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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 15459 (Transportation Authority of Marin Safe Pathways to Schools Funding Agreement)RESOLUTION NO. 15459 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE FUNDING AGREEMENT A-FY25-28 WITH THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY OF MARIN AND THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL, THEREBY AUTHORIZING THE RECEIPT OF AN ALLOCATION OF $1,100,000 IN MEASURE AA FUNDING WHEREAS, Marin County voters approved the authorization of Measure AA at the General Elections held on November 6, 2018, thereby authorizing that the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM) be given the responsibility to administer the proceeds from a one-half cent transaction and use tax (Measure AA); and WHEREAS, in September 2024, TAM issued a Fifth Cycle of grant funding for the Safe Pathways to Schools Program, which supports capital projects aimed at making physical improvements to enhance the safety of school trips utilizing Measure AA funding; and WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael has been proactive and applied for the Safe Pathways to Schools Program grant funding; and WHEREAS, in April 2025, the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM) approved four grant applications by the City of San Rafael under the Fifth Cycle Safe Pathways to Schools Call for Projects funded by Measure AA; and WHEREAS, Measures AA proceeds will be used to pay for the Rafael Meadows Pathway/South Merrydale Road Civic Center Connector Project, the Woodland Avenue Safe Routes Project, the Nova Albion Bikeway and Pathway Gap Closure Project, and the Fifth Avenue and California Avenue Intersection Improvements Project; and WHEREAS, TAM has requested that the City approve Funding Agreement A- FY25-28 to release the City of San Rafael’s allocation of $1,100,000 in Measure AA funds; and WHEREAS, appropriations of funding for the Rafael Meadows Pathway/South Merrydale Road Civic Center Connector Project, the Nova Albion Bikeway and Pathway Gap Closure Project, and the Fifth Avenue and California Avenue Intersection Improvements Project were included in the fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 Budget approved by the City Council on June 2, 2025, as part of the Capital improvement Program budget; and WHEREAS, appropriations of funding for the Woodland Avenue Safe Routes Project were projected to be included in the FY 2026-2027 Budget as part of the Capital Improvement Program budget and will be appropriated with the acceptance of next year’s budget. 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 Transportation Authority of Marin for the Fifth Cycle Safe Pathways to Schools Projects included 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 15th day of September 2025, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmembers: Bushey, Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate Councilmembers: None Councilmembers: None Lindsay Lara, City Clerk