RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXXX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FROM THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS AND ACCEPTING THE TERMS OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT WHEREAS, up to $45 million of TransNet funding for Smart Growth Incentive Program (SGIP) projects is available to local jurisdictions and the County of San Diego through the SGIP Program; and WHEREAS, City of San Marcos wishes to receive grant funding from SANDAG; and WHEREAS, the City desires to apply for three projects for the SGIP grant program; and, WHEREAS, the City desires to plan for and construct roadway improvements along the San Marcos Boulevard corridor to address challenges with the corridor including availability of modal choice, landscaping and placemaking, architectural presence, and addressing the interaction of transportation improvements with the surrounding planned and existing land uses; and, WHEREAS, the City desires to update its Climate Action Plan; and, WHEREAS, the SGIP grant could provide funding for activities desired to be completed by the City; and, WHEREAS, as required by the grant, the City of San Marcos certifies that it has an adopted Climate Action Plan (CAP) or Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction plan that includes all the following items:
Establishes a locally appropriate 2030 GHG reduction target for communitywide GHG emissions derived from the State’s legislative target for 2030 (as established by SB 32 or as amended by future legislation) and establishes long-term targets Quantifies, using substantial evidence, how local GHG reduction strategies, programs, and measures would meet or exceed the local GHG reduction target.
Establishes a mechanism to monitor the plan’s progress toward achieving the target, including reporting data to SANDAG and a requirement to amend the plan if it is not achieving adopted goals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of San Marcos, and it hereby finds:
The foregoing recitals are true and correct; and
The City Manager is authorized to submit a grant application for the following Projects to SANDAG:
Capital Improvement Category: San Marcos Boulevard Multi-Modal Corridor Improvements Planning Category: San Marcos Boulevard Corridor Plan
Climate Action Plan: Update to the San Marcos Climate Action Plan; and Should a grant award be made by SANDAG to fund one or more of the above referenced projects, the City of San Marcos commits to providing the matching fund amounts per project as listed in the grant application, if any, as a condition of grant acceptance; and Should a grant award be made by SANDAG, City staff will return to City Council to accept the grant funds, and the City of San Marcos delegates authority to the City Manager to execute agreement(s) with no exceptions in substantially the same form as provided with the call for projects, complete the projects; and The City of San Marcos understands and agrees that SANDAG shall have no liability for costs that may arise associated with the Project(s) which are not included in the grant agreement(s), including. but not limited to. costs stemming from claims, litigation, changes in law, or force majeure events.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of San Marcos, California, this 8th day of April 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
Rebecca D. Jones, Mayor City of San Marcos
ATTEST:
Phillip Scollick, City Clerk
City of San Marcos
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