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RESOLUTION NO. 15396
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (USDOT) FOR THE SOUTH MERRYDALE ROAD – CIVIC CENTER
CONNECTOR (RAFAEL MEADOWS) PROJECT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$1,940,000
WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael has been proactive and applied for grant funding to
improve multimodal connections between the Rafael Meadows neighborhood and Civic Center
Drive (the “Project); and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) approved a grant application
by the City of San Rafael under the Fiscal Year 2023 Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE)
grant program to receive funds to augment the design and construction of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Project includes in the creation of a new multi-use path between South
Merrydale Road and Civic Center Drive by passing under US Highway 101 at the Marin Civic
Center Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) station; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds in an amount not to exceed $1,940,000 from the USDOT
would augment the local funds set aside for the completion of the Project; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to receive the grant funds, the USDOT requires that the
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and USDOT enter into an agreement that
awards and allocates $1,940,000 in grant funding for the Project to Caltrans (“USDOT
Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Rafael can adopt a resolution authorizing
the City Manager to execute a grant funding agreement between USDOT and the City of San
Rafael and approve the agreement’s terms and conditions to ensure the receipt of the funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of San Rafael
that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a funding agreement with the U.S.
Department of Transportation for the South Merrydale Road – Civic Center Connector (Rafael
Meadows) Project, attached as Attachment 2 to the Staff Report.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of San Rafael, held on Monday, the 7th day of April 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Kertz, Hill, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Bushey
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Lindsay Lara, City Clerk
