RESOLUTION NO. RES-2023-130
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING THE SUBMITTAL OF A STATE GRANT APPLICATION UNDER THE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT GRANT APPLICATIONS, ACCEPT GRANT AWARDS, EXECUTE GRANT AGREEMENTS, AND EXECUTE ALL RELATED DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WHEREAS, the City Council has prioritized applying for grants to maximize outside revenues to enhance the goals and objectives of the City; and WHEREAS, on June 26, 2012, by Resolution No 28148, Council Policy 000-62 was adopted to provide direction to the Council and staff on the procedures for applying for grant funding, including the requirement that any grant award exceeding $500,000 requires Council approval; and WHEREAS in 2023, the Legislature and the Governor of the State of California provided funds for the Transformative Climate Communities Program, established by Assembly Bill 2722 (2016); and WHEREAS the Strategic Growth Council is responsible for the administration of this grant program, including developing guidelines and selection criteria; and WHEREAS the Strategic Growth Council released the application guidance on February 28, 2023, with a due date of August 1, 2023; and WHEREAS procedures established by the Strategic Growth Council require a resolution certifying the approval of application(s) by the Applicant’s governing board before submission to the State; and WHEREAS the City is applying for a development grant with an award up to $5,000,000 available, the application will include multiple community partners in Santa Rosa for projects focused in Southwest Santa Rosa, including but not limited to community engagement and strategic planning work for the Hearn Community Hub project; expanding water-use efficiency efforts through the City’s direct install program replacing existing indoor water fixtures; create an urban-greening program to complete a tree-planting campaign and establish a new green space and park; establish various workforce development projects focused on residents in Southwest Santa Rosa.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa approves the submittal of a state development grant under the Transformative Climate Communities Program as administrated by the Strategic Growth Council for funding year 2022-2023, to be submitted no later than August 1, 2023; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council certifies that the City of Santa Rosa as lead applicant, in partnership with its Co-Applicants, will have sufficient resources to execute the strategies and projects that are outlined in the grant application.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council authorizes the City Manager, or designee, as the agent to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents including, but not limited to, applications, agreements, and payment requests that may be necessary for the competition of the aforementioned strategies and projects.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 25th day of July, 2023.
AYES: (6) Vice Mayor MacDonald, Council Members Alvarez, Fleming, Okrepkie, C.
Rogers, Stapp
NOES: (0)
ABSENT: (1) Mayor N. Rogers
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: _________________________ APPROVED: ______________________________ City Clerk Vice Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: ________________________
City Attorney
Reso. No. RES-2023-130