Twentynine Palms City Council
July 28, 2026

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CFR 200.334.
k.] Environmental Review
This project consists of activities listed in paragraphs 40 C.F.R. 6.204(a)(2)(i)-(x)).  No separate NEPA documentation needs to be developed for use of a NEPA CATEX determination under 40 C.F.R. 6.204 (a)(2) and the recipient may only draw down funds for activities listed in paragraphs 40 C.F.R. 6.204(a) (2)(i)-(x). Recipient shall not draw down the EPA funds or make any expenditures to meet a cost share obligation, for construction-related activities such as destruction, excavation, modification of existing structures, ground-disturbing work including rehabilitation and replacement activities, modifying, removing or demolishing structures, or other improvements to real property  If the scope of the project changes, the recipient understands that additional environmental review may be necessary l.] Davis-Bacon Labor Standards

1. Program Applicability
a. Program Name: Community Grants Program
b. Statutes requiring compliance with Davis-Bacon:

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L. 117-103);
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328); and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (P.L. 118-42)
c. Activities subject to Davis-Bacon:

For Community Grants Projects that are inclusive of CWSRF-eligible activities: Treatment works constructed in whole or in part with assistance made available by the FY 2022, FY 2023, and/or FY 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Acts discussed in section b.

For Community Grants Projects that are inclusive of DWSRF-eligible activities: Any construction project carried out in whole or part with assistance made available by the FY 2022, FY 2023, and/or FY 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Acts discussed in section b.

The recipient must work with the appropriate authorities to determine wage classifications for the specific project(s) or activities subject to Davis Bacon under this grant (or cooperative agreement).
d.

2. Davis-Bacon and Related Acts
Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) is a collection of labor standards provisions administered by the Department of Labor, that are applicable to grants involving construction. These labor standards include the:

Davis-Bacon Act, which requires payment of prevailing wage rates for laborers and mechanics on construction contracts of $2,000 or more;

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Copeland “Anti-Kickback” Act, which prohibits a contractor or subcontractor from inducing an employee into giving up any part of the compensation to which he or she is entitled; and Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act, which requires overtime wages to be paid for over 40 hours of work per week, under contracts in excess of $100,000

3. Recipient Responsibilities When Entering Into and Managing Contracts:
a. Solicitation and Contract Requirements:
i. Include the Correct Wage Determinations in Bid Solicitations and Contracts: Recipients are responsible for complying with the procedures provided in 29 CFR 1.6 when soliciting bids and awarding contracts.
ii. Include DBRA Requirements in All Contracts: Include the following text on all contracts under this grant:
“By accepting this contract, the contractor acknowledges and agrees to the terms provided in the DBRA Requirements for Contractors and Subcontractors Under EPA Grants.”
b. After Award of Contract:
i. Approve and Submit Requests for Additional Wages Rates: Work with contractors to request additional wage rates if required for contracts under this grant, as provided in 29 CFR 5.5(a)(1)(iii).
ii. Provide Oversight of Contractors to Ensure Compliance with DBRA Provisions: Ensure contractor compliance with the terms of the contract, as required by 29 CFR 5.6.

4. Recipient Responsibilities When Establishing and Managing Additional Subawards:
a. Include DBRA Requirements in All Subawards (including Loans):

Include the following text on all subawards under this grant:
“By accepting this award, the EPA subrecipient acknowledges and agrees to the terms and conditions provided in the DBRA Requirements for EPA Subrecipients.” b. Provide Oversight to Ensure Compliance with DBRA Provisions: Recipients are responsible for oversight of subrecipients and must ensure subrecipients comply with the requirements in 29 CFR 5.6.

5. The contract clauses set forth in this Term & Condition, along with the correct wage determinations, will be considered to be a part of every prime contract covered by Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (see 29 CFR 5.1), and will be effective by operation of law, whether or not they are included or incorporated by reference into such contract, unless the Department of Labor grants a variance, tolerance, or exemption.

Where the clauses and applicable wage determinations are effective by operation of law under this paragraph, the prime contractor must be compensated for any resulting increase in wages in accordance

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with applicable law.
m.] Subaward Performance Reporting
Subawards establish a financial assistance relationship under which the subrecipient's employees and contractors implement programs and projects to accomplish the goals and objectives of the grant.

Subrecipients are subject to the same federal requirements as the pass-through entity. (For more details, see General Terms and Conditions 8. Establishing and Managing Subawards, applicable provisions of 2 CFR Part 200, the EPA's Subaward Policy). The recipient must report on its subaward monitoring activities under 2 CFR 200.332(d). Examples of items that must be reported if the pass-through entity has the information available are:
(1) Summaries of results of reviews of financial and programmatic reports. (2) Summaries of findings from site visits and/or desk reviews to ensure effective subrecipient performance.
(3) Environmental results the subrecipient achieved.
(4) Summaries of audit findings and related pass-through entity management decisions. (5) Actions the pass-through entity has taken to correct deficiencies such as those specified at 2 CFR 200.332(f) 2 CFR 200.208 and the 2 CFR Part 200.339 Remedies for Noncompliance. ##### END OF DOCUMENT #####

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

FOR EVALUATION OF

GEOHYDROLOGIC AND

GEOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS IN

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA

CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS

KEY PERSONNEL
Keith Gardner, Community Development Director
City of Twentynine Palms
[email protected]
(760) 367-6799 x 1008
Christina Benton
City of Twentynine Palms
[email protected]
(760) 367-6799 x 1037

MAY 2025

Washington Water District – Washington Avenue Water Reliability Improvement Project Community Grant Work Plan

1.0 INTRODUCTION
The City of Twentynine Palms (City) has been awarded Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and 2023 funding through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) State and Tribal Assistance Grants/ Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. The program provides a valuable source of Federal funding for water infrastructure. The funding awarded to the City is intended for the evaluation of geohydrologic and geological conditions in Twentynine Palms.

This document serves as the project work plan, a required attachment for Community Grant applications. The work plan includes the following information:
• Project objective and need (Section 2)
• Project description (Section 3)
• Milestone schedule (Section 4)
• Environmental results/benefits (Section 5)
• Requirements for identifying contractors (Section 6)
• Requirements for obtaining subrecipients (Section 7)

2.0 PROJECT OBJECTIVE AND NEED
The objective of this project is to study the geohydrologic and geochemical conditions in Twentynine Palms in order to determine the need for a wastewater treatment system. Currently, the entire City is on private septic tanks, with a limited number of package treatments plants that are not fully functioning.

