SB 1 Grant Assistance Contract - Imjin Parkway:

1.  APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute a sole source contract with Cathedral Oaks Consulting for an amount not to exceed $25,000, to prepare a draft SB 1 Solutions for Congested Corridors grant application for the Imjin Parkway segment of the Marina to Salinas Multimodal Corridor, for the period ending June 30, 2018;

2.  APPROVE the use of $25,000 in Measure X funds to be used for this purpose; and,

3.  AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to take such other further actions as may be necessary to fulfill the intent of the contract, including approvals of future modifications or amendments that do not significantly alter the scope of work, or change the approved agreement term or amount.

Staff issued a request for proposals to the Agency's list of on-call engineering consultants for SB 1 Grant Assistance and received no proposals.  The grant is sought to provide money to fill a funding gap and accelerate delivery of this project along a critical thoroughfare for Monterey County commuters between Salinas, Marina and the Monterey Peninsula.

TAMC is seeking matching funds for its Measure X project: Imjin Parkway improvements.  This project is a segment of the corridor evaluated in the Marina to Salinas Multimodal Corridor study, which created a conceptual plan to integrate high quality transit, bike and pedestrian facilities and gap-filling capacity improvements along a designated route.  The project fits well within the SB 1 Solutions for Congested Corridors grant program, whose concept is to fund transformative projects in high usage corridors. An SB 1 grant from this program would accelerate construction and fund a multimodal range of improvements in support of the vision created in the Marina to Salinas Multimodal Corridor Study.  

While TAMC would be the lead agency for submittal of the grant application, the City of Marina is the project sponsor and is currently conducting the environmental review for the project.  Conceptual design for the corridor has been completed.  The City has indicated it will be ready to list the project for bidding purposes in the 2018/19 fiscal year, likely by May 2019. This accelerated delivery schedule improves the chances for a successful grant application.  All work on this grant will be coordinated with the City of Marina.

Initially, staff sent a request for proposals to the TAMC engineering on-call list of consultants, but no proposals were received.  There is insufficient time to reissue the request for proposals given the complexity of the work and the February 16, 2018 grant application deadline.  As such, staff reached out to Steve VanDenburgh with Cathedral Oaks Consulting to submit a sole source proposal.  Mr. VanDenburgh until recently was a Principal Planner with the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments and has extensive experience with regional transportation planning and programming, including grant preparation.  He is familiar with Monterey County transportation issues through his participation in the Central Coast Coalition, and he presented at the New Self-Help Counties workshop in early 2017.  Given the small size of the contract and the expertise of the selected consultant, staff recommends proceeding with a sole source award.  

Cathedral Oaks Consulting - Scope of Work

Cathedral Oaks - Budget