will consider all items on the agenda. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.

All items on the consent agenda are considered to be routine and non-controversial by COG staff and will be approved by one motion if no member of the Committee or public wishes to comment or ask questions. If comment or discussion is desired by anyone, the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered in the listed sequence with an opportunity for any member of the public to address the Committee concerning the item before action is taken.

Action: Staff, TTC and PAC recommend the Policy Board approve Resolution 2025-30 adopting the City of Firebaugh’s FY 2025-26 Transportation Development Act claim totaling $580,757.

Action: Staff, TTC and PAC recommend the Policy Board approve Resolution 2025-31 adopting the City of Mendota’s FY 2025-26 Transportation Development Act claim totaling $847,804.

Action: Approve Resolution 2025-32 adopting the City of Orange Cove’s FY 2025-26 Transportation Development Act claim totaling $647,979.

Summary: The Transportation Development Act’s (TDA) Article 4 requires Fresno COG to conduct a triennial performance audit of its own administration and the three transit operators to which Fresno COG allocates funds: Fresno Area Express (FAX), City of Clovis Public Transit, and Fresno County Rural Transit Agency (FCRTA). Fresno COG also requires a triennial performance audit for the Consolidated Transportation Service Agencies (CTSA) within Fresno County to determine if AB 120’s action plan goals are being met. During the audited period, the Fresno County Economic Commission (Fresno EOC) was co-designated with FAX and FCRTA as the CTSA, functioning as a fourth operator. The City of Clovis is the designated CTSA for that community.

The audits are intended to provide an independent, comprehensive review of the recipient’s TDA funds, their management and use. It also provides an opportunity to review service efficacy and to assure compliance with State requirements using TDA performance indicators. Final audit reports for all are attached to this item.

Action: Staff and the TTC/PAC recommend the Policy Board approve the triennial performance audits for Fresno COG, FAX, City of Clovis Public Transit, and Fresno EOC for the three-year period ending June 30, 2024.

Action: Approve Resolution 2025-37 adopting the City of Kingsburg’s FY 2025-26 Transportation Development Act claim totaling $886,001.

Summary: The 2026 Transportation Asset Management Plan (TAMP) is a California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) strategic plan to guide cost-effective investment in transportation infrastructure. TAMP is required under both State law (California Government Code §14526, modified by Senate Bill 486) and Federal law (23 U.S.C. 119(e)(1), MAP-21 §1106), and is updated every four years. The most recent version was published in 2022.

As part of the TAMP, Caltrans must establish National Performance Management Measures (PM2) for pavement and bridge conditions on the National Highway System (NHS). These measures focus on the percentage of assets in “good” and “poor” condition, based on standards set by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

Metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), including  Fresno Council of Governments (Fresno COG), are required to adopt four-year PM2 targets for locally owned NHS assets. Caltrans has provided MPOs with data, tools, and default performance targets based on statewide averages and recent funding levels.

Fresno COG manages approximately 364.5 lane miles of NHS pavement and 287,530 square feet of bridge deck area. Using Caltrans’ Performance Target Analysis Tool (PTAT), the following default targets were generated for our region:

Condition Pavement (4-Year) Pavement (10-Year) Bridge (4-Year) Bridge (10-Year)

Good/New

7.7%

 9.1% 56.1%

41.9%
Poor 22.2% 24.2% 1.1%

0.0%

Caltrans offers MPOs two options: a) adopt the state-provided targets, which are based on standardized assumptions and funding data from the State Controller’s Office or b) develop locally derived targets, which would require Fresno COG to estimate future funding by federal work type and conduct additional analysis.

This information was presented to local jurisdictions with NHS assets on May 29. The slides are attached to this agenda item. Based on the discussion and consensus, staff recommends adopting the Caltrans-provided PM2 targets.

Action: Staff and TTC/PAC recommend the Policy Board approve and submit the performance-setting form with Caltrans-prepared PM2 performance targets for locally owned NHS pavements and bridges.

2025-26 Overall Work Program Amendment No. 2  amends the budget to include a Sustainable Communities Competitive Grant awarded on July 1, 2025 and incorporate an  FHWA modeling grant, increasing the total budget to $37,596,700.