Twentynine Palms, California is in a remote desert area and groundwater is the only source of potable water. Groundwater recharge from precipitation is small or negligible in arid areas and septic discharges may be an important source of recharge to underlying aquifers. In arid environments, dilution of septic discharge from infiltration of precipitation is scant, leaving only dilution with shallow groundwater or denitrification to mitigate nitrate associated with septic discharges. Nitrate contamination from septic discharges may be dampened by long travel times through thick unsaturated zones, and subsequent storage of high-nitrate water in the unsaturated zone. Previous work in Yucca Valley, Calif. showed nitrate from septic discharges stored in the unsaturated zone could be rapidly mobilized due to the infiltration of artificial recharge and subsequent rising groundwater. Twentynine Palms (The City) relies heavily on onsite water treatment systems (OWTS; septic) to treat and dispose of sewage and there is concern that the use of these OWTS could degrade groundwater quality as the local population grows. Thus, it is important to understand the geohydrologic processes that will influence how the city will manage its future wastewater.

The project location, scope of work, and budget narrative are described below.

2.1 Project Location
The City is located in the San Bernardino County, CA (Figure 1) and has population of approximately 32,6001. A map of the City is shown in Figure 2.

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Figure 1. Project Location

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Figure 2. Site Map

2.2 Scope of Work
The project will be divided into the following tasks:
• Task 1 – Review of Existing Geohydrologic Data
• Task 2 – Baseline Water Quality
• Task 3 – Well-bore Flow Logging and Depth-Dependent Water-Quality Sampling • Task 4 – Well-bore Flor and Transport Model
• Task 5 – Surface Geophysics
• Task 6 – Multiple-Well Monitoring Site Installation and Data Collection • Task 7 – Nitrate Lods and Transformations in the Unsaturated Zone • Task 8 – Estimates of Septic Tank Discharge and Nutrient Flux • Task 9 – Arsenic and Fluoride
• Task 10 – Estimates of Basin Recharge
• Task 11 – Data Documentation, Reports, and Writing

2.2.1 Task 1 – Review of Existing Geohydrologic Data
Existing geologic, geophysical, geochemical, hydrologic, and modeled data will be reviewed to refine the hydrogeologic understanding of the area. Any data collected by the City and the TPWD,

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or other sources, will be incorporated with historical data available in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Inventory System (NWIS) data base and published reports, such as Izbicki, Teague and others (2015), Li and Martin (2011) and Nishikawa and others (2004).

2.2.2 Task 2 – Baseline Water Quality
There are 7 active production wells serving the City and surrounding areas (wells TPWD-WTP-1, TPWD-11B, TPWD-12, TPWD-14, TPWD-15, TPWD-16, TPWD-17; fig. 1). The TPWD operates these wells and collects water-quality samples annually. The USGS will collect additional water-quality samples from these active production wells to establish baseline water-quality chemistry (table 1). The samples will be collected by USGS field crews using methods described by Wilde, 2016 and U.S. Geological Survey (variously dated). Measurements of field parameters (Table 1) will be made at the time of sample collection. The samples will be analyzed for major and minor ions, selected trace elements (including fluoride, chromium, and arsenic), nutrients (including nitrate), dissolved organic carbon, and the stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen (δ18O and δD, respectively). Indicators of groundwater age will also be collected, including carbon-14 and tritium. Laboratories and quality assurance procedures used for analyses of these samples are discussed later in this proposal. Water chemistry data will be compared to historic and regional water chemistry data published by Christensen and Fields-Garand (2001) and Metzger and others (2015). Isotopic and groundwater age data will be compared to historic and regional data published by Izbicki (2004) and Izbicki and Michel (2004). Groundwater chemistry data will be used to evaluate the suitability of water from wells for public supply with respect to nitrate, arsenic, fluoride, and other constituents. Groundwater chemistry, isotopic, and age-dating data will be used to determine the regional source(s), flow path(s) (task 4), and age(s) of water from wells to understand the characteristics of the groundwater-flow system.

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2.2.3 Task 3 – Well-bore Flow Logging and Depth-Dependent Water-Quality Sampling Chemical concentrations in water samples collected from the surface discharge of long-screened production wells are representative of the mixture of water that entered the well’s screen from different depths. Samples collected within the well under pumped conditions (depth-dependent samples), when coupled with well-bore-flow log (velocity) data, can be used to estimate the quality and quantity of water entering a well from selected depths within an aquifer. These data can aid in interpreting the hydraulic and chemical characteristics of aquifers with depth that contribute water to a given production well. The TPWD routinely removes the pumps from production wells for maintenance purposes. Depth-dependent water quality data and well-bore-flow logs will be collected from one selected TPWD production wells during this study. While the production pump is removed, the wells are accessible for geophysical logging and depth-dependent sample collection. A temporary pump will be installed to facilitate the testing once the production pump is removed. Costs provided are for a 100 gallon per minute (gpm) temporary pump installed by USGS field crews. The cost may increase if a larger capacity pump is required for the test.

Geophysical logs to be collected within the well once the production pump is removed include caliper, natural gamma, fluid resistivity, fluid temperature, and well-bore flow logs. Geophysical logs will be collected from the well under unpumped and pumped conditions using the temporary pump. Well-bore-flow logs (dynamic logs) will be collected at downward trolling rates of 5, 10, and 15 feet per minute (ft/min) under unpumped and pumped conditions. Data from the different trolling logs will be used for calibration purposes. Fully calibrated logs are generally accurate within ±6 percent (Izbicki, Teague, and others, 2015). Well-bore-flow logs (stationary logs or stop counts) also will be collected under unpumped and pumped conditions from specific depths within the well to confirm trolling log data. Water-quality samples (including field-parameters, fluoride, chromium, arsenic, and the stable isotopes of water δ18O and δD) will be collected from depths within the well determined based on the geophysical-log data under pumped conditions. The chemistry of water entering the well from different depths within the aquifer will be calculated based on well-bore flow and depth-dependent samples collected within the well under pumped conditions using methods described by Izbicki and others (1999). Samples from the surface discharge of the temporary pump and from the deepest depth selected within the well will be analyzed for a more complete set of constituents including groundwater age-dating constituents (tritium and carbon-14). Well-bore flow logs and water-chemistry data will be evaluated to understand flow and redistribution of chemical constituents through the well under unpumped and pumped conditions. Additional analyses will be proposed if warranted. Work described in this proposal assumes that water generated during logging and sampling will be disposed of on-site.

