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City Council Meeting: November 14, 2023 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11561 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO
ACCEPT A GRANT AWARDED IN THE AMOUNT OF $522,327, WITH A REQUIRED
LOCAL MATCH OF $67,673, FROM THE CALTRANS SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
PLANNING GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD SAFETY
ENHANCEMENT STUDY, AND TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO
ACCEPT THE GRANT AND ALL GRANT RENEWALS.
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica’s (City) continues to advance Vision Zero
safety improvements, which will help achieve the City’s priorities of Clean and Safe and
Sustainable and Connected Community; and the City Council’s Vision Zero commitment
to eliminate fatalities and serious injuries caused by traffic collisions by 2026; and
WHEREAS, the Caltrans Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program
(Grant Program) is a competitive grant program that provides funding for transportation
and land use planning projects to reduce transportation-related GHG emissions; and
WHEREAS, on March 9, 2023, City staff submitted an application for the Santa
Monica Boulevard Safety Enhancement Study to evaluate collisions and identify targeted
safety enhancements along the Santa Monica Boulevard corridor, and the application
was prepared based on priorities of the City Council’s adopted plans and programs; and
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WHEREAS, on August 31, 2023, the City was awarded $522,327 in Grant Program
funds, with the payment of such funds contingent on the City Council adopting a resolution
authorizing acceptance the Grant Program funds and appropriating a local match of
$67,673 from Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) revenues, for a total project cost of
$590,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Monica accepts the Grant
Program funds in the amount of $522,327 for the Santa Monica Boulevard Safety
Enhancement Study. The City Council also appropriates a local match of $67,673 from
Transportation Impact Fee revenues, for a total project cost of $590,000.
SECTION 2. The City Council authorizes the City Manager, or designee, to
negotiate and execute all agreements, amendments, and renewals thereto pertaining to
the Grant Program Funds.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DOUGLAS SLOAN
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 14th day of November, 2023.
Gleam Davis, Mayor
I, Esterlina Lugo, acting City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11561 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 14th day of November 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Zwick, Parra, Brock, Torosis, de la Torre
Mayor Davis
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem Negrete
ATTEST:
Esterlina Lugo, Acting City Clerk
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