WE 111 Regional Transportation Modeling – Through Caltrans, FHWA has requested Fresno COG program $800,000 to address enhancements to the travel demand model.

WE 157 Fresno Metropolitan Light Rail Feasibility Study –  Caltrans recently awarded Fresno COG $800,000 in FTA 5304 funding to perform a feasibility study for light rail.

Action: Staff and TTC/PAC recommend the Board adopt Resolution 2025-38 approving 2025-26 Overall Work Program Amendment No. 2.

Summary: $2,716,421 in Measure “C” funds are available in 2025-26 for programs administrated through Fresno COG. In accordance with Fresno County Transportation Authority procedures, Resolution 2025-39 adopts claims for ADA/Senior Scrip/Paratransit ($875,907), Farmworker Van Pools ($643,071), Car/Van Pools ($643,071)  and Administrative/Planning ($554,372).

Action:  Staff and TTC/PAC request the Policy Board adopt Resolution 2025-39 approving Measure “C” claims for ADA/Senior Scrip/paratransit, farmworker vanpools, ride sharing/vanpools, and administration & planning.

Summary: Fresno Area Express (FAX) has submitted, and the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) has approved, $80,982,330 in projects eligible for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital (TIRCIP) and Zero-Emission Transit Capital (ZETCP) programs.  The City of Fresno has adopted Resolution 2025-133 agreeing with CalSTA and Fresno COG program requirements. Resolution 2025-40 authorizes Fresno COG to disperse to the City of Fresno as the apportionments are received from the State.

Action: Staff, TTC and PAC recommend the Policy Board adopt Resolution 2025-40 authorizing staff to disburse TIRCP and ZETCP funding to the City of Fresno.

Summary: The Fresno County Rural Transit Agency (FCRTA) has submitted, and the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) has approved, $22,537,198 in projects eligible for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital (TIRCIP) and Zero-Emission Transit Capital (ZETCP) programs. FCRTA has adopted resolution 2025-07 agreeing with CalSTA and Fresno COG program requirements.  Resolution 2025-41 authorizes Fresno COG to disburse to FCRTA as the apportionments are received from the State.

Action: Staff, TTC and PAC recommend the Policy Board adopt Resolution 2025-41 authorizing staff to disburse TIRCP and ZETCP funding to the FCRTA.

Summary: Clovis has submitted and California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) has approved $14,990,458 in projects eligible for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital (TIRCIP) and Zero-Emission Transit Capital (ZETCP) programs.  The City of Clovis has adopted resolution 2025-31 agreeing to CALSTA and FCOG program requirements.  Resolution 2025-42 authorizes FCOG to make disbursements to the City of Clovis as the apportionments are received from the state.

Action: Staff, TTC and PAC recommend the Policy Board adopt Resolution 2025-42 authorizing staff to disburse TIRCP and ZETCP funding to the City of Clovis.

Summary: On Feb. 27, Fresno COG submitted its federal fiscal year (FFY) 2024/25 obligation plan to Caltrans’ Division of Local Assistance, which documents Fresno COG’s estimated project delivery for the remainder of the year. The obligational authority (OA) target for FFY 2024/25 was set at $19,788,364. Of that, the region has obligated $10,491,564 in combined Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) improvement funds as of June 30. This equates to roughly 53% of the OA target.

Attached is the list of obligated and de-obligated projects from April 1 through June 30, 2025, totaling $8,585,287 during that quarter. It is the State’s goal to exceed the OA target and, in August, receive additional federal funds redistributed from other states to projects pending authorization. Fresno COG encourages all agencies to continue submitting their requests for authorization. If projects do not receive authorization approval in August, they will be delayed to October 2025, the beginning of the new federal fiscal year 2025/26.

Please keep Fresno COG staff updated on any changes that could impact the region’s project delivery plan. Contact Blake Rincon at 559-233-4148 ext. 203 or brincon@fresnocog.org with any questions regarding fiscal year deadlines or the process of obligating project funds.

Action: Information. The Policy Board may provide additional direction at its discretion.

Summary: The Fresno COG Policy Board and Fresno County Transportation Authority (FCTA) approved the new Measure C regional Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) program after transferring $6 million in Measure C funding from the Senior Scrip, carpool/vanpool and agricultural vanpool programs into the new SRTS program for one-time funding of eligible projects on a competitive basis through the approval of Amendment No. 9 to the 2006 Measure C Expenditure Plan.

