DATE: October 1, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: City Manager's Office
TITLE: ACCEPT $100,000 IN GRANT FUNDS FROM PRESERVE CALAVERA AND ALLOCATE THE FUNDS FOR G'OSIDE EV SHUTTLE OPERATIONS THROUGH DECEMBER 2025
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council accept $100,000 in grant funds from Preserve Calavera through its Oceanside Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Fund (OGHGERF) and allocate the funds to operate the g'Oside Electric Vehicle shuttle program between the time existing operating funds are depleted and December 31, 2025; and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all related grant documents.
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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 per year from the General Fund unassigned fund balance, $100,000 per year from Visit Oceanside and $500,000 from the SANDAG Flexible Fleets grant program.
In August 2023, the City Council approved an MOU accepting the grant funds from SANDAG. Both the PSA with Circuit and the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SANDAG expired on June 30, 2025; however, there were still approximately $180,000 in unused funds budgeted for the g'Oside program.
In June 2025, the City Council approved an amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Circuit and an amendment to the MOU with SANDAG to extend the time period to December 31, 2025, to continue operating the g'Oside program using the unused funding.
The g'Oside shuttle's boundaries are the Oceanside Harbor to the north, Vista Way to the south and include everything west of Interstate 5 including the Eastside neighborhood and the Country Club Senior Center. To date, the g'Oside shuttle has transported over 76,0...
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