Narrative Information Sheet – City of Sacramento
1. Applicant City of Sacramento
Office of Innovation and Economic Development
915 I Street, 3rd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814-4009
2. Funding Request: a. Type: Multipurpose
b. Federal Funds Requested: $800,000
3. Location: City of Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
4. Target Are and
Priority Site
Information
x Target Area: Del Paso Heights Town Center - Four corner blocks of Marysville Boulevard and Grand Avenue intersection x Census Tracts:
65.01 64
x Priority Sites:
3801 Marysville Boulevard
3739 Marysville Boulevard
1560 Grand Avenue
3711-3721 Marysville Boulevard (4 parcels)
3701-3710 Marysville Boulevard
5. Contacts a. Project Director:
Amanda Wallace, Development Project Manager
915 I Street, 3rd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814-4009
(916) 808-5453
[email protected]
b. Chief Executive:
Howard Chan, City Manager
915 I Street, 5th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814-4009
(916) 808-7488
[email protected]
6. Population 524,943
7. Other Factors N/A
8. Letter from the
State or Tribal
Environmental
Authority
Letter from Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board attached
9. Releasing Copies of
Application
N/A – No confidential materials
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
15 November 2022
Ms. Noemi Emeric-Ford
US EPA Region 9 Brownfields Program
Southern California Field Office
600 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1460
Los Angeles, California 90017
CENTRAL VALLEY REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD LETTER OF
AKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR MULTIPURPOSE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF
SACRAMENTO
The Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Central Valley Water Board) is one of the lead regulatory agencies with responsibility for overseeing the investigation and remediation of hazardous substances and releases in the Central Valley region of California. Through various initiatives, the Central Valley Water Board works collaboratively with numerous stakeholders throughout the Central Valley, assisting with redevelopment and reuse plans for hazardous substance and petroleum releases in our State.
The Central Valley Water Board supports the City of Sacramento’s efforts to apply for and obtain an $800,000 Brownfields Multipurpose Grant from the U.S. Environmental and Protection Agency (EPA). The Central Valley Water Board understands that the City of Sacramento’s Multipurpose Grant application is for the four corner blocks of the Marysville Boulevard and Grant Avenue intersection, bound to the north by Harris Avenue, to the south by Roanoke Avenue, to the west by Balsam Street/Balsam Street Alley, and to the west by Willow Street/Ivy Street Alley. Central Valley Water Board staff have been informed that, if awarded the funds, the City of Sacramento will use the grant to develop a Revitalization and Reuse Plan, assess priority sites within a portion of the southwest block (3700 block) and 3801 Marysville Boulevard, and remediate two City owned sites at 3801 and 3739 Marysville Boulevard.
If awarded, the grant will help address the needs of one of the City’s most underinvested and disadvantaged commercial corridors. This grant will allow the City of Sacramento to work with the Central Valley Water Board in a productive manner that protects the environment, and protect citizens in the surrounding Del Paso Heights neighborhood, and improves equitable investment in the City of Sacramento. Central Valley Water Board staff appreciate the opportunity to support local agency programs because they play a critical role in California’s effort to protect the environment and public health. If you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact the Central US EPA Region 9 Brownfields Program -2- 15 November 2022 Valley Water Board Project Manager, Kyle Cockerham, at (916) 464-4811 or [email protected].
Christopher Flower, P.G.
Site Cleanup Program Manager
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board
cc: Amanda Wallace - City of Sacramento
1 1. PROJECT AREA DESCRIPTION AND PLANS FOR REVILATIZATION
1.a. Target Area and Brownfields i. Overview of Brownfield Challenges and Description of Target Area:
Sacramento, the capital of California, comprises about 99 square miles with a culturally diverse population of just over 500,000. Although employment in Sacramento is largely concentrated in government and service sectors, the city has a rich history of industrial and manufacturing industries servicing the Transcontinental Railroad, the region’s agriculture and food processing sectors, and the now closed Sacramento Army Depot, Mather Air Field, and McClellan Air Force Base. While historic industrial areas, particularly adjacent to the Central City, have seen significant levels of investment and revitalization, the Del Paso Heights (DPH) neighborhood in North Sacramento, built around military, manufacturing, and auto related industrial uses, struggles to gain a foothold in the modern economy. By almost all measures DPH’s level of social and economic depravation is among the highest in the city, with some of the highest rates of poverty, unemployment, high school dropout, and crime rates, and some of the lowest salaries and educational attainment in Sacramento. It lacks some basic retail and services that most other neighborhoods have, and it lacks a clear commercial center that can help reinforce the sense of place. As such, the DPH Neighborhood is part of a federally designated Opportunity and Promise Zone.
DPH developed as a primarily single-family neighborhood for immigrant workers and laborers supporting the neighborhood’s industrial uses. With the neighborhood located in an unincorporated part of the county until incorporation to the City of Sacramento in 1964, DPH developed with little regulatory oversight resulting in toxic sites mixed throughout the neighborhood. DPH is isolated from the rest of this City, bound by railroads and highways, making it inaccessible to anyone not arriving by automobile and diverting traffic from the area. It is within this context that Maysville Boulevard, the neighborhood’s main commercial corridor and only north/south connection to the rest of the city, established in the 1940s and 50s. Given the historic industrial and logistical uses in this area, the corridor has always been home to workers and businesses serving automobiles such as gasoline stations, mechanics, or tire shops. Almost every block along Marysville Boulevard features at least one vacant or underutilized property, many of which require remediation stemming from underground storage tanks or previous uses as automobile service stations or dry cleaners. In addition to the negative health impacts from contamination, the number of vacant and underutilized properties continues the spiral of disinvestment adversely affecting the vitality and health of the community and residents.