Costs associated with this task are for one well; equivalent work at a second selected TPWD production well will be performed if sufficient funding becomes available.

2.2.4 Task 4 – Well-bore Flow and Transport Model
Well-bore flow and depth-dependent water quality data collected in Task 3 will be used in the computer program AnalyzeHOLE (Halford, 2009) to estimate changes in the quality of water yielded by a well over time as the distribution of flow into the changes as water levels decline, or as poor-quality water associated with septic discharges accumulates at the water table.

AnalyzeHOLE integrates readily available groundwater flow and particle tracking models in a comprehensive tool for analyzing flow-logs, drawdowns, and water-quality changes. Two commonly used methods to reduce contaminant concentrations in water from public-supply wells are treatment at the surface discharge or blending of high-contaminant concentration waters with

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water from another source having lower contaminant concentrations. Another method is modification of the well to exclude water from depths having 7 undesirable concentrations of contaminants (Izbicki and others, 2008; Halford and others, 2010). Well-bore scale simulations can be used to estimate aquifer hydraulic properties and predict changes in well-bore flow and water quality through time that may limit sustainable pumping from the well as water levels decline. Simulation results can indicate if well modification would be an effective approach to ensuring water quality meets the MCLs set by the State of California and the EPA and may indicate when more expensive treatment methods need to be installed to ensure the quality of water from wells is suitable for public supply.

2.2.5 Task 5 – Surface-Geophysical Data Collection
Surface geophysical surveys will be done to assess and refine the understanding of the subsurface structural boundaries of the subbasins in the vicinity of the City. These surveys will include gravity data and the collection of selected surface-geophysical data using other methods. Gravity-data collection will include about 100 field relative gravity measurements. Subsurface-density variation caused by vertical offsets in basement material, changes in alluvial thickness, and differences in water-table altitude across ground-water barriers can be detected using standard gravity analysis techniques. Data will initially be collected in a gridded pattern to characterize large-scale subsurface structural features within the groundwater basin. Data will be used to generate a residual gravity anomaly map showing subsurface density variation. Areas with high gravity gradients likely indicate locations of vertical offsets in basement or changes in the water table across faults. Based on the initial gravity-data collection and existing geologic data, additional surficial-gravity data may be collected at a finer scale along selected cross-sections near structural features identified within the basin. These areas will be targeted for further investigation using more detailed surface-geophysical techniques, discussed below. In addition to the gravity anomaly map, personnel from the USGS Geology, Mineral, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center will process available gravity data to develop alluvial thickness and depth to (gravity) basement maps of the study area using well logs to ‘ground truth’ the results. If sufficient funding is available and conditions are suitable, additional surface-geophysical data may be collected at locations identified based on surficial-gravity data using direct-current resistivity or time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM) induction, depending on site conditions at the areas of interest. These more detailed data will be collected along sections developed to more fully characterize subsurface features identified in the gravity survey. Surficial gravity and detailed surficial-geophysical data will be used to identify locations for test drilling and well installation done as task 6 and 7 of the study.

2.2.6 Task 6 - Multiple-Well Monitoring Site Installation and Data Collection (funding currently not available for this task)
A multiple-well monitoring site containing four wells within a single borehole will be installed at a location to be determined, based largely on the gravity data and any additional surfacegeophysical data that is collected. The borehole will be drilled by the USGS Research Drilling Program drill rig and crew using mud-rotary techniques to a depth of approximately 1,000 ft. A suite of geophysical logs including caliper, electrical resistivity (16-in and 64-in normal), electromagnetic (EM) resistivity, natural gamma will be collected to characterize the subsurface and guide well installation. Monitoring wells within the borehole will be separated by lowpermeability bentonite grout seals pumped into the borehole. Wells will be developed to remove drilling mud initially using the drill rig, with final development using an air compressor. The lithology of drill cuttings from the well will be described using standard techniques. Additionally,

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the particle-size distribution of the drill cuttings will be measured optically using instruments within the San Diego office (Fritsch International, 2013). The elemental composition of drill cuttings will be measured using portable (handheld) energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) in the San Diego Office (Groover, 2016). The pXRF has the capability to measure 27 major, minor, and trace elements. Lithologic, geophysical logs, and pXRF data will be used to evaluate differences in the elemental composition of aquifer materials with depth with respect to geologic provenance including source and depositional history. The elemental composition of aquifer materials will be compared with the elemental composition of source terranes contributing alluvium to the basin. pXRF data will be interpreted using techniques, including principal component analysis, described by Groover and Izbicki (2019) to determine the geologic provenance (source) of aquifer materials and the potential for these materials to contain arsenic and other naturally occurring constituents 8 of concern. Evaluation of the potential for these materials to contribute arsenic or fluoride to groundwater is discussed in Task 9 (not currently funded). Water-level data from the wells will be collected quarterly and the water quality will be sampled once after installation (for this study) to evaluate depth-specific water quality. Water from the wells will be sampled for field parameters, major and minor ions, selected trace elements (including arsenic, chromium, and uranium), the stable isotopes δ18O and δD, and age-dating constituents, including tritium and carbon-14 (Table 1). Costs presented within this proposal are for a single multiple-well site. Significant cost savings can be realized if drilling materials can be disposed of on-site or at an alternate site made available by the City. Additional boreholes may be drilled at the cooperator’s request if funding is available. Additional boreholes would allow characterization of depth-specific changes in water levels, aquifer properties, and groundwater chemistry (including isotopic composition and age) across subsurface features that may restrict flow within aquifers of interest.

2.2.6 Task 7 - Nitrate Loads and Transformations in the Unsaturated Zone The hydraulic and chemical properties of the unsaturated-zone beneath residential areas with onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS: septic tanks) in the Mesquite Springs subbasin will be characterized using two unsaturated zone monitoring sites drilled to slightly below the water table, estimated to be between 70 and 200 feet below land surface. Significant cost savings can be realized by utilizing a site with a shallower water table. The sites will be near a large and longoperating septic field and smaller, less dense septic field. The borehole at selected sites will be drilled using the overburden drilling exploration (ODEX) method (Hammermeister and others 1986), which uses air instead of water as the drilling fluid; therefore, the water content and matric potential of the unsaturated zone (and samples collected from the unsaturated zone) are minimally altered during drilling. A suite of geophysical logs (including natural gamma, neutron, and electromagnetic-resistivity logs) will be collected from the borehole after drilling. Drill cuttings will be collected every foot to define the lithology and stratigraphy at the site. Specific conductance measurements will be made in the field on extracts from drill cuttings. These data will help determine if there are any low-permeability layers may retard the downward movement of OWTS effluent. Perched (saturated) conditions that develop on these low permeability layers may promote reduction of nitrate if locally reduced conditions are present (Umari and others, 1993; Izbicki, Flint, and others, 2015). Two-foot-long cores will be collected every five feet from the boreholes.

