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Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager or Designee to Execute Any Actions Necessary for the Purpose of Obtaining Financial Assistance Provided by the California Department of Transportation Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.
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City of Culver City, California
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or
Designee to execute any actions necessary for the purpose of obtaining financial
assistance provided by the California Department of Transportation Low Carbon
Transit Operations Program.
BACKGROUND:
Assembly Bill 32 (AB32), the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, took a
long-term, comprehensive approach to addressing climate change and its effects on
the environment and natural resources and set the requirement that by 2020,
California must reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to the level of 1990.
Subsequently, the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008
(SB375) and Senate Bill 535 (SB535) in 2011 directed regional planning organizations
and local agencies to develop strategies for sustainable communities and
disadvantaged communities, respectively. The Low Carbon Transit Operations
Program (LCTOP) is one of several programs that are part of the Transit, Affordable
Housing and Sustainable Communities Program established by Senate Bill 862 in
2014. The LCTOP will draw funds from the GHG Reduction Fund to support transit
agencies in their efforts to increase transit ridership and meet the statewide GHG
reduction goals identified in AB32, SB375, and SB535.
SB862 establishes the LCTOP as a formulaic program rather than a state-level
competitive program. Funds are identified through two allocation formulas: one based
on population and the other based on agency ridership. Approved projects in this
program will support new or expanded bus services, expand intermodal transit
Meeting Date: 02/23/2015 Item Number: C-3
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM: Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City
Manager or Designee to Execute Any Actions Necessary for the Purpose of
Obtaining Financial Assistance Provided by the California Department of
Transportation Low Carbon Transit Operations Program
Contact Person/Dept.:
Jane Leonard / Transportation
Phone Number:
310-253-6523
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X]
Public Notification: Agenda and Meetings – City Council (02/17/15)
Department Approval:
Art Ida (02/09/15)
City Attorney Approval:
Carol A. Schwab (by H. Baker) (02/17/15)
Chief Financial Officer Approval:
Jeff Muir (by M. Noller) (02/17/15)
City Manager Approval:
John M. Nachbar (02/17/15) City of Culver City, California
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facilities, and may include equipment acquisition, fueling, maintenance, and other
costs to operate those services or facilities, with each project reducing GHG emissions
and enhancing or expanding transit service. For agencies whose service area
includes disadvantaged communities, at least 50 percent of the funds received shall
be expended on projects that will benefit those communities.
DISCUSSION:
Culver CityBus, as the City’s municipal transit agency, will put these funds toward
service on its most heavily traveled Line 6 which traverses the 12.5-mile route along
Sepulveda Boulevard, from UCLA at the north, to the Green Line Station, southeast
of LAX. Disadvantaged communities have been identified along this corridor.
In order to obtain the funds which have been allocated to the City, staff has filed a
Letter of Intent for the use of the funds that have been allocated for FY 2015. Adoption
of a Resolution by the agency’s governing body (in the City’s case, the City Council)
is required for staff to submit additional allocation request forms for LCTOP funds,
authorize the City Manager or Designee to execute the documents, and take all other
actions necessary to implement the program.
FISCAL ANALYSIS:
Senate Bill 852 appropriates $25 million for LCTOP for 2014-15, approximately half of
which is allocated directly to transit agencies. The portion identified for the Los
Angeles region is $3,868,191 with Culver City’s allocation being $34,529.
ATTACHMENTS:
A. Proposed Resolution
B. Certifications and Assurances Document
C. Authorized Agent Signature Authority
MOTION:
That the City Council:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or Designee to execute any
actions necessary for the purpose of obtaining financial assistance provided by the
California Department of Transportation Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.
MEETING DATE: 02/23/2015
AGENDA ITEM: Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager or
Designee to Execute Any Actions Necessary for the
Purpose of Obtaining Financial Assistance Provided by
the California Department of Transportation Low Carbon
Transit Operations Program (LCTOP)
ATTACHMENTS
Pages
1. Resolution No. 2015-R 1-2
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