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Council Meeting, November 10, 1992 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and city Council
FROM: city Staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Adopt a Resolution to Authorize the
City Manager to Apply for a Grant Under the Fuel
Efficient Traffic signal Management Program (FETSIM)
Through the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans)
Introduction
ThlS report requests the city Council adopt the attached
resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply to Caltrans for
a $37,000 grant which wlll be used for improvement of the
signal timlng in the Downtown BUSlness District.
Backqround
Each year grant monies are made available from Caltrans for
traffic signal management programs, specifically the development
of improved signal timing. staff has submitted an application
and received prelimlnary approval for a project for the Downtown
Business District street network. The project will provide
signal coordination for the Downtown grid system which
encompasses the area bounded by Ocean Avenue on the west,
Lincoln Boulevard on the east, Wilshire Boulevard on the north
and Colorado Avenue on the south.
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The attached resolution must be adopted by the city council in
order for the city Manager to be empowered to sign the grant
agreements.
Budqet{Financial Impact
An application has been submitted to FETSIM (Fuel Efficient
Traffic Signal Management Program), FY92j93 for $37,000. Upon
approval of the grant funds, budget revenue account 20-210-415-
00000-0365-10000 should be revised to reflect the $37,000 grant
and funds in the amount of $37,000 should be appropriated to
account 20-770-416-20093-8900-99451.
The estimated cost of this project is as follows:
Total Project Cost: $47,825.
state Share (Grant) : $37,000.
Local Share, Staff time: $10,825.
(Already budgeted in
General Fund)
Recommendation
It is recommended that the city Council:
1. Adopt the attached resolution which authorizes the City
Manager to apply for $37,000 of FETSIM funds for the improvement
of signal timing in the Downtown Business District and execute
all related documents.
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2. Upon grant approval, reVlse the budget revenue account 20-
210-415-00000-0365-10000 to reflect an increase of $37,000 and
appropriate $37,000 to account number 20-770-416-20093-8900-
99451.
Prepared by: Paul Berlant, Director of Land Use &
Transportation Management
Ron Fuchiwaki, City Parklng and Traffic
Engineer
Jamal Rahimi, Senior Traffic Engineer
Attachment: Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 8498(CCS)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AUTHORIZING FUEL EFFICIENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL
f1ANAGEMENT PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION
WHEREAS, the Clty of Santa Honica recognlzes that it
is In the lnterest of the national economy to promote the
conservatlon of energy resources and to reduce our nation's
dependence on costly forelgn 011; and
WHEREAS, fuel efficient traffic signal management by
the Clty of Santa Honlca tv 111 provlde benefits to the local
community ln the form of unproved trafflc flow, reduced fuel
consumption, reduced vehlcle operating costs, reduced air
pollutant emlssions, and lmproved safety due to smoother flow;
and
WHEREAS, funds have been established and are available
through the California Department of Transportation for grants
to local governments for efficient traffic slgnal management
project,
NOW, THEREFORE, the Clty Councll of the City of Santa
Monlca does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The Clty Manager is authorized to submit
an application to the Callfornla Department of Transportation
for a Fuel Efficient Trafflc Slgnal Management grant, and the
city Manager may execute in the name of City of Santa Monica all
necessary appllcations, contracts and agreements to implement
and carry out the purposes specified in this Resolutlon.
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SECTION 2. The Clty Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of thlS Resolutlon, and thenceforth and thereafter the
same shall be ln full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Adopted and approved this loth day of November, 1992.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 8498(CCS)
was duly adopted by the city council of the city of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on November 10, 1992 by the following
Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Genser, Holbrook, Katz,
Olsen, Vazquez, Zane
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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