Metro - File #: 2021-0471

• File #: 2021-0471
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/28/2021
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 7/22/2021
• Final action: 7/22/2021
• Title: CONSIDER: A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or her designee to execute Resolution in Attachment A and all Grant Agreements and any amendments thereto to claim funds awarded through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program; and B. PROGRAMMING $90,692 in Proposition C (25%) Highway funds to meet the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program local match requirements.
• Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
• Indexes: Agreements, Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, Community Transportation, Complete streets, Funding plan, Grant Aid, Highway planning, Highway Planning (Project), Highway transportation, Housing, Local transportation, Long Range Transportation Plan, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Mitigation, Multi County Goods Movement Action Plan, Partnerships, Plan, Program, Proposition C, Purchasing, Regional transportation, Resolution, Safety, Senate Bill 743, South Coast Air Quality Management District, State highways, Strategic planning, Sustainable transportation, Vehicle miles of travel

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/22/2021	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
7/14/2021	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 14, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: VMT MITIGATION PROGRAM GRANT AWARD RESOLUTION

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or her designee to execute Resolution in Attachment A and all Grant Agreements and any amendments thereto to claim funds awarded through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program; and

B. PROGRAMMING $90,692 in Proposition C (25%) Highway funds to meet the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program local match requirements.

Issue
ISSUE

In February 2021, Metro staff applied to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant, Sustainable Communities Competitive (Technical) category for the development of a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Mitigation Program. Metro was notified in June 2021 of a conditional award of grant funds totaling $700,000, the maximum under the Sustainable Communities Competitive Program. In order to satisfy the conditions of the grant award, a Restricted Grant Agreement must be executed with Caltrans by July 31, 2021 which must include an adopted Board resolution. Failure to satisfy these conditions will result in the forfeiture of grant funds. Therefore, staff is seeking Board approval of the resolution contained in Attachment A.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program is a competitive, statewide, call-for-applications program created to provide a safe, sustainable, integrated, and efficient transportation system to enhance California's economy and livability. The grant funding is intended to support and implement Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Sustainable Communities Strategies (SCS) and to ultimately achieve the State's greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target of 40 and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2030...