RESOLUTION NO. RES-2022-067
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA CERTIFYING THAT THE FIRE DAMAGED ROADWAY RESILIENCY PROJECT MEETS THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT – DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM URGENT NEED NATIONAL OBJECTIVE CRITERIA WHEREAS, at the time, the 2017 Tubbs Fire was the most destructive wildfire in California history, with more than 2,500 homes destroyed in Santa Rosa alone; and WHEREAS, following the Tubbs Fire event, the City, in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, embarked on a debris removal operation to remove hazardous burned material from the Coffey Park and Fountaingrove neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, the debris removal operation included thousands of truck trips on residential roads not designed to accommodate such loading, resulting in significant damage and premature pavement failure of over 33 miles of residential streets within the City of Santa Rosa; and WHEREAS, the City has created a capital improvement project titled, Fire Damaged Roadway Resiliency Improvements (project), to perform repairs to residential streets damaged by the debris removal operation; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Rosa has been awarded funding through the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program; and WHEREAS, for a subrecipient to receive CDBG-DR funds, it is necessary the Council certify 1) the project will alleviate existing conditions which pose a serious or immediate threat to the health and welfare of the community, 2) the conditions are of recent origin or recently became urgent, 3) that the City of Santa Rosa is unable to finance the project on its own, and 4) that no other funds are available. / / /
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa certifies the following:
1) the Fire Damaged Roadway Resiliency Improvements project will alleviate existing conditions which pose a serious or immediate threat to the health and welfare of the community; 2) the conditions are of recent origin or recently became urgent; 3) that the City of Santa Rosa is unable to finance the project on its own; and 4) that no other funds are available for the project.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 12th day of April, 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-2022-067
Certification of Urgent Need - Fire Damaged Roadway.reso.docx