HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2024-39 | Amending Budget Grant VMT GHG
RESOLUTION 2024-39
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GILROY AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO
EXECUTE ALL RESTRICTED GRANT AGREEMENTS AND
ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO WITH THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CITY OF
GILROY VMT/GHG REDUCTION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy intends to adopt a Vehicle Miles Traveled /
Greenhouse Gas (VMT/GHG) Reduction Program that includes a City -wide VMT
Reduction / Transportation Demand Management Policy and a City-wide Greenhouse
Reduction / Climate Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Program is necessary to ensure that VMT and GHG reduction
measures are tailored to the unique needs of Gilroy, with an emphasis on mode shift,
energy efficiency, and equity in Gilroy’s disadvantaged communities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy is eligible to receive Federal and/or State funding for
certain transportation planning related plans, through the California Department of
Transportation (Caltrans); and
WHEREAS, on January 18, 2024, the City of Gilroy applied for a $335,529
Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning grant to fund the Gilroy VMT/GHG
Reduction Program; and
WHEREAS, the Gilroy VMT/GHG Reduction Program addresses the objectives of
the Sustainable Transportation Planning grant, including but not limited to helping to meet
California's GHG emission reduction goals, improving air quality, promoting energy
conservation, increasing transit ridership, increasing investment in the green economy,
and promoting social equity by including equity recommendations that will direct
investments to the City's disadvantaged communities; and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2024, Caltrans conditionally awarded the City of Gilroy a
$335,529 Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning grant to fund the Gilroy
VMT/GHG Reduction Program; and
WHEREAS, a Restricted Grant Agreement is needed to be executed with Caltrans
before such funds can be reimbursed through the Sustainable Transportation Planning
Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy wishes to delegate authorization to execute these
agreements and any amendments thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Gilroy
hereby authorizes the Gilroy City Administrator to execute all restricted grant agreements
and any amendments thereto with the California Department of Transportation for the City
of Gilroy VMT/GHG reduction program.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular
meeting duly held on the 29th day of July 2024 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: BRACCO, ARMENDARIZ, MARQUES, HILTON,
CLINE, TOVAR, BLANKLEY
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
APPROVED:
Marie Blankley, Mayor
ATTEST:
Beth Minor, Interim City Clerk
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CERTIFICATE OF THE CLERK
I, BETH MINOR, Interim City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached
Resolution No. 2024-39 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy of a City Resolution,
duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a Regular Meeting of said held on Council held
Monday, July 29, 2024, with a quorum present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of the
City of Gilroy this Tuesday, July 30, 2024.
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Beth Minor
Interim City Clerk of the City of Gilroy
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