The Target Area is defined as the roughly 17.5-acre four-corner blocks that comprise the intersection of Marysville Boulevard (north/south) and Grand Avenue (east/west) in DPH. This intersection is the most strategically important portion of the Marysville Boulevard commercial corridor because of its central neighborhood location. The Target Area is broken into four distinct blocks. The Northwest (NW) block is bound by Balsam Street to the west and Harris Avenue to the North. The Northeast (NE) Block is bound by Harris Avenue to the north and Willow Street/Ivy Street Alley to the east. The NE Block is bisected vertically by Willow Street. The Southeast (SE) block is bound by Willow Street to the east and Roanoke Avenue to the South. The Southwest (SW) block is bound by Roanoke Avenue to the south and Fig Street/Balsam Alley to the west. The SW Block is bisected vertically by Balsam Street. Despite its central location, the Target Area is severely blighted. More than a quarter of the parcel area, including three of the four main corner properties at Marysville Boulevard and Grand Avenue, consist of vacant lots. All four blocks feature at least one former gasoline or automobile service station, while three blocks feature former drycleaning operations. Most of the commercial buildings in the Target Area are beyond their useful life, as are many of the single-family and lowrise multifamily apartments that are intermingled with commercial and former industrial uses. ii. Overview of Brownfield Challenges and Description of Target Area: Of the 41 parcels within the Target Area, fourteen are identified as having known or potential environmental concerns related to former gasoline stations, other auto related uses, and drycleaners. Table 1 summarizes characteristics of the known Target Area Brownfield sites, with the priority sites highlighted. The highest priority brownfield sites include the northwest corner of the Marysville Boulevard and Grand Avenue intersection (3801 Marysville Boulevard) and the eight 2 parcels that comprise the SW block east of Balsam Street. These are the highest priority brownfield sites because they have the greatest known environmental concerns but are also most likely to redevelop in the near future and catalyze development throughout the Target Area and elsewhere along Marysville Boulevard. The City owns both intersection’s western corner properties, which are former gasoline and service stations. The site at 3801 Maryville Boulevard is referred to as the “Shell Station” site and 3739 Marysville Boulevard is referred to as the “Indus Oil” site. The Greater Sacramento Urban League (GSUL), a nonprofit that works to empower Black and other historically marginalized people throughout the region, owns 3711-3721 Marysville Boulevard (collectively referred to as the “GSUL” sites). The GSUL headquarters is also located on the SW block at 3725 Marysville Boulevard, in between the GSUL and Indus Oil sites. The GSUL plans to develop the GSUL sites as a mixed-use housing project (referred to as West 2700) to provide affordable housing and much needed community retail and employment opportunities to the DPH community.
Despite the City of Sacramento, the GSUL, and the DPH community’s eagerness to see the priority sites redevelop, the SW block is plagued by environmental issues that need to be addressed before development can begin. The Shell Station, Indus Oil, and GSUL Sites were all previously owned by the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) and were transferred to the City of Sacramento Redevelopment Agency Successor Agency (RASA) after the dissolution of redevelopment financing in California in 2012. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, the SHRA and the RASA characterized the GSUL properties, demolished the existing structures, and oversaw remediation of impacted soils from mostly automotive related uses such as gasoline station, service stations, and autobody shops. For the Indus Oil Site, SHRA remediated the impacted soil from previously removed underground storage tanks (USTs) using soil vapor extraction technology (SVE) Table 1: Target Area Brownfield Sites
Address Site Name Size
(ac)
Structure
Size (sf)
Year
Built
Current
Use
Environmental
Concern Former Use
3849 Marysville
Blvd
0.3 n.a. n.a. Vacant Petroleum
Hydrocarbons
Gasoline station,
known soil
contamination
*3801
Marysville Blvd
Shell
Station
0.7 n.a. n.a. Vacant Petroleum
Hydrocarbons
Gasoline station
3810-3820
Marysville Blvd
0.5 11,466 1940 Commercial PCE, TCE,
Petroleum
Hydrocarbons
Drycleaner and gas
and oil use
3750-3740
Marysville Blvd
0.3 n.a. n.a. Vacant Petroleum
Hydrocarbons
Unknown site
history, likely gas
station
3726 Marysville
Blvd
0.2 5,488 1949 Commercial PCE, TCE Drycleaner and gas
and oil use
3700 Marysville
Blvd
0.9 9,481 2014 Commercial Petroleum
Hydrocarbons
Equipment Rental
*3739
Marysville Blvd
Indus Oil 0.2 n.a. n.a. Vacant Petroleum
Hydrocarbons
Gasoline Station
1560 Grand
Avenue
Recycling
Center
0.1 968 1972 Commercial PCE, TCE Drycleaner
3711-3721
Maysville Blvd
(4 parcels)
Urban
League
Sites
0.4 n.a. n.a. Vacant PCE, TCE,
Petroleum
Hydrocarbons
Restaurant and
Auto repair
3701-3710
Marysville Blvd
Norm’s
Liquor
0.2 7,640 1949 Commercial PCE, TCE Drycleaner
*Indicates City owned site where remediation activities are planned Highlight = Priority Site
3 The Sacramento County Environmental Management Department (SCEMD) closed the case in 2014. However, unrelated to the former USTs is the presence of soil vapor and groundwater contamination with low concentrations of Tetrachloroethylene (PCE). The PCE was not detected in substantive amounts until a SVE well operated at the site for several months during the petroleum hydrocarbon remediation. It is believed that the remedial action of the SVE system may have drawn PCE upgradient through soil vapor from another site on the block. The most likely sources of the PCE release are 1560 Grand Avenue or 3701-3710 Marysville Boulevard. 1560 Grand Avenue, which currently operates as a recycling center (“Recycling Center” site) housed a drycleaner between the late 1970s and early 1980s. 36701-3710 Marysville Boulevard (“Norm’s Liquor” site) also housed a drycleaner for multiple decades beginning in the 1940s. The Norm’s Liquor site is a known source of PCE impacted soil and groundwater contamination, though the extent of the contamination has never been determined.
The City is currently conducting supplemental Phase II activities, funded by an EPA Assessment Grant and Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) post closeout program income, on the Indus Oil, Recycling Center, and GSUL sites to narrow down the source of the recently discovered PCE contamination at the Indus Oil Site. This includes soil and gas sampling on the Indus Oil, Recycling Center, and GSUL sites, and four quarters of ground water monitoring on the Recycling Center and Indus Oil Sites. These assessment activities will be complete in December 2023. The City anticipates additional supplement Phase II assessment activities will be necessary to fully identify the source and extent of the contamination following completion of the current supplemental Phase II activities. The City would use EPA Multipurpose Grant funding for anticipated additional supplemental Phase II Assessment and remediation of the City owned site in preparation for future development.
