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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-70 - MOU Between SD Port District and City of National City Regarding Grant Matching Funds for Construction of Segment 5 of the Bayshore Bikeway RESOLUTION NO. 2025- 70 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, 1) AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE SAN DIEGO UNIFIED PORT DISTRICT TO CONTRIBUTE GRANT MATCHING FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE BAYSHORE BIKEWAY -- SEGMENT 5 PROJECT; AND 2) AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENGINEERING GRANTS FUND APPROPRIATION OF $2,000,000 AND CORRESPONDING REVENUE BUDGET. WHEREAS, in July 2018, City of National City ("City") staff submitted a Cycle 4 Active Transportation Program ("ATP") grant application to the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans")for the Bayshore Bikeway— Segment 5 project ("Project"); and WHEREAS, the Project will provide nearly 1.5 miles of protected bicycle facilities along McKinley Avenue and Marina Way in the City of National City ("City"); and WHEREAS, due to construction cost increases, in June 2022, City staff submitted a Cycle 6 Federal ATP grant application to Caltrans in the amount of$2,072,000 for the Project and was awarded the ATP grant at the California Transportation Committee's ("CTC") meeting on December 7, 2022; and WHEREAS, additionally, at their March 22, 2024 meeting, the CTC awarded a Cycle 4 ATP grant in the amount of $5,421,000 to the City for the Project, which was accepted and appropriated by the City Council on October 15, 2024 through authorization of Program Supplement Agreement No. F030 with Caltrans; and WHEREAS, subsequently, the City was awarded a Cycle 7 ATP grant from the San Diego Association of Governments ("SANDAG") in the amount of $5,681,000 for construction of the Project (the "Cycle 7 Grant"); and WHEREAS, the southernmost portion of the Project (approximately 900 feet) is on San Diego Unified Port District ("Port District") Tidelands, with the remaining alignment being off- Tidelands within the City's jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the Port District provided a letter of support for the Cycle 7 Grant application and committed to providing a $2,000,000 grant match should funding be awarded; and WHEREAS, the Memorandum of Understanding between the City and Port District provides for reimbursement from Port District to City of up to $2,000,000 for the Project's construction; and WHEREAS, staff recommends executing the MOU with the Port District for the Project to allow reimbursement of up to $2,000,000 of eligible Project expenditures. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: That the City Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the San Diego Unified Port District to contribute grant matching funds for construction of the Bayshore Bikeway—Segment 5 project. The Memorandum of Understanding is attached to the Agenda Report as Exhibit A. Section 2: That the City Council hereby authorizes the establishment of an Engineering Grants Fund appropriation of$2,000,000 and corresponding revenue budget. Section 3: That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. PASSED and ADOPTED this 17th day of Jun 2025. R n orrison, Mayor ATTEST: 604 Shelley hapel, MMC, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: (fd.ix-- Barry J. c tz, City Attorney Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of National City, California, on June 17, 2025 by the following roll-call vote, to-wit: Ayes: Molina, Rodriguez, Yamane, Bush, Morrison Nays: None. Absent: None. Abstain: None. AUTHENTICATED BY: Ron Morrison Mayor of the City of National City, California aF NA Shelley Chapel ,At. .. ` City Clerk of the City of National City, California v,' \,t E . , 5 :NW ' r BY: /• .A.C4A42,420- 0ircAL �` Shelley; helley apel, MMC, City Clerk