Core material will be analyzed for physical properties and chemical constituents. Physical properties to be measured include gravimetric water content, bulk density, and matric potential.

Physical properties will be analyzed in the USGS San Diego Office laboratory using gravimetric methods for water content and bulk density. The volumetric water content will be calculated from bulk density and gravimetric water content data. Matric potential will be measured gravimetrically

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using the filter paper technique (Campbell and Gee, 1986). Water extracts from cuttings will be prepared in the San Diego office and analyzed for soluble anions including chloride, fluoride, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, and sulfate using ion chromatography at the NWQL (Izbicki and others, 2000). Physical property data and chemical data (nitrate and chloride concentrations) will be used to evaluate the depth of penetration of OWTS effluent in the unsaturated zone and the mass of nitrate stored within the unsaturated zone. Matric potential data will be used to confirm that OWTS effluent is draining down towards the water table. Water content data will be used with chemical data to estimate chloride and nitrate concentrations within the unsaturated zone and the concentrations of these constituents reaching the water table. The sites will be instrumented with a water-table piezometer equipped with a submersible pressure transducer to measure water levels in the shallow saturated zone. Three suction-cup lysimeters will be installed in the unsaturated zone at the shallowest depth believed to yield water based on drilling data, just above the water table and at the water table. An additional suction-cup lysimeter will be installed in the saturated zone below the depth of the piezometer. A road-rated vault, approximately 2-by-3-ft, will enclose the borehole at land surface. Upon completion, groundwater samples will be collected from the piezometers and suction-cup lysimeters. The piezometer samples will be analyzed for major and minor ions, selected trace elements (including fluoride, chromium, and arsenic), nutrients (including nitrate), dissolved organic carbon, wastewater indicators, and the stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen. The piezometer samples also will be analyzed for the stable oxygen and nitrogen isotope ratios of nitrate (δO18-NO3 and δ15N-NO3, respectively), and for dissolved gasses (including dissolved argon and nitrogen gas) to support interpretations of nitrogen isotopic data. Samples also will be collected and analyzed for the stable nitrogen isotope 9 ratio of ammonia (δ15N-NH4, if present). Samples from the suction-cup lysimeters will be analyzed for similar constituents assuming they produce sufficient water for analyses. It may be necessary to composite water from several samples to obtain sufficient volume for analyses. Water samples also will be collected from within the OWTS holding tank and from the OWTS discharge mechanism (assuming it can be accessed). These samples will be analyzed for the same constituents as water from the piezometers, including the stable oxygen and nitrogen isotope ratios of nitrate (if present) and the stable nitrogen isotope ratio of ammonia. Samples from the OWTS holding tank and discharge will be compared with data from the water-table piezometer to determine nitrogen losses within the unsaturated and upper part of the saturated zone. Data will be compared to similar data collected elsewhere in the Mojave Desert (Umari and others, 1993; Izbicki, Flint, and others, 2015) to evaluate the representativeness of the site and processes that act to remove nitrate from OWTS discharges. The mass of nitrate stored within the unsaturated zone will be compared to literature values for similar settings and evaluated with respect to the age and density of the septic system and the magnitude of septic discharges (estimated in the following section) to evaluate how nitrate presently stored within the unsaturated zone may impact future water quality within the basin.

2.2.7 Task 8 - Estimates of Septic-Tank Discharge and Nutrient Flux Within the Twentynine Palms area there are no large-scale public wastewater treatment systems and businesses and residences typically rely on private OWTS to treat wastewater. These OWTS can contribute to water quality issues in groundwater basins when wastewater is discharged into the ground. Estimates will be made of septic tank discharge using land use, population, and infrastructure data (Izbicki and others, 2015). The timing of residential development, the age of septic tanks, and the timing of septic discharges in the area will be estimated. These data will be used with other data collected during the study to investigate and estimate nutrient flux into the local groundwater systems due to the use of OWTS. The results from Izbicki, Flint, and others

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(2015) will be adapted to this area to estimate the lag in recharge from more recently installed OWTS and the lag in the water table drainage from existing OWTS to the water table.

2.2.8 Task 9 - Arsenic and Fluoride Within Aquifer Materials and Groundwater (funding currently not available for this task)
In groundwater worldwide, arsenic and fluoride are the two geogenic (naturally occurring) contaminants of greatest public-health concern (World Health organization, 2006; Johnson and others, 2017). Although arsenic concentrations in the surface discharge of public supply wells are less than the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 micrograms per liter (µg/L; Metzger and others, 2015), some intervals penetrated by wells may contain arsenic concentrations that exceed the MCL. The MCL set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for fluoride is 4 milligrams per liter (mg/L) while the State of California set the MCL at 2 mg/L. Fluoride concentrations in water from wells in the Twentynine Palms area can exceed 5 mg/L (Metzger and others, 2015) and is of concern to local water purveyors. The TPWD is currently required to remove fluoride from water pumped from the Twentynine Palms Valley groundwater basin and has been granted a temporary variance for water produced in the Joshua Tree groundwater basin.

High fluoride concentrations in groundwater may result from a combination of geologic source materials, aqueous geochemistry, and hydrologic factors that include the migration of fluid from underlying aquifer zones near faults. Worldwide, the most common arsenic-containing mineral is arsenopyrite (Smedley and Kinniburgh, 2002). Common fluoride-containing minerals include fluorite and fluorapatite (Dixon and Weed, 1989). These minerals are dense with specific gravities of 3.2 or greater. Arsenopyrite has a metallic luster and fluorite and fluorapatite fluoresces blue under ultraviolet (UV) light. Drill cuttings and samples of surficial alluvium will be sorted by density to isolate the heavy (dense) mineral fraction. The heavy mineral fraction will be examined optically and hand-sorted to obtain arsenopyrite and fluorite mineral grains. The morphology of these mineral grains will be examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to identify features consistent with weathering (dissolution pits and weathering rinds). The elemental composition of the minerals of interest will be obtained using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) interfaced with the SEM. Mineralogic and SEM data will be evaluated with respect to mineral saturation indexes calculated using the computer program PHREEQC (Parkhurst and others, 2013) to determine if arsenic-containing and fluoride-containing minerals are dissolving within the aquifer, thereby releasing these constituents, or if these constituents are derived from other sources such as fluid movement from underlying aquifer zones. 10 pXRF data from drill cuttings collected as part of this study and from surficial alluvium samples will be collected to evaluate geologic source terrains that may have contributed arsenic and fluoride to aquifer materials. Arsenic data will be compared with regional surface-sorptive chemistry to evaluate surface-sorptive processes that may control arsenic concentrations in groundwater under differing pH and redox conditions. These data will be used with existing geologic data, and subsurface geologic, geophysical (Groover and Izbicki, 2018; Izbicki and others, in review), and geochemical data collected as part of this study to identify areas and aquifer lithologies that may contribute high concentrations of arsenic and fluoride to wells in the Twentynine Palms area.

