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Art3_RanchoCucamonga_FY19_BikePed_Day Creek_2_Ext June 16, 2022 Justine Garcia Deputy Director of Engineering Services Via email at: Justine.Garcia@cityofrc.us, Ian.Tai@cityofrc.us, Justin.Pope@cityofrc.us RE: 2019/2020 Day Creek Channel Bike Trail – Extension Dear Ms. Garcia: Per your June 6, 2022 request, San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) staff is extending the Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 3 grant funded project deadline as outlined below. Project Type Bicycle/Pedestrian Allocation Number L20-0702-0745-00 Project Description Day Creek Channel Bike Trail TDA Article 3 Award $403,000 Local Match $217,000 Local Share 35% Total Project Cost $620,000 Original Deadline 12/31/2022 Revised Deadline 12/31/2023 No. of Years Extended* 1 *As long as the project is progressing, SBCTA staff has the authority to grant two one year extensions. Additional extension(s) must be approved by the SBCTA Board. As a friendly reminder, the TDA Article 3 grant award is paid through a reimbursement process upon project completion or through progress payments for awards over $200,000 (with a 10% retention until project completion). It is required that a TDA claim form and supporting documentation of project completion or progress are submitted to SBCTA prior to disbursement of funds. The TDA Article 3 grant award is for a maximum reimbursable amount. Should your project exceed the maximum reimbursable amount, SBCTA will not provide any additional reimbursement. For projects completed under the awarded amount, SBCTA will reimburse your agency for the TDA Article 3 share of the project using the match percentage identified above and in your grant application. Please also keep in mind that staff expenses may only be used to fulfill the local match requirement under select circumstances. Upon project completion, please go to www.gosbcta.com/tda3 to access claim forms and instructions for reimbursement filing. If you have any questions, please contact me via email at gkoblasz@gosbcta.com or by phone at (909) 884-8276 x112. Sincerely, Ginger Koblasz Senior Planner 6/9/22 To: Ginger Koblasz, Senior Planner - SBCTA From: Justine Garcia, Deputy Director of Engineering Svcs - City of Rancho Cucamonga RE: TDA PROJECT EXTENSION REQUEST – DAY CREEK CHANNEL BIKE TRAIL Ms. Koblasz – The City of Rancho Cucamonga is requesting a one-year extension on the grant award received for the completion of the Day Creek Channel Bike Trail project awarded in July of 2019. Due to pandemic staffing shortages in 2020 and early 2021 the project had progressed slowly. Additionally, the retirement of the two staff members who were working directly on the project has caused the project to be put on hold until positions are able to be filled; Ping Kho, Assistant Engineer retired in early November 2021 and Curt Billings, Associate Engineer and primary project manager for the project, retired abruptly in December 2021. The City has been working to fill both positions over the past 6 months and anticipates this team will be fully staffed again by August 2022. Design work for the project has been completed to approximately 95% and right-of-way acquisition for a small portion of property necessary to complete the project has been initiated. It is anticipated that once staff is on-board and acclimated to their new role, work will begin to push the project forward in the Fall of 2022 with anticipated construction in the Spring/Summer of 2023. Though we anticipate the project will be completed well before December 2023, the City would like to request a full one-year extension to account for any unforeseen issues such as longer than anticipate right-of-way acquisition, or long lead times for construction materials. If you should have any questions related to this request, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at 909-774-2046 or justine.garcia@cityofrc.us. Sincerely, Justine Garcia Deputy Director of Engineering Services