RESOLUTION NO. RES-2022-034
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING THE PG&E SETTLEMENT FUNDS PROJECT LIST ASSOCIATED WITH TUBBS FIRE RECOVERY AND APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS WHEREAS, in 2017 the City of Santa Rosa was devastated by the Tubbs Fire resulting in the most devastating wildfire in California history at that time; and WHEREAS, the city worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and California Office of Emergency Services to evaluate public infrastructure damage and create projects per the Stafford Act and FEMA Public Assistance and Policy Guide; and WHEREAS, 29 projects were defined with an initial estimate of approximately $111 million; and WHEREAS, as of the date of this meeting 16 projects have been completed, 4 projects have been withdrawn, the Direct Administrative Cost project must be last and the remaining 8 projects are near completion or in process; and WHEREAS, FEMA denied several project components including road and sidewalk damage resulting from the debris removal mission, restoration of vegetation and landscaping, donated resources, and the relocation of Fire Station No. 5; and WHEREAS, PG&E settled a complaint filed by the City associated with the Tubbs Fire with a payment of $95 million; and WHEREAS, the Coffey Park, Fountaingrove and Hidden Valley neighborhoods devastated by the Fire have requested assistance by the City to repair damaged road, sidewalk, and landscape infrastructure; and WHEREAS, on July 13, 2021, Council unanimously requested that staff set aside $20 million of the PG&E Settlement funds to support three projects:
Hopper Avenue Sidewalk, Landscape and Pavement Restoration Park & Landscape Vegetation Restoration
Residential Street Pavement Repair; and
WHEREAS, the City is the recipient of approximately $34 million through the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery program through the Mitigation and Infrastructure program elements; and WHEREAS, working with the State Department of Housing and Community Development, staff has been forced to change eligible projects within the Mitigation and Infrastructure programs over the past eighteen months; and WHEREAS, it is appropriate to reassign PG&E Settlement funds to ensure all eligible projects are fully funded; and WHEREAS, additional unfunded and ineligible roadway segments damaged by the debris removal mission have been identified which could be repaired if any PG&E Settlement funds designated for Tubbs Fire Recovery projects goes unspent.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa approves adjusting the eligible project list for PG&E Settlement funds to include the reconstruction of Fire Station No. 5.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council appropriates the PG&E Settlement funds designated for Tubbs Fire Recovery projects as follows:
$3,824,820 to JL 05018 – Fire Station No. 5
$3,175,180 to JL 17607 – Residential Street Pavement Repair $7,000,000 to JL 17656 – Park & Landscape Vegetation Restoration $6,000,000 to JL 17655 – Hopper Avenue Sidewalk, Landscape and Pavement Restoration BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Assistant City Manager is authorized to shift funds between other Tubbs Fire Recovery projects as needed to cover actual costs associated with the following projects:
JL 17580 – OBAG 2 Pavement Rehab
JL 17626 – Fire Damaged Roadway Landscaping – Irrigation JL 17628 – Fire Damaged Roadway Landscaping – Fountaingrove Revegetation JL 17657 – Fire Damaged Roadway Landscaping – Roadway Landscape Revegetation JL 17640 – Fire-Damaged Tree Removal Phase 3
JL 17606 – FHWA Fire-Related Permanent Recovery Project JL 17658 – Fire Damaged Pavement Segments – Non-Reimbursable IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 22nd day of February, 2022.
AYES: (7) Mayor C. Rogers, Vice Mayor Alvarez, Council Members Fleming, MacDonald, N. Rogers, Sawyer, Schwedhelm
NOES: (0)
ABSENT: (0)
ABSTAIN: (0)
ATTEST: _________________________ APPROVED: ______________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ________________________
City Attorney
Reso. No. RES-2022-034