COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE - E. COLIO WARREN
Ratify Letter of Support for the FY 2027-28 Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant - NextMove Transit for San Benito County.
SBC FILE NUMBER: 119
CONSENT AGENDA
The Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program was created to support the California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) Mission: Improving lives and communities through transportation.
The California Legislature passed, and Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed into law, Senate Bill 1 (SB 1, Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) – The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, a transportation funding bill that provides a reliable fund source to maintain and integrate the State’s multimodal transportation system. In addition to the $10 million in traditional State and federal grants, approximately $25 million in SB 1 funds for Sustainable Communities Grants is available for each grant cycle.
The State-funded Sustainable Communities grants ($30 million) are intended to support and implement Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Sustainable Communities Strategies/Alternative Planning Strategies (SCS/APS) (where applicable) and to ultimately achieve the State’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target of 40 and 85 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 2045, respectively.
Eligible planning projects must have a transportation nexus per Article XIX Sections 2 and 3 of the California Constitution. Therefore, successful planning projects are expected to directly benefit the multimodal transportation system. These grants will also improve public health, social equity, environmental justice, the environment, and provide other important community benefits.
The total expected cost of this planning study is $300,000.00. San Benito County of Governments (SBCOG) is seeking $265,590.00 in the grant from Caltrans and the rest of the $34,410.00 will be a local match by SBCOG.
Additional information on the grant is available on the webpage: https://www.grants.ca.gov/grants/fy-2027-28-sustainable-transportation-planning-grant/
The total expected cost of this planning study is $300,000.00. San Benito County of Governments (SBCOG) is seeking $265,590.00 in the grant from Caltrans and the rest of the $34,410.00 will be a local match by SBCOG.
Ratify Letter of Support for the FY 2027-28 Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant - NextMove Transit for San Benito County.