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RES-2018-018RESOLUTION NO. 2018- 018 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AUTHORIZING THE COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, TO THE MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION COMMITTEE (MSRC) FOR A 2017 LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM GRANT, TO ACCEPT SUCH FUNDS AS AWARDED AND TO TAKE SUCH ACTIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE GRANT PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO UTILIZE THE MSRC GRANT FUNDS TO PURCHASE OR LEASE ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ANAHEIM TRANSPORTATION NETWORK (ATN) ; AND DETERMINING THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15061 OF TITLE 14 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS. WHEREAS, the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee ("MSRC") requested proposals for Clean Transportation Funding from its 2017 Local Government Partnership Program ("MSRC Program"); and WHEREAS, the City of Anaheim (City) awarded Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN), one of the City's primary transit providers, a franchise in 2004 for the operation of the Anaheim Resort Transportation (ART) system; and WHEREAS, the City, as the only entity eligible to apply for MSRC Program funds, desires to pass-through the MSRC grant funds to ATN via a sub -recipient agreement for the: (1) purchase of two 30 -foot, zero -emission electric buses; and (2) purchase or lease of nine all -electric, zero -emission, 6 -passenger micro -cruisers to serve residents, employees, and visitors to the City; and WHEREAS, the City's Community & Economic Development Department intends to submit an application to MSRC to receive grant funding under the MSRC Program in the amount of $239,560 to obtain funding for the above -noted electric vehicles; and WHEREAS, the City is familiar with the terms and conditions of the MSRC Program which is set forth in MSRC's Program Opportunity Notice and Invitation to Negotiate, PON2018-01 dated September 1, 2017; and 1 WHEREAS, the City is willing and able to conform to each of the terms, conditions, and limitations imposed upon the City by the MSRC Program; and WHEREAS, the City remains supportive of the ongoing efforts to apply for and accept such allocation of funds through MSRC as may be awarded to the City. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim as follows: The City Council of the City of Anaheim ("Anaheim City Council") hereby determines and finds that, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the State CEQA Guidelines, the adoption of this Resolution by the Anaheim City Council is exempt from CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15061 (b) (3): The activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. City staff is hereby directed to file with the County Clerk a Notice of Exemption within three (3) business days of the adoption of this Resolution. 2. The Community & Economic Development Director, or designee, is authorized to submit an application to MSRC, for and on behalf of the City, for the Local Government Partnership Program in the amount of Two Hundred and Thirty -Nine Thousand, Five Hundred and Sixty Dollars ($239,560.00) ("Grant Amount"). 3. The Community & Economic Development Director, or designee, is authorized and directed to accept the Grant Amount for and on behalf of the City of Anaheim. 4. The Community & Economic Development Director, or designee, is authorized to enter into a sub -recipient agreement with ATN to pass-through the MSRC grant funds for the purchase and/or lease of the proposed electric vehicles. 5. The Community & Economic Development Director, or designee, is hereby authorized and directed to execute any agreements, certificates, assurances, reports, plans, payment requests, or other documents as may be necessary for the purpose of obtaining the Grant Amount and complying with the MSRC Program, including any extensions and amendments thereof, and take such actions as are necessary or required in furtherance of the MSRC Program. 6. The Anaheim City Council hereby agrees to, and by this Resolution, does accept such Grant Amount or any such amount so awarded to the City without further action of the Anaheim City Council being required. 7. The City hereby agrees to comply with each and all of the terms, conditions, and limitations imposed by the MSRC Program upon said Grant Amount or any such amount so awarded. 2 8. The Anaheim City Council hereby acknowledges receipt of the MSRC-supplied presentation related to the Local Government Partnership Program. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 27th day of F hrua ry , 2018, by the following vote: AYES: Mayor Tait and Council Members Moreno, Murray, Vanderbilt, Barnes, Kring, and Faessel NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None /11�/L MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ATTEST: CITY CLERK (Acting) 3 CLERK'S CERTIFICATE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, THERESA BASS, Acting City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original Resolution No. 2018-018 adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City Council held on the 27th day of February, 2018 by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: Mayor Tait and Council Members Moreno, Murray, Vanderbilt, Barnes, Kring, and Faessel NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of February, 2018. G CITY CL RK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL)