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CC - Approval of the Submission of an Application for the FY2018-2019 Caltrans' Sustainable Communities Strategy Transportation Planning Grant Program for the Innovative Mobility Service Planning and Management Study.
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Meeting Date: April 23, 2018
Contact Person/Dept: Diana Chang/Transportation Department
Phone Number: (310) 253-6566
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (04/18/18)
Department Approval: Art Ida (04/11/18)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council retroactively approve an application for the FY2018-2019 Caltrans' Sustainable Communities Strategy Transportation Planning Grant Program for the Innovative Mobility Service Planning and Management Study.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
Per the February 15, 2018 memorandum to the City Council, the City's Transportation Department planned to submit an application for the FY2018-2019 Caltrans' Sustainable Communities Strategy Transportation Planning Grant (The Grant) program. The applications for the FY2018-19 grant cycle was due February 23, 2018. As the submittal deadline was imminent and substantial staff work was required, staff advised the City Council that this item would be placed on the February 26, 2018 consent calendar, or a later agenda, for Council to ratify the application retroactively. Staff subsequently submitted a grant application to Caltrans on February 23, 2018.
The Grant is intended to encourage local and regional multimodal transportation and land use planning that furthers SCAG's Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), reduces GHG emissions and vehicle miles traveled, and achieves other state and regional mobility objec...
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