HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2018-73RESOLUTION NO. 2018 — 73
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENGINEERING GRANTS
FUND APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $333,000 AND
A CORRESPONDING REVENUE BUDGET TO ALLOW FOR
REIMBURSEMENT OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT EXPENDITURES
THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S
(CALTRANS) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT
PROGRAM FOR COMPLETION OF THE NATIONAL CITY
INTRA-CONNECT PLAN (INTEGRATING NEIGHBORHOODS
WITH TRANSPORTATION ROUTES FOR ALL)
WHEREAS, the INTRA-Connect Plan (Integrating Neighborhoods with
Transportation Routes for All) expands upon National City's SMART Foundation Plan (Safe
Multi -modal Accessible Routes To...transit, schools, parks, shops, services and recreation),
which identified infrastructure enhancements to encourage multi -modal transportation in
National City, by taking a comprehensive and integrated look at Smart Growth Planning, Smart
Mobility and Smart Parking elements; and
WHEREAS, this strategic approach will further support infill development as well
as localize self-supporting neighborhoods that keep vehicular miles traveled (VMT) down,
thereby reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and VMT, simultaneously; and
WHEREAS, a central focus of this project will be the concept of 10-minute "walk
neighborhoods," 10-minute "drive communities", and 10-minutes to "transit connections to
encourage more compact development, enhance transit use, increase multi -modal
transportation, reduce the distance and time people need to travel, and subsequently reduce
GHG emissions; and
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No.
2016-176 authorizing the filing of an application for Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant
Program funds through the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for National City's
INTRA-Connect Plan, and authorizing the City Manager to execute the grant agreement with
Caltrans, if selected for grant award; and
WHEREAS, in March 2017, the City was notified that National City had been
awarded a $330,000 Sustainable Communities Transportation Planning Grant for the project,
and the City Manager subsequently executed Grant Agreement Number 74A0956 with Caltrans,
effective November 1, 2017; and
WHEREAS, an Engineering Grants Fund appropriation and corresponding
revenue budget in the amount of $330,000 is necessary to allow for reimbursement of eligible
project expenditures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
National City hereby authorizes the establishment of an Engineering Grants Fund appropriation
and corresponding revenue budget in the amount of $333,000 to allow for reimbursement of
eligible project expenditures through the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans)
Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program for completion of the National City INTRA-
Connect Plan (Integrating Neighborhoods with Transportation Routes for All).
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Resolution No. 2018 — 73
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PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of May, 2018.
on Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST
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Mich el R. Dalla, Cit Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
May 15, 2018 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Mendivil, Morrison, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY:
RON MORRISON
Mayor of the City of National City, California
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By:
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-73 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted
by the Council of said City on May 15, 2018.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy