1 RESOLUTION NO. 23-29,413
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURBANK AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS
DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH
THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION FOR THE
CALIFORNIA AUTOMATED PERMIT PROCESSING (CALAPP)
PROGRAM, ACCEPTING $80,000 IN GRANT FUNDS, AND
AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 -23 BUDGET BY
APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK FINDS:
A. The Community Development Department has been notified that its grant application through the California Energy Commission for the California Automated Permit Processing (CalAPP) Program was approved in the amount of $80,000.
B. The grant fund ing will be used to develop an online permit application process for residential solar and solar -plus-storage systems, which will greatly decreas e permitting approval times in Burbank and help California meet its greenhouse gas emission reduction goals through an easier installation process.
C. This activity accepts grant funds to update online permitting infrastructure and has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment , and as such, is not a “project” subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 14 Cal. Code Regs § 15378.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK RESOLVES:
1. The City accepts the grant from the California Energy Commission in the amount of $80,000.
2. The Grant Agreement between the California Energy Commission and the City of Burbank is hereby approved.
3. The City’s Fiscal Year 202 2-23 Annual Budget is amended by appropriating the $80,000 grant from revenue account number 001.CD000.41005.1009 (General Fund, Community Development, Building Permits, Solar) to expenditure account number 001.CD42A.62261 (General Fund, Building & Safety Division, Other Grant Expenses).
4. The Financial Services Director , or her designee, is author ized to make such revisions, changes in summaries, fund amounts, totals, and other portions of the budget document as necessary to reflect and implement the appropriations specified in this resolution.
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2 5. The City Manager , or his designee, is authorized to execute all necessary documents and other matters relating to this grant.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 14th day of March, 2023.
_s/Konstantine Anthony________
Konstantine Anthony
Mayor
Approved as to Form:
Attest: Office of the City Attorney
_s/Melissa Dekermenji_________ By: _s/Jill Vander Borght________ Melissa Dekermenji, CMC Jill Vander Borght Records Manager Senior Assistant City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF BURBANK )
I, Melissa Dekermenji, CMC, Records Manager of the City of Burbank, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by a vote of the Council of the City of Burbank at its regular meeting held on the 14th day of March, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Mullins, Perez, Takahashi, Schultz, and Anthony.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
_s/Melissa Dekermenji__________
Melissa Dekermenji, CMC
Records Manager