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Sacramento Intermodal to apply for federal funding grant
by Carlos Eliason, published on March 12, 2012 at 1:10 PM
Storyline: City of Sacramento
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In the coming weeks, the City of Sacramento will be applying for a federal grant of discretionary funds called the Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER IV.) This grant is being applied for with hopes of using the money for rehabilitation and improvements of facilities of the Sacramento Valley Station building.
Although constructed in 1926 with expansive light filled spaces and fine architectural details, decades of neglect are evident. Most of the building’s systems have outlived their useful life, and only 20,000 square feet is currently in use. Proposed upgrades, such as adding heating and air conditioning, elevators, stairs and restrooms will increase usable interior space to 50,000 square feet. Upgraded bicycle facilities will include a bicycle repair and parking station inside a former baggage ramp area.
Concurrently, Phase I of the Intermodal Project, moving the tracks 500 feet north, is clearly progressing in these scenes. Trains are scheduled to be switched over to the new tracks this summer.
Tasked with creating a cover photo for the grant application I quickly found myself craning 60 feet into the air, on a man-lift located just inside the Railyards site. Facing roughly south west and just after sunset, I composed and exposed accordingly, taking care not to make too many sudden movements. The the exposure requires a few seconds to complete, and any shaking in the lift basket would end up blurring the image.
Special thanks to Granite Construction for helping make the image possible.
Disclosure:
Carlos Eliason is a designer and photographer working for the City of Sacramento.
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http://www.sacog.org/calendar/2012/03/transportation/pdf/2-TIGER%20IV.pdf
"City of Sacramento: Intermodal Transportation Facility ($15 million federal request matched
with an estimated $15 million in other funds)—This investment helps realize one of the largest
infill opportunities in the country and represents both creation of a regional multimodal
transportation hub and a signature land use plan. The project includes improvements at the
existing Sacramento Valley Station, currently the second busiest in California and the seventh
busiest in the United States. It will upgrade the depot terminal’s exterior and interior spaces and
systems to improve service and building utilization and will rehabilitate a national historic
resource."
Remembering that Mayor Johnson, Steve Cohn, Roberta MacGlashan, Susan Peters & Phil Serna all sit on that SACOG board.....It's interesting to note that only Doris Matsui seemed to suddenly raise exceptional concern over the dominance of the Arena complex to the demise of the Intermodal.
This Regions voters, county wide, voted on approving the extension of Measure A's 1/2 % sales tax to 2039, with specific allocations to specific transportation related projects. We've spent over$48,000,000 Dollars of Measure A funds, to date, on the site...that has now been taken over by a new Kings Arena. Now we are applying for $15,000,000 in federal grant funding requiring a matching 15,000,000 component for the Valley Stattion rehab in conjunction with the Intermodal Project.
Where exactly is the intermodal project in the current terms sheet proposal?
I think I saw it on a Milk Carton....Under the heading.....Missing since March 2011....when this mayor's focus became a build at all cost arena...to keep the Kings.