Regular Meeting
10/21/24 06:00 PM
Building
Christopher Heldreth
Grant
Doc ID: 5786
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
AGENDA MATTER:
ACCEPTANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL (DTSC) OFFICE OF
BROWNFIELDS EQUITABLE COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION GRANT (ECRG) AWARD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Staff is recommending that Council approve the acceptance two (2) Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Office of Brownfields Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG), Communitywide Assessment (CWA) awards. Each of the two (2) awards total $350,000, making the overall award amount $700,000 that can be utilized for grant project management services, community engagement, phase I environmental site assessments, investigation work plan and fieldwork services, investigation reporting, and brownfield planning & inventory.
DISCUSSION:
In 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 158 into law as part of the Cleanup In Vulnerable Communities Initiative (CVCI). This legislation allocated $500 million to expedite the cleanup and beneficial reuse of contaminated properties, prioritizing historically vulnerable and disadvantaged communities. The Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG) served as a key component of SB 158, and was assigned over $270 million in grants to incentivize cleanup and investment in disadvantaged areas of California.
As the City of Barstow is an ECRG, Community-wide Assessment (CWA) awardee, CWA serves to fund early-stage activities to understand the environmental conditions of multiple sites in a defined area.
Supports Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, Preliminary Endangerment Assessments, community engagement, and the development of brownfield site inventories, including GIS mapping. Within the two (2) applications, the City of Barstow proposes various City-owned properties we would like to investigate to encourage beneficial reuse of the sites, and through the duration of the twoyear grant term, both consultants and staff will be looking to identify and investigate additional potential brownfield sites as funding permits.
ECRG Application 1
-$350,000 award
- Approved sites included in Exhibit A
ECRG Application 2
-$350,000 award
- Approved sites included in Exhibit B
Equitable Community Revitalization, Community-wide Assessment total - $700,000 FISCAL IMPACT:
Regular Meeting
10/21/24 06:00 PM
Building
Christopher Heldreth
Grant
Doc ID: 5786
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Authorize staff to accept the Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG), Community-wide Assessment (CWA) grant award in the amount of $700,000 and to appropriate funds in the amount of $700,000 to a reimbursable account to be established by the Finance Department following acceptance.