...Title
Acceptance of Grant Funds from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Valley Transportation Authority for Transit Oriented Communities Planning.
...Recommendations
Approve the following actions to accept and receive the grant funds:
(a) Adopt a Resolution of Local Support that demonstrates the City of San José will take the necessary assurances to implement the Metropolitan Transportation Commission grant award with the submitted application and will follow the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Funding Delivery Policy and the grant program requirements.
(b) Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to negotiate and execute grant agreements and all documents necessary to effectuate a grant agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission from Transit-Oriented Communities Planning and Implementation Grants in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000, with no local match, to implement density requirements for office and residential uses in proximity to transit stations as required by Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Transit Oriented Communities policy.
(c) Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to negotiate and execute grant agreements and all documents necessary to effectuate a grant agreement with the Valley Transportation Authority to implement density requirements for office and residential uses in proximity to transit stations as required by Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Transit Oriented Communities policy in an amount not to exceed $175,000, with a 10% local match, subject to the appropriation of funds.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-007, Preliminary direction to staff and eventual action requires approval from the decision-making body. (Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement)