RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION FOR A FISCAL YEAR 2027-28 CALTRANS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT FOR THE 14TH STREET BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN RAILROAD UNDERCROSSING; APPROVING PETERSON CONSULTING ADVANTAGE TASK ORDER NO. 2; INCREASING THE CONSULTING AGREEMENT TO $50,000; AND AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026- 27 BUDGET
At a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Marysville, State of California, held on September 1, 2026.
WHEREAS, the Union Pacific Railroad corridor creates a significant barrier to east-west bicycle and pedestrian travel in the City of Marysville; and
WHEREAS, the City has been evaluating a grade-separated bicycle and pedestrian undercrossing near 14th and B Streets to improve safe and accessible connections between neighborhoods and community destinations; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to position the potential project for future environmental review, final design, and construction funding; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Transportation has released the Fiscal Year 2027-28 Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant call for applications; and WHEREAS, the Sustainable Communities Competitive grant category provides up to Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000), with a minimum local match equal to 11.47 percent of total eligible project cost, estimated at approximately Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($90,700) if the City requests the maximum grant amount; and
WHEREAS, the proposed application would fund activities such as railroad and agency coordination, community and stakeholder engagement, survey and base mapping, right-of-way and utility investigation, eligible geotechnical and groundwater investigation, refinement and selection of a preferred alternative, conceptual design, constructability and risk analysis, environmental constraints and regulatory-pathway planning, updated cost and schedule information, and a funding and implementation strategy; and
WHEREAS, Peterson Consulting Advantage has proposed Task Order No. 2 to prepare the grant application for an amount not to exceed Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Marysville as follows:
1. Grant Application.
The City Council authorizes submission of a Fiscal Year 2027-28 Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant application requesting up to Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000) for preliminary development of the 14th Street bicycle and pedestrian railroad undercrossing. A maximum grant request would require an estimated cash local match of approximately Ninety Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($90,700).
2. Application Documents.
The City Council authorizes the City Manager or designee to execute and submit the application and related documents.
3. Peterson Consulting Advantage Task Order No. 2.
The City Council approves Task Order No. 2 with Peterson Consulting Advantage for preparation of the grant application in an amount not to exceed Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000) and authorizes the City Manager to execute the task order, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
4. Agreement Amendment.
The City Council authorizes the City Manager to execute an amendment increasing the total not-toexceed amount of the existing Peterson Consulting Advantage agreement from Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000), subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
5. Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Amendment.
The City Council amends the Fiscal Year 2026-27 adopted budget to appropriate an additional TwentyFive Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for services under the amended Peterson Consulting Advantage agreement and authorizes the Finance Director to make the associated budget entries.
6. Future Grant Actions.
This Resolution does not authorize acceptance of a grant award, execution of a grant agreement, or commitment or appropriation of the local match. If an award is offered, those actions shall return to the City Council for separate consideration and shall be contingent upon funding availability at that time.
7. CEQA Determination.
The City Council finds that adoption of this Resolution and submission of the application are not a project subject to CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4) and (5). To the extent the funded work constitutes a feasibility or planning study for possible future action, it is statutorily exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15262.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of Marysville, County of Yuba, State of California, on September 1, 2026.
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City on September 1, 2026.
City of Marysville, California
By its City Council
By: ________________________________
Chris Branscum, Mayor
By: ________________________________
Maggie Sanchez, City Clerk
Attestation Date: _____________________