RESOLUTION NO. (N.C.S.)
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SALINAS, TAMC, AND ECOLOGY ACTION FOR COMPLETION OF THE ALISAL GREENING, BEAUTIFICATION AND SAFETY PROJECT, CIP 9345 WHEREAS, on August 9, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 22441 to enter into a Restricted Grant Agreement with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) accepting Clean California Local Grant Program (CCLGP) funds in the amount of $2,147,958 for the Alisal Greening, Beautification and Safety Project, Project No. 9345, the Project; and WHEREAS, at the same meeting, and per Resolution No. 22441, City Council also authorized execution of an agreement between the City of Salinas, the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC), and Ecology Action (EA), defining the partnership between the City and sub-applicants TAMC and Ecology Action and the contribution of $149,955 in TAMC funds to address a portion of the required match for the CCLGP grant; and WHEREAS, the term of both Caltrans CCGLP Restricted Grant Agreement and the Agreement between the City of Salinas, TAMC, and Ecology Action expired on December 31, 2024; and WHEREAS, the Caltrans CCLGP Restricted Grant Agreement has been amended extending the term of the agreement an additional 12 months to December 31, 2025, to allow completion of the Project; and WHEREAS, the City of Salinas, TAMC, and Ecology Action wish to renew and extend the term of the expired agreement to allow for completion of the Project; and WHEREAS, The City of Salinas has determined that the proposed action is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378). In addition, CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 includes the general rule that CEQA applies only to activities which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. Because the proposed action and this matter have no potential to cause any effect on the environment, or because it falls within a category of activities excluded as projects pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378, this matter is not a project. Because the matter does not cause a direct or foreseeable indirect physical change on or in the environment, this matter is not a project. Any subsequent discretionary projects resulting from this action will be assessed for CEQA applicability.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Salinas City Council authorizes the Mayor to execute Renewal Agreement Amendment No. 1, and any amendments thereto, to an agreement between the City of Salinas, the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC), and Ecology Action (EA), for completion of the Alisal Greening, Beautification and Safety Project in conformance with the new term of the Caltrans Clean California Local Grant Program (CCLGP) Restricted Grant Agreement, extending the term to December 31, 2025.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th day of January 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
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Dennis Donohue, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk
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