Attachment 1
RESOLUTION NO. 25-103
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, DIRECTING STAFF TO
NEGOTIATE NECESSARY BUDGET REVISIONS TO A $1.8
MILLION GRANT AWARD FOR CLEAN MOBILITY OPTIONS
VOUCHER PILOT PROGRAM’S 2023 MOBILITY PROJECT
VOUCHER, TO ENABLE THE PURCHASE OF
ALTERNATIVE QUALIFYING ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND
FINDING THE PROJECT STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE § 21080.25
WHEREAS, the Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program (“CMO”) provides funding for community-driven mobility projects that increase residents’ access to key destinations by providing various clean transportation options; and WHEREAS, on February 21, 2023, the City Council of the City of San Clemente directed City staff to apply for a grant under the CMO Voucher Pilot Program’s 2023 Mobility Project Voucher (“MPV”); and
WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente, qualifies as a voucher applicant per the Implementation Manual for the Clean Mobility Options (hereinafter “CMO”) Voucher Program (hereinafter “Program”); and
WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente, as Lead Applicant, submitted a Mobility Project Voucher Application on March 1, 2023, for the Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program (“CMO”), which application was for the procurement of light or medium duty battery electric vehicles to serve local mobility needs for the AB 1550 Low-income Communities west of Interstate 5, south of Avenida Pico, and north of Avenida Valencia; and WHEREAS, CALSTART, as the CMO Program Administrator, desires to contract with City of San Clemente for, and City of San Clemente desires to provide mobility services described in its application for the CMO MPV; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente is eligible to receive funding through CMO, a statewide initiative funded by California Climate Investments and California Energy Commission Clean Transportation Program Investments, and administered by California Air Resource Board’s Program Administrator team to provide funding for zero-emission shared mobility options to under-resourced communities in California; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente will comply with the requirements of the program and on March 6, 2025 the City Council passed a resolution to accept CMO voucher funds in the amount of up to $1,800,000 for the San Clemente NEV Circulator Program for FY 2024/25 through 2029/30; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente staff have reviewed commercially available vehicle models and associated costs of procurement and operation, and procurement of any Resolution No. 25-103 Page 2
qualifying commercial vehicles will require a revision to the grant agreement to reallocation or potion of operations costs to capital costs, in order to provide the service required by the grant terms and desired by the community.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That based on the record as a whole, as may be revised to enable purchase of alternative qualifying vehicles, the project is hereby determined to be statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under California Public Resources Code § 21080.25 because it involves a new transit service on existing public right of way within an urbanized area.
SECTION 2. That the City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate revisions to Agreement Number MP23W2A-11G, previously approved by City Council on March 4, 2025, to reallocate up to $400,000 from vehicle operations funds to vehicle purchase capital costs (for total capital costs not to exceed $628,000, with no changes to the City’s previous commitment of $534,000 in matching funds for operations, reiterate the City’s CMO program commitment and compliance, and solicit draft contract agreements with the CMO Program Administrator Team and a qualifying vehicle provider.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ____________________, _______.
ATTEST:
___________________________
City Clerk of the City of
San Clemente, California
__________________________
Steve Knoblock, Mayor of the
City of San Clemente, California
Resolution No. 25-103 Page 3
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 25-103 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of _______________________, _________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this _____ day of _________________, ________. __________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
____________________________
Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney