HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 20-063 Accept funding from Measure BRESOLUTION NO.20-063
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
TO ACCEPT FUNDING FROM THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY (VTA) FOR THE 2016 MEASURE B BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN
EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, In November 2016, Santa Clara County voters passed Valley
Transportation Authority's (VTA's) 2016 Measure B Sales Tax, and;
WHEREAS, a portion of the Measure B Sales Tax revenue has been allocated to the
Bicycle & Pedestrian Education and Encouragement Program to promote, educate, and
encourage safe walking or bicycling for all community members, and;
WHEREAS through the program, cities receive a funding allocation based on their share
of the County population, and;
WHEREAS, for the City of Saratoga, VTA has allocated $24,000 for each fiscal year
from FY 2017/18 through FY 2020/21, for a total of $96,000 as its share, and;
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to expend these funds to develop and maintain safe
routes to schools within the City, and;
WHEREAS, the funding will be used to develop outreach and education for safe routes
to school, and;
WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary to adjust the FY 2020/21 Capital Improvement
Program budget as follows;
To appropriate VTA Measure B funded Safe Routes to School program revenues and
expenditures to the FY 202012021 Capital Improvement Budget
VTA - Measure B revenue 411.9121-001.42731 $ 96,000
SR2S program expenditures 411.9121-001.81161 $ 96,000
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Saratoga
hereby accepts the Measure B Funding in the amount of $96,000 for FY 2017/18 through FY
2020/21 to be applied toward various Safe Routes to School outreach efforts as approved by
VTA.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the above and foregoing resolution was passed and
adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga City Council held on the 16th daof September,
2020 by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Howard A. Miller, Vice Mayor Mary -Lynne Bernald, Council Members
Yan Zhao, Rishi Kumar
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Howard A. Miller,
Mayor
City of Saratoga
Attest:
AebbietSretschneid_er,CMC
City Clerk
City of Saratoga