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Master Agreement - Deputy Director Riske-Gomez
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Requested Action(s)
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a. Approve the Master Agreement, for Federal Aid Project and the Administration of Transportation Funds, period of July 1, 2024 until superseded
b. Authorize Executive Director or Deputy Director to sign Master Agreement
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Financial Impact:
This is an agreement to administer transportation funding to be further specified by project specific Standard Agreements (SA). No fiscal impact until modified by SA.
Background Information:
The Federal-Aid Highway Program and most local programs funded from the State Highway Account are reimbursable programs. Agreements (contracts) must be executed in order to pay funds to the local agency. The Division of Local Assistance (DLA) prepares and sends these agreements directly to the local agency. The agreements must be executed before any invoices for payment can be processed.
In the Master Agreement, a local agency agrees to comply with all federal and state laws, regulations, policies and procedures relative to the design, right of way acquisition, environmental compliance, construction and maintenance of the completed facility. It is normally processed once with the agency when it begins its first federal-aid or state funded project. In this case the programming of the Carbon Reduction Program funds to the Zero Emission Analysis for the region of Tehama vehicles and facilities triggered the need for a Master Agreement.
The Master Agreement is the contract between the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Tehama County Transportation Commission to administer transportation funds, receive annual apportionments and state/federal grants; the current agreement only covers planning related activities necessitating an additional MA allowing when receiving federal funds for a designated project facility and the subsequent operation and maintenance of that completed facility. The new MA (attached) sets forth the t...
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