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City °JArts &Innovation City Council Memorandum IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: AUGUST 2, 2022 FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WARD: 1 SUBJECT: RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MSRC FUNDING COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR RIVERSIDE HUNTER PARK/UCR METROLINK STATION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $220,000 — SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ISSUES: Approval of a Cooperative Agreement with the Riverside County Transportation Commission to provide Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC) Funding to construct concrete sidewalks on the east side of Rustin Avenue between Marlborough Avenue and Spruce Street (Project); and authorization of a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $220,000. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the City Council: 1. Approve the Riverside County Transportation Commission MSRC Funding Cooperative Agreement for Riverside Hunter Park/UCR Metrolink Station Improvements; 2. With at least five affirmative votes, authorize the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record an increase in revenues and supplemental appropriation in the Capital Outlay — Grants Fund, Rustin Avenue Sidewalk Improvements revenue and expenditure accounts in the amount of $220,000; and 3. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Agreement, including making minor and non -substantive changes. BACKGROUND: The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee has supported and invested funding in clean transportation initiatives that reduce air pollution from motor vehicles throughout the South Coast Region. As part of Metrolink's expansion service to the City of Perris, a train station was established on the north side of Marlborough Avenue at Rustin Avenue. In order to accommodate and encourage pedestrian travel to/from the train station, the City is recommending the construction of missing sidewalk (approximately 600 linear feet) on the easterly side of Rustin Avenue. The Riverside County Department of Mental Health located at 2085 Rustin Avenue has expressed strong support for the sidewalk construction to accommodate its staff and visitors who