1.b. Revitalizations of the Target Area i. Overall Pan for Revitalization: Over the past decade the City of Sacramento and the DPH community engaged in numerous strategic planning efforts with the goal of revitalizing Marysville Boulevard. In 2015 the City of Sacramento and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDAT) worked with the DPH community to develop a strategic plan that reflects the community’s values in revitalizing the neighborhood. The SDAT Plan identified revitalization of the Target Area as a critical item for the community, and the catalytic role redevelopment of the Target Area would play in revitalization the entire corridor. The SDAT conceptually defined the community’s vision for the Target Area as a “Town Center”, featuring higher density housing, community serving retail, community services, and employment and entrepreneurial opportunities for resident. The City and the DPH community are currently in the early stages of developing an Action Plan, titled Forward Together, to implement many of the recommendations from the SDAT as well as other community priorities newly identified through the Forward Together process. One of the community’s high priority action items is developing an implementation plan for the Town Center. The City will use Multipurpose Grant funds to build on the SDAT and Forward Together’s work by developing a Town Center Revitalization Implementation Plan (Revitalization Plan) that specifically analyzes site conditions in the Target Area; identifies site constraints and regulatory barriers to development, and identifies specific actions and funding sources for addressing these constraints.
ii. Outcomes and Benefits of Overall Plan for Revitalization: The proposed assessment and cleanup activities are anticipated to have a significant impact on the highly distressed Target Area and surrounding DPH neighborhood. The priority sites are some of the most prominent vacant and blighted sites in the Target Area and assessment and clean up will remove significant barriers to development and neighborhood revitalization.
This will facilitate development of both the GSUL sites and the two City owned sites, resulting in the near term development of 70% of the vacant brownfield sites in the Target Area. Furthermore, the Revitalization Plan will guide City policy and investment initiatives to support economic development and provide a roadmap for future investors of other properties in the Target Area. The Revitalization Plan will include anti-displacement strategies informed by the DPH community. The Revitalization Plan development and implementation will be 4 managed by the City’s Neighborhood Development Action Team (NDAT), which is a cross departmental initiative that focuses on actions that increase the quality of life and economic growth for the people and businesses in Sacramento’s historically disenfranchised and disinvested neighborhoods and commercial districts. Part of the NDAT’s focus is to attract investment and reduce displacement by partnering closely with current residents and business owners and other stakeholders and aligning resources from the City and other agencies and organizations (e.g., workforce development, funds for affordable housing, capacity building and education) to achieve outcomes that benefit Sacramento’s underinvested communities.
1.c. Strategy for Leveraging Resources i. Resources Needed for Site Reuse: The GSUL plans to invest more than $15 million to develop the 3700 West project and recently received a $2.4 million donation from MacKenzie Scott in support of this development. Additionally, the City has access to a variety of funding sources that can be used for environmental assessment, remediation, and subsequent reuse of the priority sites.
In July 2018 the Sacramento City Council adopted a policy to take comprehensive and intentional action to increase and diversify our economic growth in an inclusive and equitable manner. One of the programs that resulted from this policy was the creation of the Marysville Boulevard Investment Initiative (MBI2 ) which
dedicated $1.1 million for strategic investment in the forms of loans, grants and technical support for projects that foster increased investment in the corridor. The City will use the MBI2 to complete grant funded activities
and implement the Revitalization Plan, as appropriate. The City of Sacramento may utilize post closeout program income from its EPA RLF to subgrant or loan cleanup funds to eligible entities. The City will also contribute approximately $54,885 in staff resources to support development and implementation of grant funded activities and community outreach, as well as other tasks and initiatives outside the grant scope which contribute to revitalization of the Target Area. Completion of the Multipurpose Grant funded scope will better position the City and local partners to seek other funding opportunities for additional site assessment, remediation, supporting infrastructure upgrades, and reuse. The City will apply and/or support other eligible entities in applying for other EPA Brownfields Clean Up and Assessment Grants to complete assessment and remediation within the Target Area as needed, and will continue to apply for other funding opportunities as they arise
ii. Use of Existing Infrastructure: The Target Area is located in a developed part of the City and includes existing vehicular, pedestrian, and transit facilities (streets, sidewalks, bus stops) and utilities (sewer, water, gas, electric, and telecommunications). The Revitalization Plan will include a detailed, site-specific infrastructure study identifying the upgrades necessary to implement the reuse plan. The infrastructure study will recommend approaches to addressing these deficiencies, the associated costs, and identify potential funding sources. The City has a strong track record of using infrastructure studies to prioritize infrastructure projects and secure local and outside funding for necessary upgrades.
2. COMMUNITY NEED AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
2.a. Community Need i. The Community’s Need for Funding: Marysville Boulevard is considered the commercial main street for the DPH neighborhood, but environmental challenges combined with decades of historic disinvestment compound challenges and costs of developing in the area and disincentive investment. As a result, the community lacks some basic retail and services and a sense of place compared to other neighborhoods. The DPH community has long envisioned the Target Area as a Town Center that would provide much needed neighborhood serving retail and services, job training, employment opportunities, and a sense of place that would catalyze investment in other areas of Marysville Boulevard and DPH. Over the years, the City implemented revitalization projects, including commercial façade rebates, site consolidation and streetscape improvements using Redevelopment funds to bolster investment and improve economic opportunity in the Target Area and the Marysville Boulevard corridor. These efforts frequently included environmental cleanup.
Unfortunately, the demise of Redevelopment financing in California eliminated over $20.4 million in local resources. The loss of Redevelopment compounded by the reduction in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) halted most revitalization projects already burdened by known and perceived environmental 5 contamination. With an individual poverty rate of 22% and an unemployment rate of 11%, the DPH neighborhood1 is unable to draw on other initial sources of funding to carry out necessary environmental assessment, remediation, planning activities, and subsequent reuse of Target Area sites in the absence of public funding.
ii. Threats to Sensitive Populations (1) Health or Welfare of Sensitive Populations: The Target Area has a high proportion of sensitive populations that include low-income communities of color and children. Although poverty data is not reliably available for the Target Area, 22% of DPH residents live below the federal poverty line. Approximately 72% of Target Area residents identify as racially non-White compared to 66% citywide.
Within the Target Area, the largest racial and ethnic groups are residents who identify as Hispanic (44%), Some Other Race (26%), Two or More Races (17%), and Black (15%). Roughly a quarter of Target Area residents are children under the age of 15, which is significantly higher than the citywide average of 19.5%. Additionally, the Target Area is adjacent to Grant Union Highschool, where 2,088 students are currently enrolled for the 2021- 2022 school year. Approximately 72% of Grant Highschool students qualify for free or reduced lunches.
These sensitive populations face extreme socioeconomic challenges including high crime and unemployment rates, an overabundance of blight, vandalism and dumping, and low education attainment levels. In 2021, the area within a half mile radius of the Target Areas had a crime rate of 82.7 crimes per 1,000 residents compared to 73.4 crimes per 1,000 residents citywide. The violent crime rate within a half-mile radius of the Target Area was four times higher than the citywide average. Additionally, City code-enforcement data indicates that between 2020 and November 2022, the area within a half-mile radius of the Target Area featured a disproportionate share of vehicle related cases while the Target Area featured a disproportional share of graffiti related cases. The Target Area also has some of the lowest levels of educational attainment, with approximately 23% of residents 25 years of age or older
having less than a high school education
compared to 12.5% citywide.
According to the EPA’s EJ Screen Tool,
the Target Area is also disproportionately
at risk for exposure to hazardous
pollutants. Table 2 shows that the Target
Area is in the 90th percentile in terms of
the risk of exposure to most tracked
pollutants. Additionally supplemental
data from the CalEnviroScreen show that
the two Census Tracts where the Target
Area is located have some of the most
severe groundwater threats in the state
(93rd and 73rd percentile).
These statistics indicate that vulnerable populations, particularly youth in the Target Area, are exposed to some of the worst socioeconomic conditions and environmental threats, which can impact their health and socioeconomic mobility. This Multipurpose grant will help to address some of these issues by identifying the source and extent of known PCE soil and groundwater contamination on the SW Block, remediating two of the impacted properties, and improving the health and welfare of sensitive populations in and around the Target Area. The grant will facilitate near term redevelopment of the priority sites in the SW Block, thereby 1 ESRI Business Analyst estimates a resident population of 47 person in the Target Area. Because of the small population size, reliable poverty and unemployment metrics for the Target Area are not available. Instead, poverty and unemployment metrics are provided for the DPH neighborhood only.
Table 2: Target Area Pollution Sources and Indexes
Pollution and Sources %ile in
State
%ile in
USA
Particulate Matter 96 99
Ozone 88 98
Diesel PM 73 89
Air Toxics Cancer Risk 97 98
Air Toxics Respiratory Hazard Index 97 98
Traffic Proximity and Volume 94 96
Lead Paint Indicator 97 97
Superfund Proximity 98 98
RMP Proximity 80 91
Hazardous Waste Proximity 69 95
Underground Storage Tank Indicator 96 92
Wastewater Discharge Indicator 0 0
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EJ Screen Tool, November 2022. 6 remediating additional priority sites as part of their development and catalyzing future development of the remaining Target Area. Redevelopment within the Target Area will eliminate vacant properties and blighted conditions while introducing new mixed-use development including affordable housing and much needed community serving retail, service space and entrepreneurial opportunities (2) Greater than Normal Incidence of Disease and Adverse Health Conditions: According to the EPA, PCE is a known neurotoxic and probable carcinogen. Effects resulting from chronic PCE exposure include impaired cognitive and neurobehavioral performance, and adverse effects on the kidney, liver, immune and hematologic systems and on development and reproduction. The Sacramento County Health Department reports that the Target Area zip code has higher incidents of adults with kidney disease (+0.3%), heart disease (+0.4%), persons with cognitive difficulty (+0.4%), babies with very low birth weight (+0.7%), adults with asthma (+1.7%), and children with asthma (+1.6%), which may be associated with exposure to PCE and other hazardous pollutants.
Compounding these health-related concerns is a medically uninsured rate that is 4.9% higher than the County as a whole. The grant funded cleanup will remediate two PCE impacted sites and catalyze remediation and development of other brownfield sites, improving the health and welfare of sensitive populations in and around the Target Area.
(3) Promoting Environmental Justice: Historically, public investment was either directed away from DPH in favor of more centrally located, affluent, white communities, or consisted of major infrastructure investments, such as highway construction and Urban Renewal, that isolated DPH from the rest of the city. Redlining further limited investment by deeming DPH as high credit risk area based on the racial makeup of the community and banks denied loan applications from credit worthy borrowers. Investments that were deemed credit worth were typically industrial users that disproportionately exposed the DPH community to hazardous environmental conditions. These types of policies not only impacted residents’ health but explicitly excluded DPH from resources, infrastructure, and basic services resulting in concentrated poverty. Nowhere is this more pronounced than in the Target Area where, as previously detailed in 2.a.i-ii(1)(2), residents are exposed to some of the highest levels of contamination in the state and nation which contributes to greater than normal incidences of disease and adverse health conditions. Additionally, property valuations data illustrates the lasting impact historic disinvestment has on the Target Area. While total taxable property values citywide increased 70% between 2010 and 2022, property values in the Target Area only increased 8% indicating the Target Area continues to experience drastically lower levels of investment than the rest of the city. To revitalize the Target Area and better support diverse residents and businesses within a more resilient local economy, it is critical to address longstanding community disinvestment issues such as the proliferation of vacant and/or contaminated sites and the lack of quality infrastructures which together create and perpetuate poverty and inequity. The Multipurpose grant will be used to remediate two of the most prominent vacant brownfield sites in the Target Area in preparation for future development and to identify barriers to private and community re-investment.
Investment in the Target Area can attract new residents and businesses while retaining and providing resources to improve quality of life and enjoyment of the area for those who are here today.
2.b. Community Engagement i. Prior/Ongoing Community Involvement: The DPH community has been actively involved in visioning and revitalization efforts, which include the Target Area and priority sites, and will continue to be involved in development of the Revitalization Plan. The DPH community drove the vision for the Town Center through the SDAT Plan process. Currently, the City’s NDAT is facilitating development of the Forward Together Action Plan to implement community priorities to revitalize Marysville Boulevard, including the Target Area. The Forward Together action plan is community-led and centered around enabling neighborhood residents, community organizations, and small business owners to identify, prioritize, and implement their own vision for improving the corridor. The Action Plan and the NDAT’s focus is to spur investment and reduce displacement by partnering closely with current residents, business owners and other stakeholders and aligning resources based on community priorities. Community engagement efforts for Forward Together are led by a neighborhood community-based organization, and a committee of 14 community advisors 7 (CAC) who represent underserved groups and voices that are traditionally not engaged in planning processes.
Because investment along the Marysville Boulevard corridors has not taken place equitably, the CAC ensures that neighborhood leadership opportunities are inclusive. Members meet monthly and receive a stipend for their participation. Development of the Revitalization Plan will complement the Forward Together Action Plan and will occur simultaneously to other Action Plan empowerment and revitalization implementation strategies.
