City Council
259 N. Wilma Avenue
Ripon, CA 95366
MEMO
To: Honorable City Council
From: Kevin Werner, City Administrator
Date: 06/10/2025
Subject: California Dept. of Transportation Authorizing Resolution RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Requesting City Council adopt the Resolution authorizing the City Administrator, City Engineer, or their designee to execute, on behalf of the City all necessary documents with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to secure federal and/or state funding for certain transportation projects.
BACKGROUND:
In 2007, the Ripon City Council approved an authorizing resolution delegating authority to designated individuals to execute all Master Agreements, Program Supplemental Agreements, Fund Exchange Agreements, Fund Transfer Agreements, Assurances, and any amendments thereto with Caltrans to secure grant funding for certain transportation-related projects.
Cal Trans has requested that this resolution be updated to include the authority to execute Rightof-Way Certifications.
The attached resolution has been updated to include this additional authority. Staff is recommending the City Council adopt the resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 25-18
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RIPON AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR, CITY
ENGINEER, OR THEIR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE, ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY, ALL MASTER AGREEMENTS,
PROGRAM SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS, FUND
EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS, FUND TRANSFER
AGREEMENTS, RIGHT-OF-WAY CERTIFICATIONS,
ASSURANCES AND/OR ANY AMENDMENT THERETO
WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO SECURE FEDERAL AND/OR STATE
FUNDING FOR CERTAIN TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
WHEREAS, the City of Ripon is eligible to receive federal and/or state funding for certain transportation projects through the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans); and
WHEREAS, Master Agreements, Program Supplemental Agreements, Fund Exchange Agreements, Fund Transfer Agreements, Right-of-Way Certifications, Assurances and/or any amendments need to be executed with Caltrans before such funds can be claimed, and WHEREAS, the City of Ripon wishes to delegate authority to the City Administrator, City Engineer, or their designee to execute, on behalf of the City, all Master Agreements, Program Supplemental Agreements, Fund Exchange Agreements, Fund Transfer Agreements, Right-of-Way Certifications, Assurances and/or any amendments thereto, with Caltrans.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Ripon City Council does hereby delegate authority to the City Administrator, City Engineer, or their designee to execute, on behalf of the City, all Master Agreements, Program Supplemental Agreements, Fund Exchange Agreements, Fund Transfer Agreements, Right-of-Way Certifications, Assurances and/or any amendments thereto, with Caltrans.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Ripon this 10th day of June, 2025, by the following vote:
RESULT: ADOPTED BY CONSENT VOTE [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Gary Barton, Vice Mayor
SECONDER:Leo Zuber, Council Member
AYES: de Graaf, Barton, Uecker, Restuccia, Zuber
THE CITY OF RIPON,
A Municipal Corporation
By ________________________________
DANIEL DE GRAAF, Mayor
ATTEST:
By: ___________________________
LISA ROOS, City Clerk