DATE: May 23, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Retroactive Approval of FY 2023-24 Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Retroactively approve and authorize Director of Public Works and Planning's previous submittal of a grant application to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for FY 2023-24 Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant ($300,000)
REPORT
To meet the grant filling deadline, the Department of Public Works and Planning (Department) submitted the Grant Application on March 9, 2023 for the FY 2023-24 Sustainable Transportation Planning competitive grant contingent upon your Board's approval. Grant announcements are scheduled to begin by the fall of 2023. This item is Countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is not approved, the Department will withdraw the grant application, and the project will no longer be considered for State funding under the current FY 2023-24 cycle.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County cost associated with the recommended action. If the grant is awarded, it will fund development of an expanded active transportation that focuses on the needs of the County's Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities (DUCs). The local match of $50,000 will be paid for out of the Department of Public Works and Planning's Measure "C" Flexible Allocation Org 4510, and sufficient appropriations will be included in the FY 2023-24 Proposed Budget.
DISCUSSION:
The purpose of the Sustainable Communities Competitive Grant is to provide much needed funding to support regional sustainable communities' strategies and ultimately achieve the State's greenhouse gas reductions targets of 40 and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 2050, respectively. The County adopted the Bicycle and Trails Master Plan in 2013. The County also took part in the development of the Regional Active Tran...
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