HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2020-34RESOLUTION NO. 2020 - 34
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
ADOPTING NATIONAL CITY'S INTRA-CONNECT PLAN (INTEGRATING
NEIGHBORHOODS WITH TRANSPORTATION ROUTES FOR ALL), FUNDED BY A
$330,000 CALTRANS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT
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, staff 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, on May 15, 2018, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2018 —
73 authorizing appropriations and corresponding revenue budget to allow for
reimbursement of eligible project expenditures through Caltrans' Sustainable
Transportation Planning Grant Program for completion of the INTRA-Connect Plan.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
National City hereby authorizes the adoption of National City's INTRA-Connect Plan
(Integrating Neighborhoods with Transportation Routes for All), funded by a $330,000
Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 18th day of February 2020
Alejandra otelo-Solis, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Michel R. Dalla, •'y Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on
February 18, 2020 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Quintero, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-34 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted
by the Council of said City on February 18, 2020.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy