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Resolution No. 2022-073 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL TRANSIT
ADMINISTRATION FY20/21 SECTION 5307 CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS (CRRSA) ACT AND AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN (ARP) ACT OF 2021 FUNDING AND STATING ASSURANCE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma (City) seeks to reduce vehicle miles traveled, greenhouse gas emissions,
and pollution by providing public transportation/transit to the community; and WHEREAS, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST) (Public Law 114-94), continues the Federal Transit Administration Formula Programs (49 U.S.C. §53 Section 5307) and Buses and Bus Facilities Program (49 U.S.C. §53 Section 5339) to provide funding towards capital and operations of public transit; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the regulations promulgated under FAST, eligible project sponsors wishing to receive Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5307 and 5339 grants for a project shall submit an application with the appropriate metropolitan transportation planning organization (MPO), for review and inclusion in the MPO's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP); and
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is the MPO for the San Francisco Bay region; and WHEREAS, the City is an eligible project sponsor for FTA Section 5307 and 5339 funds; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to submit a grant application to MTC for funds from the FY 2020-21 FTA Section 5307 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021 to support Transit Operations affected by the COVID-10 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, MTC requires a resolution with certain assurances as part of its applications; and
WHEREAS, approving this Resolution accepting grant funds is exempt under the “common sense” exception pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), which establishes the general rule for projects concerning which can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility
that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment as it can be seen with certainty that
this Resolution will not have a significant negative effect on the environment, as accepting these grant funds will allow the City to continue its existing level of service which prevents single-occupant vehicle trips and greenhouse gas; and
WHEREAS, any use of the funds for capital improvement or purchasing replacement electric vehicles will
have its future analysis under CEQA. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Petaluma hereby:
1. Declares the above recitals to be true and accurate are incorporated as findings of this Resolution.
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2. Finds that Approving this Resolution accepting grant funds is exempt under the “common sense” exception pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) CEQA Guidelines Section
15061(b)(3), which establishes the general rule for projects concerning which can be seen with certainty
that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment as it can be seen with certainty that this Resolution will not have a significant negative effect on the environment, as accepting these grant funds will allow the City to continue its existing level of service which prevents single-occupant vehicle trips and greenhouse gas. Moreover, any use of the funds for
capital improvement or purchasing replacement electric vehicles will have its own analysis under CEQA.
3. Finds that the City is an eligible sponsor of projects in the FTA Section 5307 Program. 4. The City Manager, on behalf of the City, is authorized to submit an application for FTA Section 5307 for
Transit Operations and accept said grant, subject to an increase or decrease of the total funded amount in
the FTA/MTC process. 5. There is no legal impediment to the City of Petaluma making applications for FTA Section 5307.
6. There is no pending or threatened litigation that might in any way adversely affect the proposed project
or the ability of the City to deliver such Project. 7. The City Manager, on behalf of the City, is authorized to execute and file an application for funding under FTA Section 5307 of the CARES Act in the determined amount for operational assistance and COVID-
19 related expenses.
8. The Petaluma City Council, by adopting this resolution, does hereby state that the City of Petaluma understands that the FTA Section 5307 funding for the project is fixed at the amount determined by the MTC and that any cost increases must be funded by the City of Petaluma from local matching funds, and
that the City of Petaluma does not expect any cost increases to be funded with FTA Section 5307 funds.
9. A copy of this resolution will be transmitted to the MTC prior to MTC programming the FTA Section 5307 funded projects in the TIP.
10. The MTC is requested to approve the application for the project described in the resolution and to program
the project, if approved, in MTC's TIP.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 2nd day of May 2022,
by the following vote:
Approved as to
form:
__________________________
City Attorney
AYES: Mayor Barrett; Vice Mayor Barnacle; Fischer; Healy; King; McDonnell; Pocekay
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: ______________________________________________
City Clerk
______________________________________________
Mayor
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