DATE: December 3, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: City Manager's Office
TITLE: MEMORANDUMS OF AGREEMENT WITH, AND ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDS FROM, VISIT OCEANSIDE, THE OCEANSIDE CULTURAL DISTRICT AND THE DOWNTOWN OCEANSIDE PROPERTY BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH CIRCUIT TO CONTINUE G'OSIDE EV SHUTTLE OPERATIONS AND APPROPRIATION OF MATCHING FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve Memorandums of Agreement (MOAs) with Visit Oceanside, the Oceanside Cultural District and the Downtown Oceanside Property Business Improvement District (PBID) and accept $50,000 from each organization totaling $150,000 to support the g'Oside electric vehicle (EV) shuttle program serving Downtown Oceanside, appropriate these funds and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreements. Staff also recommends that the City Council appropriate $150,000 in matching funds from the General Fund unassigned fund balance and approve a second amendment to the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Circuit to continue operating the g'Oside electric vehicle (EV) shuttle program for one year beginning January 1, 2026 with a modified scope of work at a cost of $300,000.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
In May 2023, the City Council approved a two-year Professional Services Agreement with Circuit, in the amount of $573,000 per year, to operate an EV shuttle program, which came to be known as the g'Oside, serving Downtown Oceanside and some of its surrounding neighborhoods. Funding for the program included $223,000 from the General Fund unassigned fund balance, $100,000 per year for two years from Visit Oceanside and $500,000 over two years from the SANDAG Flexible Fleets grant program. This funding was projected to be depleted in November 2025.
In October 2025, the City Council accepted $100,000 in grant funds from Preserve Calavera through its Oceanside Greenhouse...
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