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REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager April 3, 2017 SUBJECT Cost Reimbursement Agreement between the California High-Speed Rail Authority and the City of Redwood City relating to the California High-Speed Rail Project RECOMMENDATION By motion, approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Standard Agreement between the California High-Speed Rail Authority and the City of Redwood City relating to the California High-Speed Rail Project BACKGROUND The California High-Speed Rail Authority (“Authority”) is responsible for the planning, design, construction and operation of the California High-Speed Rail Project (“Project”). The Project will involve a new high-speed rail system from San Francisco to the Los Angeles basin and a portion of the Project will be located in Redwood City. The Project is currently in the planning and environmental phase for the segment between San Francisco and San Jose, and those efforts are further defining a “blended” system which will support modernized Caltrain service and high-speed rail service on shared track largely within the existing Caltrain corridor. ANALYSIS The proposed agreement develops cost reimbursement procedures for City staff time spent in providing technical and engineering review, agreement development, and right- of-way research to the Project as it develops. Though the final Project design is currently being studied by the Authority and has not been finalized, the proposed agreement allows the City to recover costs when staff performs research for or provides information to the Authority. The Authority’s current business plan indicates a goal of expanding service to the entire route from San Francisco to the Los Angeles basin by 2029. A segment of the Project is now under construction in the Central Valley, and the business plan sets connecting San Francisco and San Jose to the Central Valley as a high priority. In its February update to local policy makers, the Authority indicated that the draft environmental 6.1.C. - Page 1