DATE: September 3, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Public Works Department
TITLE: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF CALTRANS SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING GRANT AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR CITY MATCH
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City to accept and appropriate a CALTRANS Sustainable Transportation Planning grant, in the amount of $595,000, to prepare the Oceanside Active Transportation Plan; authorize the appropriation of $82,000 from the Committed General Plan Assigned account for the required City-match; and authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary grant documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
California Senate Bill (SB) 1 provided $34.5 million in Fiscal Year 2025-26 to promote reliable and efficient mobility for people, goods, and services, while meeting the State's Green House Gas (GHG) emission reduction goals.
The City does not currently have an Active Transportation Plan. The preparation of the Oceanside Active Transportation Plan would integrate and expand upon the City's 2009 Pedestrian Master Plan and 2017 Bicycle Plan into a single plan that would include and address bikes, pedestrian and micro-mobility users.
On January 8, 2025, the City Council approved a resolution authorizing the City to apply for two grants in the amount of $650,000 each to prepare an Active Transportation Plan. The CALTRANS Sustainable Transportation Planning grant required a city match of 11.47% of the grant amount requested. The SANDAG grant did not require a match, but points were given to an application providing a match ranging from five points for a 20% match and 0 points for no match.
In order to develop a competitive grant application, the City's CALTRANS grant application included a 12.11% City match, equivalent to $82,000, for an estimated total cost of $677,000. On July 1, 2025, the City was notified of the CALTRANS award in the amount of $595,000 ...
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