RESOLUTION NO. 26-31
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, MODIFIYING THE SENIOR MOBILITY PROGRAM TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF RIDES ALLOWED PER RIDER TO EIGHT ONE-WAY RIDES PER MONTH, AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH OCY MANAGEMENT, LLC FOR SENIOR MOBILITY PROGRAM TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, APPROVE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS TOTALING $70,000 FOR THE SENIOR MOBILITY PROGRAM, AND FINDING THE ACTIONS STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE SECTION 21080(B)(10) WHEREAS, the City wishes to continue providing senior transportation services to help the gap between local fixed-route buses and ADA paratransit; and WHEREAS, the City is required to match OCTA Senior Mobility Program grant funds with a 20 percent fair share contribution; and WHEREAS, OCTA grant funding continued during the COVID period of low ridership and funds that were received were not spent; and WHEREAS, OCTA has informed the City that unused OCTA funds need to be spent in a timely manner or they may be required to be returned to OCTA; and WHEREAS, the City expanded its Senior Mobility Program rider destination locations per OCTA’s request to expend the unused OCTA funds; and WHEREAS, on December 9, 2025, City Council approved an amendment to a contract with OCY Management LLC (OCY) for senior mobility program transportation services and directed staff to conduct a program reevaluation and issue a Request for Proposals (RFP); and WHEREAS, City staff issued an RFP through Planet Bids and received proposals from Jewish Family Service of San Diego, Circuit Transit Inc., and OCY; and WHEREAS, the procurement process has since been completed, and staff is now recommending that City Council award the contract; and WHEREAS, OCY demonstrated superior knowledge in the program and working alongside OCTA to provide accurate data analysis required for Senior Mobility Program reporting, offered the best proposal to meet the City’s needs and it’s fee is fair and reasonable; and WHEREAS, at the February 3, 2026 City Council meeting, City Council directed staff to limit the number of one-way rides per participant per month as a cost-containment measure and to monitor the program on an on-going basis; and WHEREAS, Staff analysis determined that a cap of approximately eight one-way rides per rider per month will allow the program to remain near the approved budget if the eight-ride cap is implemented beginning March 1, 2026.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby find, determine and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The above recitations are true and correct and incorporated fully herein.
SECTION 2. Based on a review of the record as a whole, this project is hereby determined to be statutorily 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 and there is no direct or foreseeable indirect substantial impact on the environment.
SECTION 3. The City Council approves a modification of the Senior Mobility Program to limit each rider to a maximum of eight one-way rides per month, directs staff to monitor the program to ensure that the program is keep within the approved budget, and authorizes and directs staff to make such other or additional modifications to the program to keep it within the approved budget.
SECTION 4. A supplemental appropriation in the amount $56,000 from the Senior Mobility Fund Program (015) to account number 015-806-44723-000-00000 is hereby authorized and approved.
SECTION 5. A supplemental appropriation in the amount of $14,000 from the General Fund (001) to account number 001-203-47012-000-00000 is hereby authorized and approved.
SECTION 6. A Professional Services Agreement is hereby awarded to OCY Management LLC for Senior Mobility Program in an amount not to exceed $70,000 from March 1 through June 30, 2026 with three optional one-year extensions exercisable in the City Manager’s discretion.
SECTION 7. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute, a Professional Services Agreement with OCY Management LLC for Senior Mobility Program in a form substantially similar to that presented to the City Council on February 17, 2026.
SECTION 8. The City Manager is hereby authorized in his/her discretion to approve up to three one-year contract extensions in an amount not to exceed $180,000 per year from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
SECTION 9. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute such other documents and take such other and further actions as are necessary and proper to accomplish the purposes of this resolution, implement the Senior Mobility Program or obtain grant funding.
SECTION 10. 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 February, 2026.
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Rick Loeffler, Mayor of the City of
San Clemente, California
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK of the 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. 26-31 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on _______ day of February, 2026, 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 ______________________, ________.
ADVANCE \X 317.30_______________________
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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