RESOLUTION NO. 25-105
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING OCTA MEASURE M2 PROJECT V GRANT FUNDING, APPROVING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE CITY LOCAL TRANSIT PROGRAM FUND, AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT BETWEEN LYFT FOR THE SAN CLEMENTE RIDESHARE SERVICES PROGRAM (SC RIDES), AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21080(B)(10) WHEREAS, on June 18, 2024, City Council authorized staff to submit a grant application for Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Measure M2 Project V funding for conitnuation and expansion of the City’s on-demand SC Rides rideshare program; and WHEREAS, the City was awarded $3,264,428 for on-demand transit programs with funds available from Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25-2030/31; and WHEREAS, the City is requried to match OCTA grants funds with a 50 percent fair share contribution and all cost above $150,000; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to continue providing rideshare services to help mitigate the loss of former local bus routes 191 and 193; and WHEREAS, the professional on-demand transportation services under Amendment No. 3 with Lyft and Butterfli expires on June 30, 2025.
WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente released a Request For Proposals for Rideshare Services on PlanetBid; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente deemed Lyft, Inc. as the highest-ranked firm among the proposals received; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente requests the approval of a new professional services agreement between Lyft, Inc. and the City of San Clemente for rideshare services through July 1, 2028 in an amount not to exceed $1,050,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and incorporated fully herein.
SECTION 2. That this project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Public Resources Code section 21080(b)(10) because it is a project for the institution or increase of passenger or commuter services on rights-of-way already in use.
SECTION 3. That the City hereby accept the OCTA 2024 Project V Grant for on-demand transit programs in the amount of $3,264,428 (to Local Transit Program revenue account 021-000-33790).
SECTION 4. That the supplemental appropriation in the amount of $150,000 from the Local Transit Program revenue account 021-000-33790 to the SC Rides contract expenditure account 021-808-43890 is hereby approved.
SECTION 5. That a three-year Professional Services Agreement is hereby awarded to Lyft, Inc. for on-demand SC Rides rideshare services with the option, at the City's sole discretion, to award two additional years.
SECTION 6. That the City Manager is authorize to execute the three-year Professional Services Agreement contract by and between the City of San Clemente and Lyft, Inc. for on-demand SC Rides rideshare services with the option, at the City's sole discretion, to award two additional years, in an amount not to exceed $1,050,000 in a form substantially similar to that presented to City Council on June 17, 2025.
SECTION 7. 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 June, 2025.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Steve Knoblock, Mayor of the
San Clemente, California City of San Clemente, California 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. 25-105 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of June, 2025, 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 June, 2025. __________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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