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COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
MARCH 18, 2013
TITLE:
RESOLUTION AND AUTHORIZATION TO
SUBMIT AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
? As Recommended
? As Amended
? Ordinance on 1" Reading
? Ordinance on 2nd Reading
? Implementing Resolution
? Set Public Hearing
For
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt a resolution approving an application for grant funds from the Environmental Justice Grant
Program through the California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation
Planning.
DISCUSSION
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) conducted a call for project applications
for Fiscal Year 2013-2014 under the Environmental Justice Grant Program. The program
provides funds for projects that integrate transportation, land-use planning, and community
values to support livable communities. The program is administered by the Caltrans
Transportation Planning Division, Office of Community Planning.
The City is currently in the process of updating the Circulation Element of the General Plan, and
one of the key components of that update is the adoption of a Complete Streets policy.
Complete streets are those which provide mobility for all users and modes of travel, including
automobiles, bicycles, pedestrians, and transit. Staff is requesting authorization to prepare and
submit an Environmental Justice Program grant application that will support the City's
transportation and mobility goals.
The grant application will focus on planning level activities to evaluate five roadway corridors in
an effort to engage the community and identify potential safety enhancements and feasible
elements of complete streets. A subsequent phase will include the preparation of a Complete
Streets guidelines document in furtherance of the Complete Streets policy. A resolution
authorizing submission of the grant application is required as part of the process. The
application deadline is April 2, 2013.
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Authorization to Submit Environmental
Justice Grant Program Application
March 18, 2013
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Per Section 15061(b)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act, this action is exempt from
further review as there is no potential for any environmental impact.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Environmental Justice Program will provide 90 percent of the funding on an approved
project with a required local match of 10 percent. If awarded, the grant maximum of $250,000
will be used to pay a consultant, and the City's contribution of no more than $25,000 would be
provided by in-kind staff services, and no out-of-pocket funding is necessary.
APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
Rau Godinez II `
Executive Director
Public Works Agency
Exhibit 1: Resolution
Francisco Gutierrez
Executive Director
Finance & Management Services Agency
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RESOLUTION NO. 2013-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING AN
APPLICATION FOR PROJECT FUNDING UNDER
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM
Iss3/11/13
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
ANA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds,
determines and declares as follows:
A. The State of California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) has
issued a call for projects through the Environmental Justice (EJ) Program,
providing funding for projects which promote community involvement in
transportation planning to improve mobility, accessibility, safety and opportunities
for affordable housing and economic development; and
B. Environmental Justice funding would allow the City of Santa Ana to
evaluate five corridors to identify complete streets elements which could be
incorporated into those corridors and, utilizing the information obtained through
the evaluation, prepare a complete streets design guidelines document; and
C. If awarded EJ Program funding, the City would comply with all grant
assurances, including a ten percent (10%) local match requirement.
Section 2: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana authorizes the
submittal of an application for Environmental Justice funding for the preparation
of a complete streets design guidelines document following an evaluation of the
following corridors to identify elements of complete streets which could be
incorporated into those corridors:
5th Street from Harbor Blvd to Sullivan Street
St Andrews Place from Bristol Street to Main Street
Raitt Street from 1 st Street to McFadden Avenue
Bishop Street from Broadway to Standard Avenue
Orange Street from Warner Avenue to First Street.
Section 3: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana authorizes the
Executive Director of the Public Works Agency, or his designee, as the agent of
the City of Santa Ana, to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all
documents, including, but not limited to, applications, agreements, amendments,
Exhibit 1 Resolution 2013-XXX
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payment requests, and Fund Transfer Agreements which may be necessary for
the completion of the project.
Section 4: This Resolution shall take effect upon its adoption and the
Clerk of the Council shall certify and attest to the vote adopting this Resolution.
ADOPTED this day of , 2013.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:
Laura S. Sheedy
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, MARIA HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the
attached Resolution No. 2013- to be the original resolution adopted by
the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on
Date:
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
Resolution 2013-XXX
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