The SRTS guidelines prioritize bicycle and pedestrian-friendly projects within one-half mile of a school site and establish a project limit of $1.5 million, among other characteristics. The program is available to 14 jurisdictions in the Fresno region, as outlined in the guidelines. 

The Measure C Safe Routes to School allocation aims to support transportation projects serving primary and secondary students in accessing public school facilities to: 

  • Enhance the safety of children walking or biking to school; 
  • Prioritize schools with significant safety concerns or risk to children bicycling or walking to school based on crash data, traffic analysis, or traffic behavior around primary and secondary schools; and 
  • Support disadvantaged and low-income communities with fewer transportation safety options to ensure all children have access to safe routes. 

The call-for-projects for the one-time funding opens July 11, and applications are due on Sept 12. The SRTS Program policies and guidelines are available at: Fresno County Measure C. The application package is attached with this agenda.   

Action: Information. The Policy Board may provide additional direction at its discretion. 

Summary:  Senate Bill 743 (SB 743, 2013), requires that the traffic congestion metric level of service (LOS) within the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process be replaced with a metric that would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), develop a multi-modal transportation system and increase land use diversity. The Office of Planning and Research (OPR), now Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, recommended vehicle miles traveled (VMT) as the most appropriate metric to measure transportation impacts for developments, considering it is more aligned with the State’s goals of reducing GHG emissions through infill development, active transportation and other sustainable land use and transportation projects.

Fresno COG developed the original SB 743 regional guidelines for Fresno County in July 2020. This document has been serving as a guide to the local governments and consultants for traffic impact studies, along with CEQA-related studies. While the City of Clovis has adopted its own SB 743 guidelines, all remaining 15 agencies have adopted the regional guidelines.

Fresno COG’s activity-based model (ABM) has been used as a primary tool to develop the regional VMT guidelines. From the formulation of the regional, as well as the agency-specific, VMT thresholds to VMT mitigation strategies, the ABM has been the core of these tasks. As the ABM is updated, there is also a need to update the regional guidelines because of changing VMT thresholds. In addition, the SB 743 VMT analysis within CEQA itself has evolved from 2020-2024, justifying changes in the regional guidelines. The updated document will also help phase two of the VMT mitigation program, which Fresno COG will develop in FY2025-26. Information sessions and a workshop were held in October 2024 and June 2025, respectively, to brief the member agencies and developers/consultants on the regional guidelines and resources update.

This guidelines update the screening criteria to help local jurisdictions screen out projects that have less-than-significant VMT impacts. They also provide recommendations for thresholds and methodologies for VMT analysis and provide substantial evidence for a threshold alternative of 13 percent VMT reduction, as opposed to the State’s 15 percent for residential and office projects. The update simplifies the VMT screening maps and aims to overcome some limitations in the original guidelines. A list of updated mitigation measures or strategies are also included within the document. To further assist member agencies and developers, another workshop will be held to provide the training to the preferred consultants who can conduct the VMT analysis on Fresno COG’s behalf.

Fresno COG is not a lead agency for any land use or transportation projects. The recommendations in the regional guidelines are advisory and may be used by member agencies at their discretion, based on their individual growth policies and economic development goals.

Action: Staff and TTC/PAC recommend the Policy Board accept the updated SB 743 implementation regional guidelines and resources.

Summary: On Nov. 21, 2024, Fresno COG’s Policy Board issued a formal call-for-projects for the Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) regional bid program, with $35.0 million originally made available for funding this cycle. An additional $3 million in reserves was added to supplement the call for projects. Fresno COG staff received 51 applications by the March 3, 2025 deadline, requesting over $75 million in funding.

The STBG scoring committee convened on June 5 to deliberate on the recommended program of projects.  The scoring committee comprised each respective sector of the county, including urban metro, east side rural, west side rural, transit, county government, Caltrans, and Fresno COG staff. The scoring committee project recommendations are included as an enclosure along with the contingency list, regional bid results by agency, and the total funding distribution results.

Action: Staff and TTC/PAC recommend the Policy Board approve the scoring committee’s project recommendations for the 2025-26 Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Program.  The Committee may provide additional direction at its discretion

Summary: On Nov. 21, 2024, the Fresno COG Policy Board issued a formal call for projects for the 2025–26 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) regional bid program. Initially, approximately $25.2 million was expected to be available for this funding cycle. However, that amount increased by nearly $3 million, bringing the available CMAQ funding to $28 million.

By the application deadline of March 14, 2025, staff received 44 project proposals requesting over $59.7 million in funding.

On June 11, the CMAQ Scoring Committee convened to evaluate and recommend a program of projects. The committee comprised representatives from the City of Fresno, Fresno County, east and west side jurisdictions, Caltrans, Fresno COG, regional transit agency, and a sister Valley metropolitan planning organization (MPO). Out of 44 submitted applications, 26 were selected for full funding.  The recommendations are attached to this report.

Action: Staff and TTC/PAC recommend the Policy Board approve the scoring committee’s project recommendations for the 2025-26 Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) Program.

Summary: Since the regular June Policy Board meeting, the Measure C 2026 Steering Committee has met three times following the new consolidated effort and timeline approved last month.  DKS Project Manager Kendall Flint will provide an updated overview on the committee’s activities and deliberations.

During those meetings, committee members learned about the state of the regional pavement condition index (PCI) and the history of the Measure’s Regional Program, developed a vision statement and list of priorities, and also began its discussion of categorical allocations based on nearly completed datasets of public input received to date.  Minutes for all but the July 30 meeting are attached to this report.

Transportation For All and Fresno COG’s public outreach dataset paints an impressive picture of thoughtful, thorough insights and survey results culled from throughout the region, with more than 3,000 comments accumulated to date.  Sources also include but are not limited to:

    • 1,400+ survey responses
    • 650+ online comments
    • Nine community workshops
    • 57 community events/canvassing dates/pop-ups
    • Community canvasing: 5,823 homes with 609 surveys and 500 comments
    • Mini-grant outreach (Vet Net): 2,250 connections with 165 surveys
    • Seven focus groups (results shared at the June Board Meeting)

Certain key themes and insights have emerged.  Some of these include the following:

Online Allocation Preference Survey Results (As of July 24, 2025, 1,300+ respondents)

These percentages reflect how the public would prefer to have funds allocated from Measure C in broad categories.  The number of surveys completed continues to rise, however these numbers have remained consistent since June.

  • Local Streets and Roads 46%
  • Bike/Ped/SRTS 19%
  • Transit 18%
  • Regional Projects 14%
  • Other/Local Programs 3%

Generally, the public is registering strong interest in local street and road maintenance, safety enhancements, public transit improvements, equitable distribution of resources and infrastructure quality, among other broad topics.  More specifically, these include:

Infrastructure Maintenance and Quality

  • Road conditions: Strong emphasis on pothole repairs, resurfacing, and consistent maintenance, especially on neglected rural and south Fresno roads (e.g., Fowler, Sunnyside, Biola).
  • Sidewalk gaps: Persistent issues with missing or inconsistent sidewalks, particularly near schools and residential zones. ADA-compliant sidewalks are repeatedly requested.

Safety Enhancements

  • Traffic calming: Widespread calls for speed bumps, stop signs, and crosswalks near schools and high-traffic residential areas.
  • Street lighting: Requests to address dark, unsafe streets (e.g., Jefferson Ave, rural outskirts).
  • Reflective markings: Need for better road paint and reflectors for nighttime visibility.

Public Transit Improvements

  • Expanded service: Desire for more bus routes, longer service hours, and equitable coverage for rural communities.
  • Accessibility: Emphasis on elder and disabled access, including paratransit and ADA-compliant bus stops.
  • Comparisons to Other Cities: Frustration at lower transit quality versus cities like Los Angeles.

Equity and Resource Distribution

  • North vs. South Fresno: Perception that northern, wealthier neighborhoods receive better infrastructure investments.
  • Rural neglect: Outlying communities (e.g., Orange Cove, Biola, Auberry) cite lack of sidewalks, transit, and safe road conditions.

Parks, Recreation, and Green Spaces

  • Requests for more parks, trails, splash pads, and shaded areas.
  • Emphasis on recreational facilities for children and teens to foster community and reduce crime.

