HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-11554 adopting San Luis Obispo (SLO) Transit's FY 2026-30 Short-Range Transit PlanR 11554
RESOLUTION NO. 11554 (2025 SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING SAN LUIS OBISPO (SLO)
TRANSIT’S FY 2026-30 SHORT-RANGE TRANSIT PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo (City) operates the San Luis Obispo (SLO)
Transit system and the City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo is SLO Transit’s
governing board; and
WHEREAS, the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) requires
transit agencies that receive federal funding through the region’s Federal Transportation
Improvement Plan (FTIP) program to prepare and adopt a Short-Range Transit Plan
every five years; and
WHEREAS, in June 2023, San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (RTA)
released a Request for Proposals for a joint Short-Range Transit Plan update for both
RTA and SLO Transit; and
WHEREAS, in September 2023, RTA executed an agreement with LSC
Transportation Consultants, Inc., for the joint Short-Range Transit Plan update; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2024, the City Council held a Study Session to receive a
presentation on the progress to date, to provide direction on which service alternatives to
include in the plan update, and provide direction to staff to return with a draft plan for
Council’s review; and
WHEREAS, on January 8, 2025, the Mass Transportation Committee, at a
regularly scheduled meeting, recommended to Council the inclusion of service, fare, and
program changes in the Short-Range Transit Plan update; and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 2025, the City Council conducted a public hearing at
a regularly scheduled meeting and received a presentation on the administrative draft of
SLO Transit’s Short-Range Transit Plan, considered public testimony of interested
parties, the minutes from the Mass Transportation Committee meeting, and directed staff
to make necessary changes to the plan and return on April 15, 2025 with a final plan for
adoption; and
WHEREAS, LSC Transportation Consultants provided a final Short-Range Transit
Plan on March 18, 2025, which is herein referred to as the 2026-30 Short-Range Transit
Plan; and
WHEREAS, at a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council on April 15, 2025,
the City Council found that the draft Short-Range Transit Plan is consistent with the
policies of the General Plan, the Climate Action Plan, and the Climate Action, Open
Space, and Sustainable Transportation Major City Goal of the 2023-25 Financial Plan.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo does hereby authorize the adoption of SLO Transit’s 2026-30 Short-Range
Transit Plan as follows:
SECTION 1. Environmental Review. The California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) does not apply to the recommended actions in this report, because the action
does not constitute a “Project” under CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. Tasks carried out
as part of the implementation of the Short-Range Transit Plan adoption must comply with
state and local laws including environmental review or finding of exemption.
SECTION 2. Constraints. The Short-Range Transit Plan is a fiscally constrained
document. Adoption of the plan in no way commits the Council or the City to the
implementation of the service, fare, and program change recommendations contained
within the plan.
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SECTION 3. Approval. The City Council of the City of San Luis Obispo does
hereby adopt the 2026-30 Short-Range Transit Plan as recommended by the Mass
Transportation Committee.
Upon motion of Vice Mayor Shoresman, seconded by Council Member Boswell,
and on the following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Member Boswell, Vice Mayor Shoresman, and Mayor
Stewart
NOES: None
RECUSED: Council Member Francis and Marx
The foregoing resolution was adopted this 15th day of April 2025.
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Mayor Erica A. Stewart
ATTEST:
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Teresa Purrington
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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J. Christine Dietrick
City Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of San Luis Obispo, California, on ______________________.
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Teresa Purrington
City Clerk
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