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RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING CERTAIN CITY PERSONNEL
AS CERTIFYING OFFICERS AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW RECORDS PURSUANT TO
FEDERAL LAW.
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield is an entitlement jurisdiction qualified to receive direct formula allocations of federal funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) to undertake projects which benefit low-and moderate-income persons; and
WHEREAS, federal law requires that environmental review for all projects undertaken with federal funds comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) prior to obligating funds; and
WHEREAS, HUD designates all environmental review documents, which can vary in complexity from a simple, one -page finding of exemption to a comprehensive, multi -volume Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), as the Environmental Review Record in their entirety; and
WHEREAS, federal law and regulations require the City to designate one or more employees as Certifying Officers authorized to sign the Environmental Review Record; and
WHEREAS, it is the City’s intent to have the City Manager or his/her designee be the Certifying Officer for all Environmental Review Records requiring publication and submission to HUD for authority to use grant funds, but to have the Development Services Director or the Deputy Development Services Director be the Certifying Officers for those Environmental Review Records which do not require publication and submission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
1. The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated by reference herein.
2. The City Manager or his/her designee are designated as Certifying Officers authorized to sign all federal Environmental Review Records requiring publication and submission to HUD for authority to use grant funds.
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3. The Development Services Director or the Deputy Development Services Director are designated as Certifying Officers authorized to sign all federal Environmental Review Records, which do not require publication and submission to HUD for authority to use grant funds.
4. This Resolution is hereby adopted and supersedes Resolution No. 144-2021, which was adopted on August 18th, 2021.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on _____________________ by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, KOMAN, BASHIRTASH, KAUR NOES: COUNCILMEMBER:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER:
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, CPMC, MMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED _________________
By: _______________________________
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney: _____________________________________
VIRGINIA GENNARO