Environmental and Aesthetic Concerns

  • Calls for tree planting, shade structures, and urban greening to combat heat and improve livability.
  • Requests for trash cleanup, alley maintenance, and beautification along major corridors and underpasses.

Community Engagement and Trust

  • Comments reflect distrust in government transparency—concerns about mismanaged funds and unclear decision-making.
  • Requests for more outreach and education about how funds are allocated and used.

Recommendations Based on Feedback

Recommendations to the Steering Committee emerged based on the combined outreach results.  Some of those recommendations include:

Infrastructure Focus – Prioritize Local Roads

  • Prioritize comprehensive road and sidewalk repairs with equitable geographic distribution.
  • Invest in ADA-compliant pedestrian facilities near schools and community hubs.

Safety Enhancements

  • Expand traffic calming measures (speed bumps, stop signs, crosswalks) in school zones and residential neighborhoods.
  • Improve street lighting and reflective road markings in high-risk corridors.

Transit

  • Review bus frequency and coverage, especially in rural and underserved areas.
  • Integrate elder and disabled transit services into Measure C planning.

Community Equity

  • Allocate funding using an equity framework to ensure historically underserved areas receive proportionate investment.
  • Address north-south infrastructure disparities explicitly in public communications.

Recreational and Green Spaces

  • Support creation of parks, trails, and shaded public spaces to improve quality of life.
  • Link recreational planning with active transportation corridors (bike and pedestrian networks).

Transparency and Public Engagement

  • Publish regular public updates on Measure C project selection and spending.
  • Conduct bilingual outreach and targeted engagement in rural and low-income neighborhoods.

The July 17 Steering Committee meeting included a joint presentation from Transportation For All and Fresno COG regarding outreach efforts. The minutes of that meeting and the previous four meetings are attached for reference, as are the rules for member participation, which the committee agreed to follow.

Following that presentation, members discussed a vision statement and a set of priorities to guide the plan. A draft vision statement was approved in concept by 83% of members and 94% of members approved the priorities.

While the vision statement is still being refined, the committee embraced multiple priorities with a strong interest in street and road maintenance underpinning each one.  These  include:

·      Support Community Health & Resilience

·      Enhance Safety

·      Ensure Accessibility and Connectivity for All

·      Make Equitable Investments

The mission statement is scheduled to be discussed further at the July 30 Steering Committee meeting.  Should consensus be reached on exact wording, the Board will be provided with the recommended statement.

Action: Information and discussion. The Policy Board may provide additional direction at its discretion.

Summary: The funding strategy for widening the remaining six miles of State Route (SR) 41 from Elkhorn to Excelsior avenues in Fresno County is at a critical juncture requiring immediate action from Fresno COG and the Fresno County Transportation Authority (FCTA) boards. Complicating the issue is the oversight involvement of multiple agencies, including the California Transportation Commission.  As of this writing, the situation is evolving and subject to change.

Fresno COG is providing multiple recommendations for action to address the situation, all of which involve increasing funding shares to help cover Caltrans-projected or actual cost overruns.

Widening SR 41 from the outskirts of Fresno to Kings County was a priority in the original 1986 Measure C Expenditure Plan. Fresno COG, FCTA and Caltrans partnered to construct 16 miles of four-lane expressway to approximately Elkhorn Avenue.

The majority of project funding came from Measure C, with a small amount of State and Local Partnership Program (LPP) funding. Kings County also made improvements to SR 41 on its end to link the corridor; however, when the 16-mile segment was constructed, design and environmental on the final segment to close the six-mile gap between Fresno and Kings counties had not begun.

During discussions among the partners leading up to the 2006 Measure C ballot, a strategy evolved to program the remaining gap (the Excelsior Expressway) in the State’s Interregional Improvement Program (IIP), and funding also appeared in the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for a few years; however, due to state budget issues in 2008, the project fell out of the STIP.

In order to restore the IIP funding, Fresno COG agreed to match $8 million of IIP with $2 million in Regional Improvement Program (RIP) from the STIP to develop the project.

In 2020, discussions among the partners intensified, and in 2022 Fresno COG and the FCTA amended the Rural Tier I list and programmed Measure C and State Regional Improvement Program (RIP) funds to match State IIP and State Highway Operations and Protection (SHOPP) funds.