Because development of the Revitalization Plan will occur simultaneous to other Forward Together implementation strategies, the City will be able to utilize existing relationships and community outreach structures to engage the DPH community.
ii. Project Involvement/iii. Project Roles
Name of
Organization/Entity/Group
Point of Contact (name, email &
Phone)
Specific Involvement in the Project
or Assistance Provided
City of Sacramento
Neighborhood Development
Action Team (NDAT)
Mikel Davila
[email protected]
ii. Lead facilitator of Town Center
Revitalization Plan efforts. iii
Coordinates contractors, outreach,
and policy
City of Sacramento Office of
Innovation and Economic
Development
Amanda Wallace
[email protected]
ii. Leads brownfield funding and
clean up initiatives. iii. Provides
economic development policy input
Neighborhood communityserving organization Will be competitively bid and contract ii. Lead community organizer and community outreach liaison. iii.
Coordinates CAC and other
community outreach efforts related
to assessment, cleanup and reuse
Community Advisory
Commission (CAC)
Will be assembled with assistance
from neighborhood communityserving organization
ii. Committee of community
members who represent groups
typically not engaged in planning. iii.
Leads policy direction and acts as
community liaisons.
Greater Sacramento Urban
League
Dwayne Crenshaw
[email protected]
ii. Priority Site property
owner/developer (3711-3721
Marysville Blvd). iii. Makes
assessment and cleanup decisions for
property and provide economic
development and other policy input
for Revitalization Plan
Sacramento Youth Services Adam Shipp
[email protected]
ii. Local Youth Service Provider. iii.
Provides input on youth needs and
conducts outreach and engagement
Wellspace Health Sherri Kirk [email protected] ii. Local healthcare provider. iii.
Provide community health
assessment, clean up and
Revitalization policy input; conducts
outreach and engagement
North Sacramento Chamber
of Commerce
Franklin Burris
[email protected]
ii. Local chamber of commerce. iii.
Provides input on needs of local
small business; advises on corridor
activation; conducts outreach and
engagement
8 Jonathan Santana [email protected] iii. Priority Site property owner (1560 Grand Avenue). iii. Makes
assessment and cleanup decisions for
property and provide economic
development and other policy input
for Revitalization Plan
Regional Water Quality
Control Board (RWQCB)
Kyle Cockerham
[email protected]
ii. Lead regulatory agency. iii.
Oversees investigation and
remediation of environmental
hazards
iv. Incorporating Community Input: Grant funded activities will build on the existing communication and community engagement networks developed as part of the ongoing Forward Together Action Planning process.
However, the community has made it clear to the City that they are tired of participating in planning and visioning exercises. They have participated in these exercises for more than a decade and now want to see results. To that end, the intent of grant funded activities is to begin implementing the community’s desired revitalization of the Town Center, first and foremost by assessing and remediating two of the most visible blighted corner properties in the Target Area. Utilizing the Forward Together outreach model, the City will contract with a neighborhood community-serving organization to develop an EPA Community Relations Plan (CRP), hold public meetings and garner community input for the Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA), and communicate assessment and cleanup findings and progress. Community outreach for the Revitalization Plan will be intentional and targeted. The neighborhood community-serving organization will form a CAC to include stakeholders within or near the Target Area who will contribute, advocate for, or be directly impacted by its revitalization. The CAC will guide the Revitalization Plan’s priorities and recommendations. While the CAC will be the main source of community input, the City will work with the community-serving organization to communicate the Plan’s findings and recommendation and seek broader communitywide input to ensure the revitalization plan and investment decisions are in line with the community’s values and priorities. The City will take all necessary precautions to protect again COVID 19 as determined necessary at the time. The City will use virtual outreach methods and/or social distancing and other protective precautions if the state of the pandemic at the time requires. The City will monitor COVID case closely an plan outreach activities accordingly.
3. Task Descriptions, Cost Estimates, and Measuring Progress
3.a. Description of Tasks/Activities and Outputs
Task 1: Supplemental Phase II Assessment
i. Project Implementation: (EPA-funded) The City will contract a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) to complete Supplemental Phase II activities for the Priority Sites, including preparation of a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) and Health Safety Plan (HASP) for the priority sites. Supplemental Phase II activities on the Indus Oil, Recycling Center, and GSUL sites are currently ongoing to narrow down the source of the recently discovered PCE contamination at the Indus Oil Site. These assessment activities will be complete in December 2023. While the results of the current assessment will determine the exact scope of the grant funded Supplemental Phase II activities, the City anticipates needing at least one additional soil boring and sampling on the Indus Oil site, installation of up to three additional groundwater wells throughout the Priority Sites, and up to one year of additional groundwater monitoring. (Non-EPA funded) The City will fund City staffs’ cost for contractor procurement and grant management and implementation. ii. Anticipated Project Schedule: January 2024- January 2025 iii. Task/Activity Lead: QEP
iv. Outputs: QAPP, HASP, laboratory results, draft and final Phase II Supplemental Assessment 9 Task 2: 3810 and 3739 Marysville Boulevard Remediation i. Project Implementation: (EPA-funded) QEP will complete site remediation for the City-owned Indus Oil and Shell Station sites and prepare an Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA. The draft ABCA will be submitted to the EPA, the RWQCB, and made available to the public through public noticing, posting on the City’s website and weekly newsletter, and through a public meeting. Public comments will be addressed, and the selected remedial action will be identified in a Decision Memo. A Remedial Work Plan (RWP) will be prepared and implemented during remediation activities. The exact remedial action will depend on the results of the ongoing Supplement Phase II activities and the grant funded assessment activities. However, given the sites’ preferred future use as mixed-use residential, it is likely that limited soil removal and up to a year of vapor extraction will be necessary. A draft and final Cleanup report will be submitted to the EPA and the RWQCB upon completion. (Non-EPA funded) The City will fund City staffs’ cost for contractor management and grant management and implementation. ii. Anticipated Project Schedule: January 2025-January 2026 iii. Task/Activity Lead: QEP
iv. Outputs: draft and final ABCA, Decision Memo, RWP, laboratory results, draft and final Cleanup Report
Task 3: Cleanup Activities Community Engagement
i. Project Implementation: (EPA-funded) The City will contract with a neighborhood community-serving organization to engage the DPH community about the assessment findings and remediation activities and to provide opportunities for community involvement and input before decisions are adopted. A QEP will prepare an EPA Community Response Plans (CRP) in partnership with City staff and the neighborhood community-serving organization. The CRP will provide a summary of the assessment and cleanup activities being performed under the Grant and outline activities such as neighborhood meetings and notices that will be completed. (Non-EPA funded) The City will fund City staffs’ cost for community engagement activities, contracting, and grant management, as well as development of a project web page that will include the CRP, work plans, reports, ABCA, and other project information. ii. Anticipated Project Schedule: Assessment and Cleanup activities and associated community outreach will take place between January 2024 and May 2026.
