RESOLUTION NO. 24120
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE FISCAL
YEAR 2023- 2024 CERTIFICATIONS AND ASSURANCES AND
AUTHORIZED AGENT FORM FOR THE LOW CARBON TRANSIT
OPERATIONS PROGRAM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 48, 938 FOR THE FREE FARE PROGRAM BY THE CITY MANAGER, OR HIS DESIGNEE.
WHEREAS, the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (" LCTOP") is one of several programs that are part of the Transit, Affordable Housing, and Sustainable Communities Program establishedby the California Legislaturein 2014by SenateBill 86; and WHEREAS, the LCTOP was created to provide operating and capital assistancefor transit agencies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve mobility, with a priority on serving disadvantaged communities; and
WHEREAS, approved projects in LCTOP are intended to support new or expanded bus or rail services, expand intermodal transit facilities, and may include equipment acquisition, fueling, maintenanceand other coststo operatethose servicesor facilities, with eachproject reducing green house gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, the Free Fare Program (" FFP") is intended to support transit operations and promote the use of public transportation; and
WHEREAS, the FFP meets the LCTOP' s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving mobility within many disadvantagedcommunitiesand low-income populationswithin Riverside; and
WHEREAS, prior to the pandemic, Riverside Connect was averaging 650 rides per day and ridership hasdrastically declinedsinceCOVID- 19, despiteoutreachefforts; and WHEREAS, using the LCTOP allocation for a three-year FFP, Riverside Connect's goal is to increaseridershipby providing freeride vouchersto qualified new ridersandoffering freeride days over a 36 - month period; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the allocation will also be used for promotional and large- scale marketingpurposesto spreadawarenessand communicatethe benefits of using Riverside Connect.
CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE
3750 UNIVERSITY AVE, STE. 250
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
951) 826- 5567
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as follows:
Section 1: The City Manager, or his designee, arehereby authorized to executethe Certificates and Assurancesand Authorized Agent Form, including any extensionsand amendmentsthereof, for the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program in the amount of Forty -Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty - Eight Dollars ($ 48, 938. 00) for a three ( 3) year Free Fare Program offered by the Special Transportation Division.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 21st day of May, 2024.
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolutionwas duly andregularly adoptedat a meetingof the City Council of said City at its meeting held on the 21st day of May, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Falcone, Cervantes, Robillard, Mill, Perry, and Hemenway Noes:
Absent: Conder
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this 22nd day of May, 2024. fat7
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CITY ATTORNEY' S OFFICE
3750 UNIVERSITY AVE., STE. 250
RIVERSIDE, CA 92501
951) 826- 5567
DONESIA G USE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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