CERTIFICATION OF “URGENT NEED”
NATIONAL OBJECTIVE FOR THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT – DISASTER RECOVERY
PROGRAM
City Council Meeting
April 12, 2022
Grant Bailey, Supervising Engineer
Transportation and Public Works
1 BACKGROUND
• More than 2,500 homes destroyed in the
Coffey Park and Fountaingrove
neighborhoods by the 2017 Tubbs Fire
• Debris removal operation included
thousands of truck trips over residential
streets
• Resulting in premature asphalt failure on
more than 33 miles of City streets
2 ANAL YSIS
• CDBG-DR guidelines require national
objective resolution
• Project aligns with Urgent Need national
objective
• Urgent Need criteria:
• Conditions pose threat to community
welfare
• Recent origin
• Unable to finance activity
• Other funding not available
3 RECOMMENDATION
• It is recommended by the Transportation
and Public Works Department that the
Council, by resolution, certify that the Fire
Damaged Roadway Resiliency
Improvements project, funded by the
California Department of Housing and
Community Development’s Community
Development Block Grant – Disaster
Recovery program, meets the program’s
“Urgent Need” national objective.
4 QUESTIONS?
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