RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-099
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA TO 1) AUTHORIZE THE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT FOR THE SEBASTOPOL ROAD MULTIMODAL SAFETY CORRIDOR PROJECT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ON WEST AVENUE AND DUTTON AVENUE FROM SEBASTOPOL ROAD TO HEARN AVENUE; and if the grant application is successful; 2) authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute a grant award and all required documents; and 3) authorize the Chief Financial Officer to appropriate funds IN THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANT AWARD WHEREAS, City of Santa Rosa (herein referred to as APPLICANT) is submitting an application to the United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) for approximately $1,250,000 in funding assigned under the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant for the Sebastopol Road Multimodal Safety Corridor project and the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Demonstration project on West Avenue and Dutton Avenue from Sebastopol Road to Hearn Avenue (herein referred to as PROJECT); and WHEREAS, SS4A funding was established by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with $5 billion in funding over a five-year span between 2022 and 2026; and WHEREAS, projects which receive funding from the SS4A grant program must prevent roadway fatalities and serious injuries; and WHEREAS, the Sebastopol Road Multimodal Safety Corridor Project would study how to improve transportation safety for all road users on a roadway in the City which is identified on the High Injury Network; and WHEREAS, the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Demonstration project would test transportation safety improvements on West Avenue and Dutton Avenue to calm traffic and make the corridors safer for families and children walking and biking to school.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa authorizes the City Manager, or designee, to execute and file a grant application for funding for the Sebastopol Road Multimodal Safety Corridor Project and the Neighborhood Traffic Calming Demonstration projects.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council authorizes the City Manager, or designee, to accept the grant award and execute all other documents required.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council authorizes the Chief Financial Officer to allocate the grant funds, upon a successful grant award, into the appropriate JL Key for the project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City is a sponsor of transportation projects eligible for federal grant funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City is authorized to submit an application for SS4A funding for the PROJECT.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED there is no legal impediment to City making applications for the funds.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that there is no pending or threatened litigation which might in any way adversely affect the proposed PROJECT, or the ability of the City to deliver the PROJECT.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 17th day of June, 2025.
AYES: (7) Mayor Stapp, Vice Mayor Alvarez, Council Members Bañuelos, Fleming, MacDonald, Okrepkie, Rogers
NOES: (0)
ABSENT: (0)
ABSTAIN: (0)
RECUSE: (0)
ATTEST: _________________________ APPROVED: ______________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:________________________
City Attorney
Reso. No. RES-2025-099