CITY COUNCIL: Resolution Approving Submission of Application for Grant Funds from California Department of Transportation's (CalTrans) Community-Based Transportation Planning Grant Program

Meeting Date: March 6, 2012
Prepared by: Molly Laughlin


City Council
Agenda Item Summary


Name: Consideration of a Resolution approving the submission of an application for grant funds from the California Department of Transportation's (CalTrans) Community-Based Transportation Planning grant program in an amount not to exceed $150,000.

Description: Carmel-by-the-Sea is a walkable, pedestrian-friendly town with gaps in the network of trails in and around town and limited public transit connections to destinations within and outside the city limits. The Community-Based Transportation Planning grant will be used to study relevant issues, consult with experts and citizens, identify missing links, and plan and promote a more connected town where visitors as well as residents could forego cars and still easily access every attraction within the town, connect safely to local and regional hiking or biking trails, and use an expanded transit system to reach nearby attractions and transportation hubs.

Overall Cost:
City funds: A 10% match is required: up to 2.5% in in-kind services and 7.5% in cash ($12,375 maximum).
Grant funds: $150,000 (maximum).

Important Considerations: Because the proposed project will better link Carmel-area schools, parks, neighborhoods, and other attractions and improve the walkability and connectivity of the town, it will have a positive on the health and well-being of residents and visitors, seniors and children; enable Carmel-by-the-Sea to be marketed as an active, healthful destination; tap the growing market for active travel and events; prolong visitor hotel stays; prepare the town for connections to future light rail and train routes; attract visitors from more transit-oriented countries; reduce vehicular miles traveled and greenhouse gases; and increase visitor-generated revenue.

Staff Recommendation: Provide direction on the submission of the application. The deadline for submission of the grant application is April2, 2012.

Decision Record: Council approved the application for this same $150,000 grant from CalTrans in 2011, but the City did not receive the funding.

Reviewed by:


Jason Stilwell, City Administrator  Date

CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION 2012-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000
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WHEREAS, the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) has created the Community-Based Transportation Grant Program to promote a balanced, comprehensive multimodal transportation system and lead to the adoption, initiation, and programming of transportation improvements; and

WHEREAS, CalTrans has established procedures requiring the applicant to certify by
resolution the approval of application(s) before submission of said application(s) to the State;
and
WHEREAS, The City has developed a proposed project, Connect Carmel: Linking
Trails to Transit and People to Places, to study past proposals, consult with experts and citizens,
and develop a coherent plan for a local network of pedestrian and cycling trails and transit routes
throughout the City and to nearby visitor attractions and transportation hubs; and
WHEREAS, the City proposes to apply to the State of California’s Department of
Transportation’s FY 2012-2013 Community-Based Transportation Planning Grant for up to
$150,000 in grant funds; and
WHEREAS, the City will be providing up to $15,000 in local matching funds including
up to $3,750 in-kind for staff time and other administrative costs; and
WHEREAS, the City will enter into a contract with the State of California to complete
the project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Carmelby-
the-Sea does hereby:
1. Approve the submittal of an application to the State of California Department of
Transportation’s FY 2012-2013 Community–Based Transportation Planning Grant
Program.
2. Authorize the City Administrator to (a) enter into a contract with the State of California
Department of Transportation upon receipt of a Community-Based Transportation
Planning Grant from that agency and (b) conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all
documents, including but not limited to contracts, subcontracts, applications, agreements,
extensions, renewals, payment requests and so on, which may be necessary for the
completion of the project.
3. Accept, appropriate, expend, and administer the grant funds, if secured, in accordance
with the terms and conditions set forth in the approved grant for the project.
4. Agree to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, rules,
regulations, and guidelines.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMELBY-
THE-SEA on this 6th day of March 2012, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
SIGNED:
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SUE McCLOUD, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Heidi Burch, City Clerk