2.2.8 Task 10. Estimates of Basin Recharge
Groundwater recharge occurs as the result of infiltration of water through the unsaturated zone or movement from one aquifer to another. The Joshua Tree groundwater basin is isolated from other nearby groundwater basins by the Yucca barrier to the west and the Pinto Mountain Fault to the east and receives limited amounts of mountain-front recharge from the Pinto Mountains.

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Groundwater recharge from precipitation is small or non-existent in this arid area, leaving recharge from septic discharge and mountain-fronts as primary sources of recharge in the basin. The quantification and tracking of recharged water are important to understanding the source of constituents in groundwater and the spatial trends in groundwater quality. The Basin Characterization Model (BCM; Flint and others, 2021) provides natural recharge estimates based on a monthly, gridded, regional water-balance model; the results provide an estimate of the spatial distribution of recharge across the basins over time that can be used to assess the potential for chemical transport through the unsaturated zone. (Funding currently not available for this subtask) BCM may overestimate groundwater recharge from mountain front processes in desert areas (Faunt and others, 2015). Field data will be compared with BCM simulation results to constrain estimates of groundwater recharge calculated using BCM. Field data to constrain BCM estimates of recharge will be collected from four shallow borings to about 50 feet below land surface within selected washes. Two washes will be identified, and an upstream and downstream core site will be selected in each wash. These sites will be identified from areas identified by the BCM as potential recharge sites. Cuttings from these cores will be analyzed for chloride and matric potential using techniques discussed previously. The concentration of chlorides at various depths within each core will be used along with water potential measurements to indicate where mountain front recharge is occurring and if it is penetrating to below the root zone and ultimately to below the water table.

Comparisons of BCM estimates of ground water recharge with field data will be used to determine if recharge from infiltration of streamflow occurs along selected stream reaches and if BCM estimates of recharge need to be modified.

2.2.9 Task 11 - Data Documentation, Reporting, Interpretation, and Publications Well-construction data, borehole-geophysical logs, water-quality data (including extractions from core material and cuttings) will be publicly available in on-line USGS data repositories, such as the National Water Information System (NWIS; https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis) and GeoLog Locator (https://webapps.usgs.gov/geologlocator/#!/). Reporting will include creating and maintaining a project web page, which will show study progress and be a centralized location to access the data collected during the study. It will provide direct links to access the data on NWIS and ScienceBase (https://www.sciencebase.gov), where a data release describing the well construction data, surface-geophysical data and well-bore model will reside. An interpretive report describing the physical and hydrologic characteristics of the Twentynine Palms groundwater basin, groundwater chemistry within the basin, and nitrate loads and transformations of the unsaturated zone associated with OWTS discharges will be prepared and published as a USGS Scientific Investigation Report. It will include evaluation of the data collected to evaluate the presence of high concentrations of arsenic and fluoride known to be present within the study area. The report will focus on present-day conditions, including estimates of present-day groundwater recharge and the age of water from wells with respect to the sustainability of groundwater withdrawals from the basin.

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2.3 Budget Narrative
Table 1 presents project costs categorized by task.

Table 1. Project Costs by Task
Task Dollar Amount
Task 1 – Review of Existing Geohydrologic
Data
$31,611
Task 2 – Baseline Water Quality $87,712
Task 3 – Well-bore Flow Logging and DepthDependent Water-Quality Sampling $161,692
Task 4 – Well-bore Flor and Transport Model $32,006
Task 5 – Surface Geophysics $103,174
Task 6 – Multiple-Well Monitoring Site
Installation and Data Collection
$730,798
Task 7 – Nitrate Lods and Transformations in the
Unsaturated Zone
$721,859
Task 8 – Estimates of Septic Tank Discharge and
Nutrient Flux
$43,507
Task 9 – Arsenic and Fluoride $74,264
Task 10 – Estimates of Basin Recharge $143,277
Task 11 – Data Documentation, Reports, and
Writing
$220,120
TOTAL $2,330,288
USGS CMF $192,792
Cooperator Total $2,137,497

3.0 MILESTONE SCHEDULE
Table 3 presents the project schedule and milestones. <Describe any necessary assumptions>

Washington Water District – Washington Avenue Water Reliability Improvement Project Community Grant Work Plan

Table 3. Project Schedule
FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 FY2030 FY2031

Washington Water District – Washington Avenue Water Reliability Improvement Project Community Grant Work Plan

4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL

RELEVANCE/BENEFITS
This project is based on a direct need for the City to better understand the sources and processes that control concentrations of regulated contaminants in the groundwater basins that serve its population. USGS expertise in complex hydrologic concepts such as surface water-groundwater connectivity, geochemical evaluation of water and nutrient source identification, and groundwater age dating provide a means to serve the needs of the City efficiently. The work proposed will support the goals outlined by the current USGS Water Science Strategy Circular 1383-G (Evenson and others, 2013), as follows:

1. Provide Society the Information It Needs Regarding the Amount and Quality of Water in All Components of the Water Cycle at High Temporal and Spatial Resolution, Nationwide, by the advancement of monitoring networks and techniques for hydrologic and water-quality data and the assessment of water resources and their suitability to meet human needs.

2. Advance Understanding of Processes that Determine Water Availability, by the comprehensive understanding of geological controls of water availability, and understanding human interactions with water availability
Additionally, the work proposed will support the current CAWSC list of Priorities for Project Relevance and Benefits as follows:

3. Statewide streamflow and groundwater monitoring - We see an additional need for long-term groundwater monitoring, including “super gages” to better understand stream-aquifer interaction and the effects of conjunctive use on water resources and quality.

4. Groundwater availability and use - With the implementation of California’s 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), we see increasing demand for USGS engagement both at the State Level (with the California Department of Water Resources and the State Water Resources Control Board) and with local agencies that are required to develop Sustainability Plans.

5. Expanded groundwater quality work – One of the sustainability goals of SGMA is to achieve and maintain good groundwater quality. Through its statewide GAMA and COGG programs, the CAWSC is recognized as the “go to” government science agency for complex groundwater quality issues. We expect that our expertise will be required to help State and Local agencies comply with the groundwater quality aspects of SGMA.

6. Expansion of targeted water-quality assessments - E.g., mercury, chromium, pesticides, nutrients, recycled water, harmful algal blooms. Further strategies for the relevance and benefit of this project can be found in: USGS Water Science Strategy – Observing, Understanding, Predicting, and Delivering Water Science to the Nation
https://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1383g/circ1383-G.pdf

STAFF REPORT
TO: City Council
FROM: City Engineer
FOR MEETING: Jul 28 2026
SUBJECT: Twentynine Palms Lighting and Landscaping Assessment District #1, Confirming Assessment and Levying Assessment for FY 2026-2027.

RECOMMENDATION:

The City Council:
1) Conduct the Public Hearing.
2) Adopt Resolution No. 26-__; a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms confirming the diagram and assessment and levying assessment pursuant to the Lighting and Landscaping Act of 1972 for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.

ORDER OF PROCEDURE:

Request Staff Report (City Manager Presenting)
Council Questions of Staff
Open Public Hearing
Request Public Comment
Close Public Hearing
Council Discussion
Motion/Second
Discussion of Motion
Call the Question
ATTACHMENTS:
• Engineer's Report 1st meeting
2026-27
• 3rd Resolution Confirming the
Diagram and Assessment
BACKGROUND:

On May 26, 2026, the City Council approved Resolution No. 26-__, directing the filing of the Annual Report for the Twentynine Palms' Landscaping and Lighting District, approved the Engineer’s Report, and approved Resolution No. 26-__ to declare the City’s intention to order improvements and to levy and collect assessments for the Fiscal Year 2026-2027. The Resolution also gave the time and place for the Public Hearing to discuss the proposed assessment.

As indicated within the Engineer’s report, the proposed net amounts to be assessed for each location within the assessment district are as follows:

Proposed
Last year’s assessment
Location No. Tract No. No. of lots assessment (FY26/27) • L-1 Tract 16729 132 $101.58/lot $101.58/lot
• L-2 Portion of Tract 2530 10 $Varies/lot $Varies/lot
The Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 permits the installation, maintenance, and servicing of landscaping and lighting through annual special assessments on real property benefiting from the Page 137 of 301 improvement. The purpose of the assessment district is to provide a funding mechanism for the ongoing maintenance of the improvements in the public right-of-way, including parkway landscaping, retention basin landscaping, irrigation systems, street furniture, public art, perimeter block walls, street lighting, and other related improvements. Part B of the Engineer's Report lists the annual assessments for each annexed territory of the Assessment District.

There is no increase in the assessments for this fiscal year. The recommended procedures comply with all requirements of Proposition 218.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

Not Applicable
ALTERNATIVES:

The City Council could choose to amend the report.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no financial impact to the City.

ENGINEER'S REPORT

CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
The undersigned respectfully submits the enclosed report as directed by City Council.

Richard Pedersen, P.E.

Engineer of Work
By____________________________
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the enclosed Engineer's Report, together with Assessment and Assessment Diagram thereto attached, was filed with me on the _____ day of __________________, 2026
Cindy Villescas,
City Clerk, City of Twentynine Palms,
San Bernardino County,
State of California
By____________________________
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the enclosed Engineer's Report, together with Assessment and Assessment Diagram thereto attached, was approved and confirmed by the City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms, California, on the _____ day of __________________, 2026 Cindy Villescas,
City Clerk, City of Twentynine Palms,
San Bernardino County,
State of California
By____________________________

ENGINEER'S REPORT

CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART A - General Description of Improvement. Plans and specification for the improvements are filed with the City Clerk. Although separately bound, the plans and specifications are a part of this report and are included in it by reference.

PART B- An estimate of the cost of the improvements.

PART C- A diagram showing all the parcels of real property within this assessment district.

PART D- Assessment Roll. An assessment of the estimated cost of the improvements on each benefited parcel of land within the assessment district.

PART A

PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
· L-1
TRACT NUMBER: 16729
LOCATION: North of El Paseo Road, West of Encelia avenue DESCRIPTION: Plans and specifications for the improvements are those prepared by Pope and Associates, Landscape Architects, dated August 5, 2004. These plans and specifications have been filed separately with the Clerk of the City of Twentynine Palms and are incorporated in this report by reference. In summary, the improvements consist of landscaping generally of native shrubs, vines, low perennials other decorative bushes, decorative rock, and a perimeter wall. Improvements include streetlights.

Perimeter parkway landscaping is bounded by the face of curb and the face of the perimeter wall along the along the perimeter of Tract 16729. In addition, to the parkway landscaping, a landscaped retention basin located at the corner of El Paseo Road and Encelia Avenue is included within the landscape maintenance district.
· L-2
TRACT NUMBER: Portion of Tract 2530
LOCATION: Historic Plaza
DESCRIPTION: Plans and specifications for the improvements, including landscaping, irrigations systems, public art, sidewalks, and street furniture to be maintained within the Plaza area, including the pocket park, which serve and benefit the properties within the boundaries of the Historic Plaza Maintenance Assessment District, L-2, are on file in the City Engineer’s Office. Said plans and specifications were prepared as separate instruments for the construction and installation of said item and are hereby incorporated by reference.

PART B
• L-1 Tract 16729

ITEM DESCRIPTION UNIT COST
ANNUAL
COST

1. Maintenance $17,700

2. Water consumption $ 1,238

3. Electrical Service $ 455

4. Legal Notices $ 137

5. Landscaping upgrades $ 0
TOTAL $19,530
Total cost for FY 2025/2026 $19,530
Total Revenues for FY2025/2026 $17,113
Surplus or (deficit) ($2,417)
Last Year's Reserve Fund Balance $82,971
Surplus / (deficit) ($2,417)
Total Reserve Fund $80,554
Estimate for FY26/27: $13,408.56
Last year’s assessment: $13,408.56
Number of lots: 132
Proposed Cost per lot per year (FY2026/2027) $101.58
Last year's assessment per lot per year: $101.58
• L-2 Tract 2530 (portion), Historic Plaza

ITEM DESCRIPTION UNIT COST
ANNUAL
COST

1. Maintenance $6,000

2. Water consumption $1,506

3. Electrical Service $ 0

4. Legal Notices $ 137
TOTAL $7,643
Total cost for FY 2025/2026 $ 7,643
Total Revenues for FY2025/2026 $10,666
Surplus or (deficit) $ 3,023
Last Year's Reserve Fund Balance $4,051
Surplus / (deficit) $3,023
Total Reserve Fund $7,074
Estimate for FY26/27: $10,470.88
Last year’s assessment: $10,470.88
Number of lots: 10
Proposed Cost per lot per year (FY2026/2027) Varies
Last year's assessment per lot per year: Varies

PART C
L-1, DESERT VISTA

L-2, THE HISTORIC PLAZA

PART D

ASSESSMENT ROLL
Reference
Number Tract No. Assessor’s Parcel Numbers Assessment /lot /year L-1 Tract 16729-1 0715-271- (1-68) and
Tract 16729 0715-281- (1-64) $101.58
TOTAL $13,408.56
L-2 Tract 2530 621-132-01 $1,773.39
621-132-02 $669.07
621-132-03 $1,254.51
621-132-04 $669.07
621-132-05 $417.83
621-133-01 $836.31
621-133-02 $1505.40
621-133-03 $836.31
621-133-04 $1,003.59
621-133-05 $1,505.40
TOTAL $10,470.88

RESOLUTION NO. 26-___

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

TWENTYNINE PALMS CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND

ASSESSMENT AND LEVYING ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2026-2027
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 1
(Pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972)
The City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms hereby resolves as follows:

Section 1: Pursuant to Chapter 3 of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, the City Council directed the City Engineer, Engineer of Work for Assessment District No. 1, to prepare and file an annual report for fiscal year 2026-2027.

Section 2: The Engineer of Work filed his annual report with the City Clerk, and the City Council adopted its resolution of intention to levy and collect assessments within the assessment district for fiscal year 2026-2027 and set a public hearing to be held on July 28, 2026, at the Council Chamber of the City Council located at 6136 Adobe Road, City of Twentynine Palms, California. Notice of the hearing was given in the time and manner required by law.

Section 3: At the public hearing, the City Council afforded to every interested person an opportunity to make a protest to the annual report either in writing or orally, and the City Council has considered each protest.

Section 4: The City Council hereby confirms the diagram and assessment as set forth in the annual report of the Engineer of Work and hereby levies the assessment set forth therein for fiscal year 2026-2027.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 28nd DAY OF July, 2026. _________________________________
MAYOR
ATTEST:
____________________________

CITY CLERK (SEAL)

STAFF REPORT
TO: City Council
FROM: Community Development Director
FOR MEETING: Jul 28 2026
SUBJECT: San Bernardino County Fire (SBCFD) Fire Code Update.

RECOMMENDATION:

The City Council hold a Public Hearing, and conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. ___ entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS, STATE OF

CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FIRE CODE (REFERENCING THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA

RESIDENTIAL CODE) ALONG WITH CERTAIN CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND EXCEPTIONS, RELATING TO FIRE REGULATIONS.

ORDER OF PROCEDURE:

Request Staff Report (Community Development Director
Presenting)
Council Questions of Staff
Open the Public Hearing
Receive Public Comment
Close the Public Hearing
Council Discussion
Motion/Second
Discussion of Motion
Call the Question
ATTACHMENTS:
• Ordinance No. FPD 26-02
SIGNED
• Draft Ordinance re Fire Code
Update
BACKGROUND:

Every three years, the State of California, through the State Fire Marshal, amends and adopts the California Fire Code. The most recent amendments of a draft of the SBCFPD Fire Code Ordinance was considered by the Board of Directors for first reading on April 21,2026, and held a Public Hearing for final adoption on May 19, 2026. Local jurisdiction must enforce the State Code. Local counties, cities, or fire districts may make local code amendments to the State Fire Code. The San Bernardino County Fire Protection District ("District") is responsible for enforcing the State Code within the City's boundaries.

The City of Twentynine Palms is within the service area of the District. Therefore, this item requests that the Mayor and the City Council ratify the District's adoption of the 2025 California Fire Code with local amendments for enforcement within the City's jurisdiction.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

Not Applicable. Page 147 of 301
ALTERNATIVES:

The City Council could choose not to approve the County Fire Code, and seek other options.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS

CITY COUNCIL
ORDINANCE NO. ____

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TWENTYNINE

PALMS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FIRE CODE (REFERENCING THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE) ALONG

WITH CERTAIN CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, AND EXCEPTIONS, RELATING TO FIRE REGULATIONS.

WHEREAS, the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District provides fire protection services to the City of Twentynine Palms; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to adopt various codes and amendments in order to ensure that the Fire Protection District is able to continue to adequately protect the residents of Twentynine from fire related issues; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Protection District has specifically adopted the San Bernardino County Fire Protection Code (FPO Ordinance No. ____) to govern its fire protection services.

NOW THEREFORE, The City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms, State of California, hereby ordains as follows:

SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2: The San Bernardino County Fire Protection Code (FPO Ordinance No. 26- 02), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby adopted by reference and incorporated herein as if set forth in full. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE IS PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by a vote of no less than a majority of City Council at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms held on the 28th day of July, 2026. _______________________________
Daniel Mintz, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

_______________________________
Patrick Munoz
City Attorney
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Cindy Villescas, CMC
City Clerk

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.

CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS )
I, Cindy Villescas, City Clerk of the City of Twentynine Palms, County of San Bernardino, State of California, hereby attest to the above signature and certify that Ordinance No. ____ was adopted by the City Council of said City of Twentynine Palms at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 28th day of July 2026, by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:
___________________________________
Cindy Villescas, CMC
City Clerk

STAFF REPORT
TO: City Council
FROM: Community Development Director
FOR MEETING: Jul 28 2026
SUBJECT: Recission of the Ofland Resort Project.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the City Council conduct the first reading of an Ordinance entitled:

ORDINANCE No. ____:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING ORDINANCE 322 AND ORDINANCE 323, WHICH APPROVED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 25-00004, ESTABLISHED THE OPEN-SPACE CONSERVATION ZONE (OS-C), AMENDED THE CITY’S ZONING MAP, APPROVED REZONING 25-000001 AND REZONING ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBER NO. 0614-121-15

FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, ESTATE DENSITY (RS-E) TO COMMERCIAL

TOURIST (C-T) AND OPEN SPACE-CONSERVATION (OS-C)
That the City Council adopt a Resolution entitled:

Resolution 26-___:

A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING RESOLUTION 25-17 AND RESOLUTION 25-18, WHICH ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 24-000002 AND APPROVED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 24-000003
ORDER OF PROCEDURE:

Request Staff Report (Community Development Director
Presenting)
Council Question of Staff
Open Public Hearing
Request Public Comment
Close Public Hearing
Council Discussion
Motion/Second
Discussion of Motion
Call the Question
ATTACHMENTS:
• 2026-04-23 Letter to K.