iii. Task Activity/Lead: City of Sacramento, QEP and community-serving organization iv. Outputs: CRP, presentation materials, project webpage, two community meetings, summary of responses addressing community comments
Task 4: Town Center Revitalization Implementation Plan
i. Project Implementation: (EPA-funded) The City will contract with a community and economic development consultant to prepare a Revitalization Plan that specifically analyzes site conditions in the Target Area; identifies site constraints and regulatory barriers to development and specific actions and funding sources for addressing these constraints. The Revitalization Plan will assess the infrastructure needs of the Target Area as well as the market demand and feasibility of developing residential mixed-use projects. The Plan will also examine current City land use restrictions and policies and their impact on development. The Plan will recommend strategies, actions, and specific costs to address these constraints as well as recommend strategies for minimizing displacement of current residents and businesses. The City will work with the neighborhood community-based organization, contracted in Task 3, to guide and inform the Revitalization Planning process. This will include convening regular CAC meetings, onsite events, and other community meetings. (Non-EPA funded) The City will fund City staffs’ cost for community engagement activities, contracting, Revitalization Plan development, and grant management. ii. Anticipated Project Schedule: October 2023-June 2024 iii. Task Activity/Lead: City of Sacramento and community and economic development consultant iv. Outputs: 2 community engagement events and materials, draft and final Revitalization Plan 10 v. Identifying Additional Sites: There are five brownfield sites within the Target Area that are not part of the assessment or remediation scope of this grant. In the event additional grant funds remain after addressing the priority sites, the City will prioritize the remaining five Brownfield within the Target Area for additional grant funded assessment and/or remediation. The North Sacramento Communitywide Assessment, funded by a 2017 EPA Assessment Grant, identified another 34 brownfield sites outside the Target Area along the Marysville Boulevard corridor. If grant funds remain after addressing all the brownfield sites within the Target Area, the City will work with the neighborhood community-based organization and the CAC to select sites based on the community’s priorities.
3.b.Cost Estimates
- Total Grant Budget = $800,000
- $660,000 (83% of grant budget) allocated for site specific work (Tasks 1, 2 and 3). - $525,000 (more than $200,000) allocated for site remediation (Task 2) Tasks 1: Supplemental Phase II Assessment: The scope and costs for the Supplemental Phase II activities are based on the professional opinion of the QEP currently conducting Phase II activities in the Target Area. x Contractual Costs: $100,000
o 3 ground water wells and sampling ($23,333 per well) = $70,000 o 1 soil boring and sampling ($4,000 per boring) = $4,000 o 4 quarters of groundwater monitoring ($5,000 per quarter) = $20,000 o 1 Quality Assurance Project Plan ($5,000 per QAPP) = $5,000 o 1 Health Safety Plan (HASP) ($1,000 per HASP) = $1,000 Tasks 2: Site Remediation: The scope and costs for Site Remediation activities are based on the professional opinion of the QEP currently conducting Phase II activities in the Target Area. x Contractual Costs: $525,000
o 1 Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives ($10,000 per ABCA) = $10,000 o 1 year of limited vapor extraction system and confirmation sampling = $490,000 Inclusive of the initial extraction system installation and operations and maintenance for one year
o 150 tons of soil removal and conformation sampling ($167 per ton) = $25,000 Tasks 3: Remediation Community Engagement: The scope and costs for the CRP are based on the professional opinion of the QEP currently conducting Phase II activities in the Target Area. Estimated cost for community engagement events are based on the NDAT’s recent experience planning community engagement events in the DPH neighborhood as part of the Forward Together planning process. x Contractual Costs: $35,000
o 1 Community Relations Plan ($25,000 CRP) = $25,000
o 2 Community engagement events ($5,000 per event) = $10,000 Tasks 4: Town Center Revitalization Implementation Plan: The scope and cost for the Revitalization Plan are based on the City’s recent community engagement and corridor planning initiatives in DPH and elsewhere throughout the city.
x Contractual Costs: $135,200
o 1 Infrastructure Assessment ($55,000 per assessment) = $55,000 o 1 Market Assessment and Feasibility Study ($30,000 per assessment) = $30,000 o 1 Policy Assessment ($20,000 per assessment) = $20,000 o 1 Strategic Actions Recommendations ($12,000 per report) = $12,000 o 2 Community engagement events ($10,000 per event) = $20,000 11 x Other -
o 48 CAC stipends ($100 per member per meeting, 8 CAC subcommittee members, 6 meetings) = $4,800
3.c. Measuring Environmental Results: The City will measure the following outputs: number of sites assessed; number of sites remediated; number of community engagement events; completion of the Town Center Revitalization Plan, ABCA, and CRP. The City will measure the following outcomes: number of permit applications submitted in the Target Area; amount of City dollars invested in the Target Area; outside public funds leveraged for projects within the Target Area; property valuation increases in the Target Area; number of new housing units built in Target Area; number of additional brownfield sites assessed (Phase I and II) in the Target Area; number of additional brownfield sites remediated in the Target Area. The City will track and report outputs and outcomes in quarterly reports and ACRES.
4. PROGRAMMATIC CAPACITY AND PAST PERFORMANCE
4.a. Programmatic Capability i. Organizational Capacity ii. Organizational Structure iii. Description of Key Staff iv.
Acquiring Additional Resources: This grant will be managed by the Office of Innovation and Economic Development (OIED), which has extensive and successful grant management, procurement and project delivery experience with Brownfield and other federal and State funding for a wide variety of project types. OIED has managed the City’s RLF and other EPA Brownfields grants since 2008. Two key staff will participate in this project: Amanda Wallace, Development Project Manager, and Mikel Davila, Senior Project Manager. Amanda Wallace currently manages the City’s Brownfields grants program, while Mikel Davila manages the City’s NDAT. Amanda Wallace will oversee grant management, assessment, and cleanup activities, while Mikel Davila will lead community outreach and development of the Revitalization Plan. Both staff have extensive experience with community and economic development and grant management, and have full access to City Accounting, Legal, Procurement and Collections personnel, as necessary. The City will procure a QEP, community development contractor, and community-based organization to oversee assessment, cleanup, reuse planning, and outreach. The City has a procurement system in place to ensure competitive bidding in compliance with Federal regulations, which it has used successfully to procure additional expertise and resources throughout the fourteen years the OIED has managed Brownfields grants.
