RESOLUTION NO. 26-89
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, FORMALLY CANCELLING THE LAST MILE PROGRAM AND REJECTING THE ASSOCIATED GRANT FUNDS UNDER OCTA’S PROJECT V 2024 GRANT WHEREAS, the City applied for Orange County Transportation Agency (OCTA) Measure M2 Project V grant funding for continuation of its on-demand transit programs; and WHEREAS, the City was awarded a total of $3,264,428 in funds from OCTA for its on-demand transit programs; and WHEREAS, the on-demand transit programs consist of the existing SC Rides Program and a newly proposed Last Mile Program; and WHEREAS, the SC Rides Program was awarded $1,050,000 over a seven year period and the proposed Last Mile Program was awarded $2,214,428 over a seven year period from OCTA; and WHEREAS, the new Last Mile Program grant requires the City to match OCTA grant funds on a 50% basis up to approximately $325,000, and the City is responsible for all costs above that amount; and WHEREAS, at the February 3, 2026 City Council Meeting, due to the redundancy of the new program with other existing transit programs, City Council directed staff to explore alternative uses for the awarded funding; and WHEREAS, City Staff reached out to OCTA and received a response stating that the Project V 2024 grant funds cannot be diverted or reallocated to other existing transit programs; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to formally cancel the Last Mile Program and reject the Last Mile Program grant funds under OCTA’s Project V 2024 Grant; and WHEREAS, OCTA has requested that the City’s Public Works Director/City Engineer sign a letter formally cancelling the program through OCTA’s Semi-Annual Review (SAR) process.
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 fully incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. That the City Council hereby cancels the Last Mile Program and rejects the grant funding for that program. The City Council desires to maintain the SC Rides program and the grant funding for that program.
SECTION 3. That the Public Works Director/City Engineer is authorized and directed to send a letter formally cancelling the Last Mile Program through OCTA’s Semi-Annual Review (SAR) process and take such actions and execute such other and further documents as may be necessary and proper to accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
SECTION 4. 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 May, 2026.
ATTEST:
___________________________ __________________________
City Clerk of the City of Rick Loeffler, Mayor of the City San Clemente, California 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. 26-89 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on _______ day of May, 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:
___________________________
Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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