April 5, 2022
Library and Community Services
DATE: April 5, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
LaShonda White, Interim Director of Library and
Community Services
Ranjana Maharaj, Deputy Director for Community
Services - Recreation
Jene Levine-Snipes, Development Project Manager
Stephanie Ny, Associate Administrative Analyst
Subject:
Resolution to Accept and Appropriate the PG&E
Resilience Hubs Grant Funds for the Nevin and Shields-
Reid Power Hubs Project
FINANCIAL IMPACT: These actions do not create any direct cost or liability to the City’s General Fund. The actions contemplated here
would generate a one-time grant that does not have to be repaid. These funds would be administered by the
Community Services Department – Recreation Division in
accordance with the PG&E Grant Agreement.
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STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
City staff is requesting City Council to adopt a resolution to accept and appropriate grant funds in the amount of
$100,000 from PG&E to create power hubs at Nevin and
Shields-Reid Community Centers.
AGENDA
REPORT
April 5, 2022
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
ADOPT a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE
grant funds in the amount of $100,000, from PG&E to
create power hubs at Nevin and Shields-Reid Community
Centers – Library and Community Services Department –
(LaShonda White/Jene Levine-Snipes 510-307-8132).
DISCUSSION:
The City of Richmond Community Services Department – Recreation Division was awarded the PG&E Resilience Hubs grant award in the amount of $100,000 to create power hubs at Nevin and Shields-Reid Community Centers. With the Resilience Hubs grant, backup energy supplies will be created to allow the facilities to function as resilience hubs in times of climate-related disasters.
The project will also support the PG&E Better Together Resilient Communities grant that was awarded to the City on November 30, 2021. With the Better Together Resilient Communities grant, temporary shade and cooling structures with misting nozzles will be created. The Resilience Hubs grant will be used to create storage for the structures.
City staff is requesting City Council to adopt a resolution to accept and appropriate the Resilience Hubs grant funds and adjust the FY2021-2022 revenues and expenditures by $100,000.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Resolution
Attachment 2 – Grant Award Letter