RESOLUTION NO. __23
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES-RECREATION DEPARTMENT TO
SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION TO THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE FAIRGROUND AND COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE CENTERS PROGRAM FOR ENHANCED EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS MEASURES, ET AL. AND AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT’S
PROPOSED PARTNERSHIP LIST
WHEREAS, the City Of Richmond (“City”) has a Grant Management Policy for Fiscal Year 2022 - 2023 established by the Finance Department (the “Policy”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3(e) of the Policy, City Council approval is required prior to grant application submissions in circumstances where the City will partner with organizations. This approval requirement derives from the Policy’s goal of a creating a transparent process as part of engaging in these partnerships, whether they be with public or private entities; and
WHEREAS, Community Services-Recreation staff (the “Department”) is in the process of consideration of, and preparation for, a grant application (“Application”) for the California Department of Food and Agriculture Fairground and Community Resilience Centers Program (collectively, the “Grant Program”). The Grant Program p rovides up to ten (10) million dollars for community facilities to enhance emergency preparedness capabilities, including and, in particular, response(s) to climate change ; and
WHEREAS, the Grant Program’s benefits will not only provide community facility infrastructure improvements, but it will also aid in building social infrastructure to a) help support social services; b) advance workforce development; and c) at the same time, provide multi-beneficial, holistic projects that support year -around community services and activities with sustained benefits beyond emergency/evacuation events ; and
WHEREAS, community partnerships are essential to building social infrastructure.
The Department has, or is planning to, reach out to the following entities for part nership in its Application and seeks the City Council’s approval of the following organizations and groups (collectively, the “Partners”):
1. Groundwork Richmond
2. YES Nature to Neighborhoods
3. Rebuilding Together East Bay-North
4. First 5 Contra Costa
5. Positive Coaching Alliance
6. 18 Reasons; and
7. Trust for Public Land
WHEREAS, the Department created the proposed Partner list based on each organization’s known contributions to programming near the project site and/or Richmond Resilience Roadmap planning; and
WHEREAS, at this Application stage, the Department’s included Partners have not been fully determined; however, staff intends to join forces with any of the Partners listed in 1-7 above; and, were the City fortunate enough to be awarded this Grant Program, the Department would enter into a sole-source contract with any partners so joined.
THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds and determines to be in full force and effect the Recitals above and hereby incorporates them fully herein.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds and determines for the reasons stated in the recitals, the adoption of this Resolution is exempt from CEQA under Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the City Council approves and authorizes as follows: 1) City staff can submit a grant application for consideration by the California Department of Food and Agriculture Fairground and Community Resilience Centers Program ; and 2) City staff’s proposed entity list is accepted for grant application submission purposes and for future partnership endeavors related to same .
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED THAT this Resolution takes effect immediately upon its adoption.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Resolution is for any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution. The City Council declares that is would have passed this Resolution and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase be declared invalid.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution of the Council of the City of Richmond was duly passed and adopted at a meeting thereof held February 21, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTION:
___________PAMELA CHRISTIAN___________
CLERK OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
Approved:
Mayor
Approved as to form:
City Attorney