HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2017-26RESOLUTION NO. 2017-26
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL APPROVING
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE
CITY OF LODI AND THE SAN JOAQUIN COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTS FOR STATE/FEDERAL TRANSIT PLANNING
AND PROGRAMMING, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, as a designated recipient of State and federal funds, a Memorandum of
Understanding is required between the City of Lodi and its region's Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO); and
WHEREAS, the San Joaquin Council of Governments (SJCOG) is the Regional
Transportation Planning Agency for the County of San Joaquin and the cities therein, and is the
MPO for the San Joaquin region; and
WHEREAS, with the passage of "Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act," the
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) directed SJCOG to update all transit operators'
Memorandums of Understanding; and
WHEREAS, FTA requires that the Memorandums of Understanding specify the roles
and procedures for carrying out the federal guidelines, regulations, policy implementation, and
statutes for transportation planning and programming; and
WHEREAS, the Memorandum of Understanding includes working cooperatively with
SJCOG to ensure transportation systems are in a state of good repair; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends approving the Memorandum of Understanding between
the City of Lodi and SJCOG for State/Federal Transit Planning and Programming, and further
authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the City of Lodi.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby approve
the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Lodi and the San Joaquin Council of
Governments for State/Federal Transit Planning and Programming; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby authorize the
City Manager to execute the Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of the City of Lodi.
Dated: March 1, 2017
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2017-26 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held March 1, 2017 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Mounce, Nakanishi, and Mayor Kuehne
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Johnson
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
NIFER . FERRAIOLO
City Clerk
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