Resolution No. 2025-406
Resolution 2025-406
December 17, 2025
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-406
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
RATIFYING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE EXTREME
HEAT AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE PROGRAM
(EHCRP) GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $175,000
FOR THE “SAN BERNARDINO COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE AND GREENING PLANNING PROJECT”;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO
EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS; AND AUTHORIZING THE
CITY MANAGER, OR DESIGNEE, TO EXECUTE
RELATED DOCUMENTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH
TINKERCRAFT: DESIGN & ADVO CACY GROUP AS
PROJECT PARTNER.
WHEREAS, the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) administer the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program (EHCRP) to support local and regional projects that address extreme heat and strengthen long-term community resilience; and WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino has been awarded a grant in the amount of $175,000 under the EHCRP Small Planning Grant category for the “San Bernardino Community Resilience and Greening Planning Project”; and
WHEREAS, the project will be implemented through a collaborative partnership between the City of San Bernardino and Tinkercraft: Design & Advocacy Group to develop an Extreme Heat Adaptation Toolkit, conduct community engagement and data collection, and prepare for future implementation phases to mitigate the impacts of extreme heat; and WHEREAS, the grant funds will fully cover eligible project costs with no local match required; and
WHEREAS, due to the timing of the state’s grant agreement release, execution of the agreement was required prior to formal City Council approval, and ratification is now necessary to maintain compliance with the grant conditions; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the City Council to authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the required grant agreement and all related documents necessary to accept and administer the grant, including partnership agreements with Tinkercraft: Design & Advocacy Group.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
Resolution No. 2025-406
Resolution 2025-406
December 17, 2025
SECTION 1. The Mayor and City Council hereby ratify the acceptance of the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program (EHCRP) grant award in the amount of $175,000 for the San Bernardino Community Resilience and Greening Planning Project.
SECTION 2. The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to execute the grant agreement and any subsequent amendments with the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) necessary to implement the project.
SECTION 3. The City Manager, or designee, is hereby authorized to execute all related agreements and documents with Tinkercraft: Design & Advocacy Group, the project partner, necessary for the administration and delivery of the project.
SECTION 4 . The Mayor and City Council hereby authorize the Interim Director of Finance & Management Services to establish the appropriate revenue and expenditure accounts in the FY 2025/26 Operating Budget and to make all necessary budgetary adjustments and financial transactions required to implement the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program grant.
SECTION 5. The City Council finds this Resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty, as in this case, that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
SECTION 6. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk this 17
th day of December 2025.
Helen Tran, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Attest:
Telicia Lopez, CMC, City Clerk
Resolution No. 2025-406
Resolution 2025-406
December 17, 2025
Approved as to form:
Sonia Carvalho, City Attorney
Resolution No. 2025-406
Resolution 2025-406
December 17, 2025
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO) ss
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO )
I, Telicia Lopez, CMC, City Clerk, hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No. 2025-406, adopted at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of December 2025 by the following vote:
Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
SANCHEZ _____ _____ _______ _______
IBARRA _____ _____ _______ _______
FIGUEROA _____ _____ _______ _______
SHORETT _____ _____ _______ _______
KNAUS _____ _____ _______ _______
FLORES _____ _____ _______ _______
ORTIZ _____ _____ _______ _______
WITNESS my hand and official seal of the City of San Bernardino this ___ day of ____________ 2025.
Telicia Lopez, CMC, City Clerk