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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-03-10; City Council; Resolution 2015-0561 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 2015-056 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS THROUGH THE SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS FOR TAMARACK AVE AND CARLSBAD BLVD PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, ACCEPTING THE TERMS OF THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND IF AWARDED, APPROPRIATING GRANT FUNDS UP TO THE AMOUNT OF $270,000 EXHIBIT 1 WHEREAS, $3 million of TransNet funding for capital and non-capital Active Transportation Grant Program projects is available to local jurisdictions and the County of San Diego from Fiscal Years 2014-2016; and WHEREAS, City of Carlsbad wishes to receive $270,000 in Active Transportation Grant Program funds for the Tamarack Ave and Carlsbad Blvd Pedestrian Improvements (Project); and WHEREAS, City of Carlsbad understands that the Active Transportation Grant Program funding is fixed at the programmed amount, and therefore Project cost increases that exceed the grant awarded will be the sole responsibility of the grantee; and WHEREAS, City of Carlsbad agrees to complete the proposed Project within a timely matter and in compliance with SANDAG Board Policy No. 035. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 2. That City of Carlsbad Public Works Director is authorized to submit an application to SANDAG for the TransNet Active Transportation Grant Program funding in the amount of $270,000 for Tamarack Ave and Carlsbad Blvd Pedestrian Improvements. 1 3. That if a grant award is made by SANDAG to fund Tamarack Ave and Carlsbad 2 Blvd Pedestrian Improvements, the City of Carlsbad commits to providing $730,000 in matching 3 funds and authorizes City of Carlsbad staff to accept the grant funds, execute the grant 4 agreement with no exceptions in substantially the same form as drafted by SANDAG, and 5 complete the Project. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4. That the City of Carlsbad agrees to indemnify, hold harmless, and defend SANDAG, the San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission, and all officers and employees thereof against all causes of action or claims related to City of Carlsbad's TransNet funded projects. 5. The Administrative Services Director is authorized to appropriate a grant award up to $270,000 to the Transnet Fund if awarded by SANDAG for the Tamarack Ave and Carlsbad Blvd Pedestrian Improvement Project. II II II II II II II II II II II 5 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ... _, PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the lOth day of March, 2015, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Council Members Hall, Blackburn, Schumacher, Wood, Packard. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ATTEST: