STAFF REPORT
City of Lancaster
CC 16
9/8/2026
TN
Date:September 8, 2026
To: Mayor Parris and City Council Members
From: John Felkins, Emergency Management Administrator
Larissa De La Cruz, Assistant City Manager
Subject:Authorization to Apply for the Strategic Growth Council Community Resilience Centers Round 2 Implementation Grant
Recommendations:
a. Adopt Resolution No. _____ authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to apply for and accept, if awarded, funding through the California Strategic Growth Council Community Resilience Centers Round 2 Implementation Grant Program for the Multi-Agency Regional Resiliency Center (MARRC) at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds.
b. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the grant application and all related agreements, amendments, certifications, assurances, letters of commitment, collaborative governance documents, and other documents necessary to apply for, accept, and administer the grant, subject to City Attorney approval.
c. Authorize the appropriation of grant funds, if awarded, into accounts established by Finance for expenditure in accordance with the approved grant agreement, grant guidelines, and City financial policies.
G.C. Section 84308: No
Fiscal Impact:
None
Background:
The Community Resilience Centers (CRC) Program is administered by the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC). Round 2 will provide funding for the planning, construction, retrofit, and operation of community resilience centers that combine physical improvements with year-round 2 5
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programs and services intended to strengthen local capacity to respond to and recover from climate and other emergencies. Implementation Grant awards range from $1 million to $10 million.
The City proposes to submit an Implementation Grant application centered on the Multi-Agency Regional Resiliency Center (MARRC) at the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds. MARRC is being developed as a regional emergency evacuation, incident support, and community-serving facility.
The City and Antelope Valley Fairgrounds Authority have established long-term use and access rights through a Joint Use and Irrevocable License Agreement, which provides first-priority use of the Community Facilities for emergency shelter and operational uses by the City, City residents, and contributing agencies during an emergency.
The proposed CRC application would focus on eligible activities needed to operationalize and enhance MARRC as a year-round Community Resilience Center. Potential activities may include remaining eligible facility improvements; furniture, fixtures and equipment; broadband and technology; emergency communications and charging capability; emergency shelter and support equipment; food and medical refrigeration; accessibility and access and functional needs accommodations; and other CRC-required facility functions not already funded or committed.
The application is also expected to include year-round community resilience programs and services, which may include emergency preparedness education, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, emergency exercises, extreme heat preparedness and cooling support, food security, public health preparedness, services for seniors and people with access and functional needs, youth preparedness, and workforce or resilience training. Final activities will be developed in coordination with the project team and eligible project partners and will be limited to costs determined to be eligible under the CRC Round 2 Program.
JF/ko
Attachment:
Resolution No. ____