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CC - CONSENT ITEM: (1) Authorization to Accept Grant Funds in the Amount of $565,707 from the Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program to Develop Complete Streets Implementation Procedures and Update the City's Bicycle and Pedestrian Action Plan; (2) FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE REQUIREMENT: Approval of a Related Budget Amendment to Allocate the $565,707 in Grant Funds and Appropriate Local Matching Funds Totaling $73,293 from the Mobility Improvement Fund (Fund 437) to CIP Project PS039.
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Meeting Date: September 8, 2025
Contact Person/Dept.: Thomas Check/Public Works Department
Phone Number: (310) 253-5627
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [ ] General Fund: Yes [ ] No [X]
Attachments: Yes [ ] No [X]
Public Notification: E-Mail: Meetings and Agendas - City Council (09/04/2025)
Department Approval: Yanni Demitri, Public Works Director/City Engineer (08/25/2025)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council (1) authorize the acceptance of grant funds in the amount of $565,707 from the Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program to develop Complete Streets Implementation Procedures and update the City's Bicycle and Pedestrian Action Plan; and (2) approve a related budget amendment to allocate the $565,707 in grant funds and appropriate local matching funds totaling $73,293 from the Mobility Improvement Fund (Fund 437) to CIP Project PS039 (four-fifths vote requirement).
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program is an annual grant program intended to support and implement Regional Transportation Plan Sustainable Communities Strategies and to ultimately achieve the State's greenhouse gas reduction targets of 40% and 80% below 1990 levels by 2030 and 2050, respectively.
On June 23, 2025, the City Council adopted the first edition of the Complete Streets D...
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