DATE: May 6, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Retroactive Approval of the FY 2025-26 Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Application for the Eastern Fresno County Climate Adaptation Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively approve and authorize the Director of Public Works and Planning's ("Director") previous submittal of an application to the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans") for the FY 2025-26 Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant ("STPG") for the Eastern Fresno County Climate Adaptation Plan to study the areas east of Highways 99 and 41 to the County line to plan for the resilience of transportation infrastructure against possible flooding, wildfire, drought, tree mortality, and other climate-related causes ($1,500,000);
2. Adopt and authorize Chairman to execute the Resolution required by Caltrans stating the County's approval of and commitment to the Climate Adaptation Plan;
3. Approve the draft form of the "Eastern Fresno County Climate Adaptation Sample Grant Agreement", with Caltrans for the County's implementation of the Climate Adaptation Plan; and
4. Authorize the Director to approve and execute the final form of the STPG Agreement that the Director determines to be in the best interest of the County, subject to the review and approval of County Counsel as to legal form and the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector as to accounting form, for the County's implementation of the Climate Adaptation Plan.
REPORT
To meet the grant filing deadline, the Department of Public Works and Planning (Department) submitted the Grant Application on January 22, 2025, for the FY 2025-26 STPG, contingent upon your Board's approval. Grant announcements are scheduled to begin by late spring of 2025. The impact of this item pertains to Districts 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Approval of the first recommended action will approve the previous s...
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