4.a. Programmatic Capability i. Currently has or previously received an EPA Brownfield Grant: The City has successfully managed eight EPA Brownfields grants since 1995 including Assessment, Cleanup and RLF grants Table 4: Project Budget
Supplemental
Phase II
Site
Remediation
Remediation
Community
Engagement
Town Center
Revitalization
Plan Total
Personnel $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Fringe Benefits $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Travel $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Equipment $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Supplies $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Contractual $100,000 $525,000 $35,000 $135,200 $795,200 Other - CAC stipends $0 $0 $0 $4,800 $4,800
$100,000 $525,000 $35,000 $140,000 $800,000
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0
$100,000
Project Tasks ($)
$525,000 $35,000
Budget Categories
Direct Costs
Total Direct Costs
Indirect Costs
$140,000 $800,000 Total Budget
(Total Direct Costs +Indirect)
12 with the most recent listed in Table 5. These are all reported on ACRES. Most recently, in 2018, the EPA awarded the City a Revolving Loan Fund focused on North Sacramento which includes the Target Area.
Table 5: Most Recent City of Sacramento EPA Brownfields Grants Grant Type Grant Number Year Start/End Balance Amount
RLF BF99T76701 2018/2023 $745,008 $750,000
Assessment BF99T62801 2017/2022 Closed $300,000
Cleanup BF00T57301 2010/2016 Closed $200,000
(1) Accomplishments: RLF: The COVID 19 pandemic drastically impacted the City’s capacity to market the RLF as staffs’ focus shifted instantly to providing pandemic relief to Sacramento residents. With the majority of pandemic relief activities complete, staff has refocused our effort to the RLF and have a number of potential projects lined up to utilize the remaining RLF funds. Assessment: The City of Sacramento invested the EPA Communitywide Assessment Grant into 11 sites in the City of Sacramento, including ten Phase I ESAs and four Phase II ESAs. One site included an SAP, Supplemental Phase II ESA, and a work plan to prepare for the site’s redevelopment as the DPH Sports Complex. In November 2021, Phase I of the DPH Sports Complex was completed. The $2.25M project was a partnership between the City of Sacramento and a local community-based organization, Mutual Assistance Network, and includes four new futsal courts and a refurbished softball field.
Cleanup: Cleanup Grant accomplishments include the excavation and disposal of 340 cubic yards of lead and PCB contaminated soil from the former PG&E power station located at 400 Jiboom Street. The power station building, which was built in 1912, has been shuttered for decades and was seismically unsafe. EPA funded cleanup activities facilitated redevelopment of the site and existing building as the Museum of Science and Curiosity (MOSAC) which opened to the public in 2020.
(2) Compliance with Grant Requirements: The City is in compliance with workplans and US EPA requirements, has met timelines and milestones and is continuing to make progress on all current grants. ACRES and quarterly progress reports are submitted promptly. The City is currently wrapping up its open RLF grant, which will be fully expended by 2023. Over the years, whenever the City has encountered difficulties or been unsure on steps to take to obtain results, staff has contacted its EPA representative. These representatives have been vital to the success of the Sacramento Brownfields program.
5. Leveraging
Leveraging that will materialize during the grant: To maximize the amount of grant funding dedicated to assessment, remediation and reuse planning, the City of Sacramento will fund City staffs’ cost for grant management and implementation. The City estimates Amanda Wallace’s staff costs will total $44,625 (525 hours at $85/hour including benefits) while Mikel Davila’s costs will total $10,260 (135 hours at $76/hour including benefits), totaling $54,885. If the cost to complete the Town Center Revitalization Plan exceed the $140,000 grant budget, the City will contribute the additional necessary funds. If additional assessment or remediation funds are necessary, the City will fund the additional costs or apply for EPA Assessment and/or Cleanups grants if cost exceeds the City’s ability to absorb the overrun.
Leveraging that will materialize after the grant: The City has access to a variety of funding sources that can be leveraged after closeout of the Multipurpose grant. This includes funding from the Marysville Boulevard Investment Initiative (MBI2) which dedicated $1.1 million for strategic investment in the forms of loans, grants and technical support for projects that foster increased investment in the corridor. The City may utilize federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and post closeout program income from its’ EPA Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) to subgrant or loan cleanup funds to eligible entities. The City will also continue to devote staff resources to supporting equitable economic development and revitalization initiatives along the Marysville Boulevard corridor.
THRESHOD CRITERIA
City of Sacramento
FY 2023 U.S. EPA Brownfields Multipurpose Assessment Grant Application
1. Applicant Eligibility: General Purpose Unit of Government, City of Sacramento
2. Community Involvement: Assessment, remediation, and development of a Revitalization and Reuse Plan for the Target Area will complement the ongoing Action Plan effort in the Del Paso Heights neighborhood where the Target Area is located and build on the existing communication and community engagement model developed as part of the Action Plan process. The City will contract with a community-based organization to coordinate community engagement efforts for assessment, cleanup, and development of a Revitalization and Reuse Plan.
The City will work with a Qualified Environmental Professional (QEP) and the communitybased organization to develop an EPA Community Relations Plan (CRP), hold public meetings and garner community input for the Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA), and communicate assessment and cleanup findings and progress.
For the Revitalization Plan, the community-based organization will convene a Community Advisory Committee (CAC) of approximately eight members. CAC members will include stakeholders within or near the Target Area who will contribute, advocate for, or be directly impacted by its revitalization, as well as members who represent underserved groups and voices that are traditionally not engaged or have never engaged in any planning processes. Because investment within the Target Area and Del Paso Heights neighborhood has not taken place equitably, the CAC ensures that neighborhood leadership opportunities are inclusive. Members will meet monthly and receive a stipend for their participation. The City will also work with the community-based organization to communicate the Plan’s findings and recommendation and seek broader communitywide input to ensure the Revitalization Plan and subsequent investment decisions are in line with the community’s values and priorities.
