RESOLUTION NO. 24-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZINGA A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH CLIMATE RESOLVE, A SUB-GRANTEE OF THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY PROJECT (STEP) GRANT WHEREAS, on December 1, 2020, the City Council accepted a STEP Grant in the amount of $3.2 million and on May 11, 2021, the City Council approved executing the STEP Grant Agreement with the California Air Resources Board (CARB); and WHEREAS, on December 7, 2021, the City Council approved an Agreement with Climate Resolve with a budget of $108,740 to assist in administering the STEP Grant; and WHEREAS, Climate Resolve is currently implementing two of three tasks under Task 7 Community Engagement, Climate Resolve has offered to implement a third sub-task, 7.3 Workshops; and WHEREAS, there is an allocation of $25,500 for this sub-task and the plan is to conduct three (3) workshops/listening sessions as well as conduct surveys for Task 4 Electric Buses and Task 5 Electric Shuttles of bus riders to gather various ridership data and statistics and to evaluate the project and for Task 2 Bike Lanes after installation; and WHEREAS, sub-task 7.3 Workshops under Task 7 Community Engagement is associated with Task 6 TOD Plan and requires that workshops/listening sessions be conducted to give the City an opportunity to engage with community members to gather information, exchange ideas, learn, and collect input regarding the upcoming TOD Plan project.
WHEREAS, Climate Resolve would implement sub-task 7.3 Workshops for Task 6 TOD Plan as well as conduct surveys under sub-task 7.1 Community Engagement for Task 4 Electric Buses, Task 5 Electric Shuttles, and Task 2 Bike Lanes; and WHEREAS, staff recommends the City Council approve a First Amendment to the Agreement with Climate Resolve for this additional task with its associated budget of $27,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Commerce hereby finds and declares that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporates them herein as findings and as a substantive part of this Resolution.
Section 2. Approves Climate Resolve implementing sub-task 7.3 Section 3. That the City Council of the City of Commerce approves the First Amendment with Climate Resolve in a form approved by the City Attorney and authorizes the Mayor to execute the same.
Section 4. The Mayor is authorized to execute this Resolution for and on behalf of the City of Commerce.
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
Section 6. This Resolution shall take full force and effect immediately upon adoption by the City Council.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 23rd day of April 2024.
Hugo A. Argumedo, Mayor
ATTEST:
Lena Shumway, City Clerk