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1 RESOLUTION NO. R-2023-046
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PISMO BEACH,
CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT OF, UP TO $500,000 IN FUNDING TO ASSIST IN UPDATING THE
CITY'S LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM FROM THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL
COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the Budget Act of 2021 provides up to $31 million to support the Coastal Commission's Local Coastal Program (LCP) Local Assistance Grant Program, which awards grants to local governments to support coastal resiliency and updates to LCPs; and
WHEREAS. the California Coastal Commission, under the authority of the California Coastal Act, may provide financial assistance to support coastal planning and has approved a grant program to provide such financial assistance for LCP planning; and WHEREAS, the goal of the grant program is to develop new or updated LCPs in conformance with the California Coastal Act and to promote coastal resiliency and address the effects of climate change; and
WHEREAS, grant proposals submitted under this grant program must complete LCP planning work with special emphasis on coastal resiliency and addressing the effects of climate change and sea -level rise; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pismo Beach has an effectively certified LCP; and WHEREAS, the City of Pismo Beach desires to pursue a project that would result in the completion and submittal for certification by the California Coastal Commission of an Amendment to the LCP in part; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pismo Beach commits to and agrees to fully support a planning effort intended to amend a certified LCP pursuant to the provisions of the California Coastal Act, with full public participation and coordination with the Coastal Commission staff.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pismo Beach as follows:
The Community Development Director is hereby authorized and directed to submit the grant application package to the California Coastal Commission to provide financial and planning assistance, under authority of the California Coastal Act, in an amount not to exceed $500,000 to fund the project more particularly described in the grant application package:
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2. The Community Development Director is authorized to execute, in the name of the City of Pismo Beach, all necessary applications, contracts. and agreements and amendments thereto to implement and carry out the grant application package and any project approved through approval of the grant application.
UPON MOTION OF Council Member Guthrie. seconded by Council Member Newton, the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Pismo Beach this 20'r' day of June 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 Guthrie, Newton, Inman, Reiss, Waage
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 0
ABSTAIN: 0
RECUSED: 0
Approved:
Ed Waage, Mayr
Attest: f
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