The project’s total cost was expected to be $70.8 million, with SHOPP contributing $14.8 million, the IIP $31 million, the RIP $12 million and $13 million in Measure C funding.  Construction was programmed in 2024-25. In 2025, FCTA added $4.1 million in formula LPP to offset part of the Measure contribution.

The design and right-of-way are now essentially complete; however, construction cost overruns delayed the anticipated 2024-25 list date.

The California Transportation Commission (CTC) approved a time extension on the funding but the project must be allocated in October.  For the project to proceed to construction, the Cooperative Agreement between Caltrans and FCTA must be modified in August to perfect the Measure funding.

The construction cost increase is $24,408,000.  Of that, $13,780,000 comes out of the SHOPP and IIP, while the RIP must increase $4,191,000 and the Measure $6,437,000.  Caltrans District 6 is working with its Local Programs Division in Sacramento to approve the SHOPP and IIP; however, RIP funding must be resolved prior to approval, which includes the CTC ratifying the decisions being made.

Fresno COG administers the Regional County Shares (75 percent) of the State Transportation Improvement Program. Fresno COG programmed the balance of RIP county shares in the 2024 STIP on American Avenue, so there is no RIP funding available today.

The fund estimates for the 2026 STIP released in June set Fresno COG’s initial target at $14,611,000, providing enough to cover the $4.1 million; however, the funding is not available for programming until 2028-29 or beyond.

The current STIP is oversubscribed, so the CTC has discontinued allowing advances of county shares; however, CTC policy allows agencies to advance RIP with local funds via a loan (AB 3090) agreement.   Under this scenario, the CTC programs the additional funding in 2028-29 or beyond, but the project goes to construction using additional local funds and the RIP allocation is reimbursed in the programmed year.

Approved AB 3090 agreements have priority for available STIP funds programmed in the year of eligibility, but it is not an ironclad guarantee of reimbursement.  If something happens to the State budget that negates the entire STIP, the obligation would not be fulfilled.

In addition, the CTC locked down STIP projects when the 2026 STIP fund estimate came out in June and the AB 3090 cannot be adopted by the CTC until the 2026 STIP is adopted in March 2026.  This means there is no guarantee the loan agreement will be approved.

Staff proposes the Fresno COG board commit to programming $4,191,000 of the 2026 RIP target for SR 41 Excelsior Expressway and support FCTA and Caltrans to request an AB3090 agreement to advance the RIP funds with Measure C.

In February the Authority approved a cooperative agreement with Caltrans for $8,836,000.  The revised commitment, including the Measure share of the cost overrun and the potential AB 3090 loan brings the total Measure contribution to $19,464,000.  This means the revised agreement would increase the Measure contribution by $10,628 ,000.  However, $4,164,000 of this was previously programmed in the existing Expenditure Plan, so this represents a net increase in Measure funding of $6,464,000.

Staff has identified $6,464 ,000 in available funding from the original 1986 Measure that has recently been freed up by closing out old contractual obligations and through repayments of Regional Transportation Mitigation fee loans.

Action: Staff recommends the Policy Board approve the following four recommendations:

 Recommendation 1:  Authorize an additional $6,464,000 in original, rural Measure C to be programmed against SR 41 Excelsior Expressway in the Measure C Regional Transportation Plan Rural Tier 1.

Recommendation 2:

Identify SR 41 Excelsior Expressway as a candidate for 2026 RIP funding and authorize $4,191,000 be programmed in 2028/29 or beyond.

Recommendation 3:

Recommend FCTA amend the SR 41 Excelsior Expressway cooperative agreement with Caltrans to be increased $10,628,000 to $19,464,000.

Recommendation 4:

Recommend FCTA, Caltrans and Fresno COG cooperate to request an AB 3090 reimbursement agreement with the CTC for the SR 41 Excelsior Expressway $4,191,000 future county shares.

About Consent Items:

All items on the consent agenda are considered to be routine and non-controversial by COG staff and will be approved by one motion if no member of the Committee or public wishes to comment or ask questions. If comment or discussion is desired by anyone, the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered in the listed sequence with an opportunity for any member of the public to address the Committee concerning the item before action is taken.

 

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