1 CITY OF LOMITA
CITY COUNCIL REPORT
TO: City Council Item No. 7d
FROM: Ryan Smoot, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Carla Dillon, P.E., Public Works Director
MEETING DATE: October 3, 2023
SUBJECT: Resolution Approving and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Transfer Agreement with the California Department of Transportation
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No. 2023-19, approving and authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant for Lomita’s Citywide School Loading Zone Study for Vision Zero Neighborhood Planning Initiatives & Infrastructure with the California Department of Transportation in a form approved by the City Attorney.
BACKGROUND
Schools within the City of Lomita generate traffic during drop-off and pick-up times. This leads to increased traffic congestion, parking/vehicle code violations, as well as pedestrian and bicycle safety concerns. The City has submitted a grant application for a Citywide School Loading Zone Study (Study) for Vision Zero Neighborhood Planning Initiatives & Infrastructure to the California Department of Transportation. The City has been preliminarily awarded the grant. This Study is intended to be a roadmap for Lomita, partnering entities, and the broader community to improve safety for students and caregivers walking and bicycling to school. The effort will include partnerships and collaboration across agencies and school communities to create safe and equitable environments for local youth who are traveling to and from school, while also expanding new pathways to help promote physical activity among Lomita’s K-8 populations.
The four schools include:
1) Alexander Fleming Magnet Middle School
2) Lomita STEAM Magnet School
3) St. Margaret Mary School
4) Eshelman Avenue Elementary School
2 The City will seek a third-party consultant who is a qualified subject matter expert to facilitate and implement the Study by closely examining existing conditions and analyzing data to accurately inform City staff on the current status of all four schools’ built-in environment and physical setting, school population characteristics, transportation, education, and law enforcement. Public engagement components will involve important project stakeholders (such as caregivers, school staff, community members), a bicycle ambassador program, and bilingual communication engagement methods bolstered by a wide spectrum of outreach events including community-based workshops in key Lomita transportation hubs and Council/Commission meetings, as needed.
The Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute the Agreement, and further authorizes the City Manager to take any other action, such as contracts, agreement extensions, renewals, amendments, and/or other documents which may be necessary to carry out and administer all obligations, responsibilities, and duties of the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant.
OPTIONS:
1. Approve staff’s recommendation.
2. Take no action. The City will be ineligible to receive funding.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funding from the Agreement will provide for approximately 85% of the expenses and Lomita will contribute approximately 15% ($51,578) through staff time.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution
Reviewed by: Approved by:
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Gary Y. Sugano Ryan Smoot
Assistant City Manager City Manager
Prepared by:
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Carla Dillon, PE
Public Works Director
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-19
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION
PLANNING GRANT – LOMITA’S CITYWIDE SCHOOL LOADING ZONE
STUDY FOR VISION ZERO NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING INITIATIVES & INFRASTRUCTURE
WHEREAS, the City proposes to implement Lomita’s Citywide School Loading Zone Study for Vision Zero Neighborhood Planning Initiatives & Infrastructure, a Funded Activity that is eligible for funding under the California Department of Transportation’s Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant; and
WHEREAS, the Lomita’s Citywide School Loading Zone Study for Vision Zero Neighborhood Planning Initiatives & Infrastructure has been preliminarily awarded the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant by the California Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, the grant award is $289,500 with a local match of $51,578 (15.12%); and WHEREAS, a contract must be executed between the California Department of Transportation and the City before such funds can be claimed through the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOMITA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby approves and authorizes the City Manager to execute a contract for the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant for Lomita’s Citywide School Loading Zone Study for Vision Zero Neighborhood Planning Initiatives & Infrastructure with the California Department of Transportation, in the final form approved by the City Attorney, and to take any further action required to effectuate the contract for the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant, including but not limited to, contracts, agreement extensions, renewals, amendments, and/or other documents which may be necessary to carry out and administer all obligations, responsibilities, and duties under the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant.
SECTION 2. The City hereby finds that in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and the CEQA Guidelines the adoption of this Resolution is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3).
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall cause the same to be processed in the manner required by law, and this Resolution shall take effect and be in force on the date of its adoption.
Attachment No. 1
65265.00001\40887142.1
Resolution No. 2023-19
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 3
rd day of October 2023.
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Barry Waite, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Kathleen Horn Gregory, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Trevor Rusin, City Attorney