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ORIGINAL TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR CLEAN AIR FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND CITY OF REDWOOD CITY 07BFP12 This funding agreement (Agreement) is made and entered into between the City of Redwood City, hereinafter referred to as "Project Sponsor," and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, hereinafter referred to as the "Air District." SECTION I RECITALS 1) California Health and Safety Code Section 44220 et seq., including Sections 44223 and 44225, authorize the Air District to levy a fee on motor vehicles registered within its jurisdiction and to use those fees to implement a program to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles and to implement certain other projects pursuant to the California Clean Air Act of 1988. 2) California Health and Safety Code Section 44241 lists the permissible types of projects, all of which must conform to the transportation control measures and mobile source measures that are included in the plans adopted pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Sections 40233, 40717, and 40919 and that are in effect as of the date of execution of this Agreement. This includes projects that facilitate the "implementation of bicycle facility improvement projects that are included in an adopted countywide bicycle plan or congestion management program." 3) The Air District has established a grant program, entitled the Bicycle Facility Program (BFP) to "reduce emissions from mobile sources by contributing Air District funding for the implementation of bicycle facilities in the Bay Area, via streamlined processes that are cost- effective in both air-quality and administrative terms. " Under the BFP, the Air District may issue funds to public agencies within the Air District's jurisdiction. 4) On April 4, 2007, the Board of Directors of the Air District approved the BFP guidelines, the allocation of Transportation Fund for Clean Air funds for implementation of the BFP, and authorized Air District staff to award grants of these funds. 5) Air District staff has determined that the Project Sponsor is eligible for an award of a BFP grant to implement an eligible transportation control measure or mobile source measure to improve air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin (Project), based on the BFP eligibility criteria and on information provided in Project Sponsor's grant application. 6) The Air District and Project Sponsor desire to enter into this Agreement for implementation of the Project in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including all attachments thereto. Project 07BFPl2 Page 1