The City will take all necessary precautions to protect again COVID 19 as determined necessary at the time. The City will use virtual outreach methods and/or social distancing and other protective precautions if the state of the pandemic at the time requires. The City will monitor COVID case closely an plan outreach activities accordingly.
3. Target Area: The Target Area is defined as the roughly 17.5-acre four corner blocks that comprise the intersection of Marysville Boulevard (north/south) and Grand Avenue (east/west) in the North Sacramento neighborhood of Del Paso Heights. This intersection is the most strategically important portion of the Marysville Boulevard commercial corridor because of its central neighborhood location. The Target Area is broken into four distinct blocks. The Northwest (NW) block is bound by Balsam Street to the west and Harris Avenue to the North.
The Northeast (NE) Block is bound by Harris Avenue to the north and Willow Street/Ivy Street Alley to the east. The NE Block is bisected vertically by Willow Street. The Southeast (SE) block is bound by Willow Street to the east and Roanoke Avenue to the South. The Southwest (SW) block is bound by Roanoke Avenue to the south and Fig Street/Balsam Alley to the west.
The SW Block is bisected vertically by Balsam Street.
4. Affirmation of Brownfield Site Ownership: As of November 22, 2022, The City of Sacramento owns 3801 Marysville Boulevard (APN 251-0084-018-0000) and 3739 Marysville Boulevard (APN 251-0122-002-0000) where cleanup activities will be conducted. The sites are a) not listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List; b) not subject to unilateral administrative order, court orders, administrative orders on consent, or judicial consent decrees issues to or entered into by parties under CERCLA; and c) not subject to the jurisdiction, custody, or control of the U.S. government.
5. Use of Grant funds:
Task Page Numbers
Phase II 3,6, 8, 9, 10, 11
Remediation 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11
Revitalization and Reuse Strategy 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
6. Expenditure of Existing Grant Funds: The City of Sacramento does not have any open EPA Brownfields Multipurpose or Assessment Grants.
7. Contractors and Names Subrecipients:
x Contractors: N/A
x Subrecipients: N/A
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
November 14, 2023
Ratifying Acceptance of United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund First Amendment and Multipurpose Grant for Marysville Boulevard and Grand Avenue Project
BACKGROUND
A. The City of Sacramento’s Brownfields Program assists in the redevelopment of sites that may contain environmental contamination.
B. The USEPA defines a brownfield as a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.
C. The remediation of contaminated properties can be costly. The USEPA grant funds are a critical tool to offset those costs and facilitate clean-up and redevelopment of properties, particularly within vulnerable and disadvantaged communities which have been disproportionately impacted by economic disinvestment, health disparities, and environmental contaminants.
D. On September 25, 2018, the City Council by Resolution 2018-0379 accepted a $750,000 USEPA BRLF grant to be used to provide loans and subgrants to qualified projects to assist with the cleanup of contaminated sites within the city.
E. Since accepting the BRLF grant, the City provided one $200,000 subgrant to the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Authority (SHRA) for cleanup of the Dos Rios Light Rail station as part of the Mirasol Village redevelopment project.
F. The performance period for the BRLF grant is September 30, 2018, through September 30, 2023
G. The USEPA agreed to amend the BRLF Cooperative Agreement BF-99T6701 (City Agreement No. 2023-1409) to extend the grant performance period through September 30, 2024, to allow the City additional time to solicit eligible projects and utilize the remaining funds.
H. In order to extend the grant performance period, the USEPA requires the City to adopt their most recent Standard Terms and Conditions
I. The USEPA mailed the amended BRLF Cooperative Agreement on September 12, 2023.
J. On October 15, 2022, the City Council authorized the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to apply for a USEPA Fiscal Year 2023 Brownfields Multipurpose Grant (MPG) in the amount of $800,000.
K. The purpose of the grant is to 1) fund environmental assessment to characterize and identify the source of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) impacting two City owned properties at 3739 and 3801 Marysville Boulevard; 2) remediate the environmental conditions of the two City-owned properties as necessary; and 3) develop a communityinformed site reuse plan that identifies existing conditions, specific actions, and funding sources for addressing development constraints within the four-block area of the Marysville Boulevard and Grand Avenue intersection
L. The USEPA notified the City in April 2023 that the grant application was successful and mailed the notice of award of the Brownfields Multipurpose Cooperative Agreement BF-98T69101-0 on September 1, 2023.
M. The USEPA’s standard policy is that Cooperative Agreements, amendments, and Terms and Conditions are automatically accepted by a grantee unless the grantee files a notice of disagreement with the award terms and conditions within 21 days after the mailing date of the USEPA award or amendment. Staff was not able to seek City Council approval within the 21-day period because of the timeline for reviewing City Council agenda items; therefore, the City accepted the BRLF Cooperative Agreement and Multipurpose Cooperative Agreement upon the expiration of the 21-day period. This report recommends that the City Council ratify acceptance of the BRLF Cooperative Agreement and Multipurpose Cooperative Agreement.
BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City’s acceptance of the First Amendment to City Contract No. 2023-1409, which extends the City’s USEPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Cooperative Agreement expiration date from September 30, 2023, to September 30 2024, and includes the USEPA’s 2022 Standard Terms and Conditions for the Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grant is hereby ratified; the USEPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Cooperative Agreement Amendment is attached as exhibit A.
Section 2. The City’s acceptance of an $800,000 USEPA Brownfields Multipurpose Cooperative Agreement is hereby ratified; the USEPA Brownfields Multipurpose Cooperative Agreement is attached as exhibit B.
Section 3. The City Manager or City Manager’s designee is authorized to execute amendments to the USEPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Cooperative Agreement and the USEPA Brownfields Multipurpose Cooperative Agreement, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney or the City Attorney’s designee, as long as no amendment increases the total grant amount under either agreement.
Section 4. The City Manager or City Manager’s designee is authorized to establish the Marysville and Grand Multipurpose Grant Project (G02180110) Section 5. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee is authorized to establish revenue and expenditure budget of $800,000 for the Marysville and Grand Multipurpose Grant Project (G02180110) in Operating Grant Fund (Fund 2702).
Section 6. Exhibits A and B are part of this resolution.
Table of Contents:
Exhibit A – U.S. EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Cooperative Agreement Amendment Exhibit B - U.S. EPA Brownfields Multipurpose Grant Cooperative Agreement Exhibit A - U.S. EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Cooperative Agreement Amendment
Exhibit B - U.S. EPA Brownfields Multipurpose Grant Cooperative Agreement Amendment