Gardner-City of Twentynine
Palms re rescision
• 2026-07-15 Ofland letter
requesting recission
• Ordinance rescinding rezone
and development code re
Ofland
• Resolution rescinding Reso Page 225 of 301
25-17 GPA for Ofland
BACKGROUND:

On December 10, 2024, an application was received from NV5, Inc on behalf of Ofland Hotels (the “Applicant”), requesting approval of a General Plan Amendment 24-000002, Rezoning 25-000001, Development Code Amendment 25-000004, and Conditional Use Permit 24-000003 for the development of a luxury resort with 100 units and amenities including two lodges, pools and spas, recreational areas, playgrounds, food and beverage services, and 25 employee housing units (to be built in two phases), located at the southeast corner of Highway 62 and Lear Avenue, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277, also identified as APN: 0614-121-15 (the “Project”).

Approximately 110 acres of the Project was proposed to be permanently set aside as open space.

On July 22, 2025, the City Council held a Public Hearing on the Project, and after hearing public comments, and reviewing all of the evidence before it, and holding several follow up meetings on the Project, the City Council ultimately voted to approve the Project and adopt the following entitlements:
 Resolution 25-17: in which the City Council (1) adopted the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project and (2) approved General Plan Amendment 24-000002, removing Shoshone Valley Road from Twentynine Palms Highway to Sullivan Road from the General Plan Circulation Elem (OS-C) land use designation and modifying the land use designation of the subject site from Single Family Residential Estate (RS-E) to Tourist Commercial (C-T) and OS-C.
 Resolution 25-18: in which the City Council approved Conditional Use Permit 24-000003 for the development of a luxury resort with 100 units and amenities including two lodges, pools and spas, recreational areas, playgrounds, food and beverage services, and 25 employee housing units (to be built in two phases) at the southeast corner of Twentynine Palms Highway and Lear Avenue, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277, subject to the certain conditions of approval.  Ordinance 322 and Development Code Amendment 25-000004: which amended Chapter 19 of the Twentynine Palms Municipal Code to establish an Open Space-Conservation (OS-C) Land Use District and corresponding development standards for that district.  Ordinance 323: which approved Rezoning 25-000001, and rezoned Assessor’s Parcel Number No. 1614- 121-05, and amended the City’s Zoning Map.

Since the Project was approved, market conditions have unfortunately changed, and have become weaker in the tourism industry. As set forth in the attached April 23, 2026 and July 15, 2026 correspondence from the Project Applicant, the Applicant has determined that the changed market conditions have rendered the Project infeasible.

As such, the Project applicant has informed the City that it no longer intends to develop the Project, and accordingly requests the rescission of Resolution 25-17, Resolution 25-18, Ordinance 322, and Ordinance 323.

Notably, in its correspondence, the Applicant explains that “[its] decision to abandon the Project entitlements is based exclusively on the adverse economic and market conditions described above.” ENVIRONMENTAL:

A Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted for the Project, and hence no further environmental documentation is required. As the Project is no longer being developed, the Mitigated Negative Declaration is no longer relevant or necessary.

The proposed Ordinance and Resolution are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), in that the adoption of the proposed Ordinance and Resolution will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and is further and independently exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), in that it can be seen with certainty there is no possibility the adoption of the proposed Ordinance and Resolution will have a significant effect on the environment Page 226 of 301
ALTERNATIVES:

The City Council could choose to:

1. Request additional information from Staff.

2. Make modifications to the Resolution and adopt it with such recommended changes.

3. Make further modifications to the Ordinance and request that it be re-introduced.

4. Decline to move forward with the Ordinance and/or Resolution.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

1630995108.1
DLA Piper LLP (US)
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Suite 400 North Tower
Los Angeles, CA 90067-4735
www.dlapiper.com
Andrew Brady
[email protected]
T 310.595.3208
F 310.595.3406
April 23, 2026

VIA EMAIL
Keith Gardner
Community Development Director
City of Twentynine Palms
6136 Adobe Road
Twentynine Palms, California 92277
[email protected]
Re: Request for Rescission of Entitlements – Ofland Hotel Twentynine Palms Project:

GPA 24-000002; Rezoning 25-000001 (Ordinance No. 323); Development Code Amendment 25-000004 (Ordinance No. 322); Conditional Use Permit 24-000003; and Mitigated Negative Declaration, State Clearinghouse No. 2025050547.

Dear Mr. Gardner:

This firm represents Ofland Development (collectively, “Ofland” or the “Owner”), the applicant and real party in interest for the entitlements identified above (collectively, the “Project Entitlements”) approved by the City of Twentynine Palms (the “City”) for the Ofland Hotel Twentynine Palms project (the “Project”).

On behalf of the Owner, we write to formally notify the City that Ofland is abandoning the Project. We respectfully request that the City initiate and complete the process to rescind all Project Entitlements.

Following the City Council’s approval of the Project on July 22, 2025, and the subsequent adoption of Ordinances 322 and 323 on September 9, 2025, market and financial conditions applicable to the Project have materially changed. Those changed economic conditions have rendered the Project infeasible from the Owner’s perspective. In addition, the Project fell out of escrow with the prospective buyer, and that buyer has been unresponsive to Ofland’s repeated requests regarding extensions. As a result, the Owner is out of contract and does not intend to proceed with the development of the Project under the existing Project Entitlements.

The Applicant further acknowledges that the Project’s approvals are the subject of pending litigation (Center for Biological Diversity and Indian Cove Neighbors v. City of Twentynine Palms, et al., San Bernardino Superior Court Case No. CIVSB2524139), which challenges the City’s approval of the Project Entitlements, and its adoption of the Project’s Mitigated Negative Declaration (“MND”) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”).

April 23, 2026

1630995108.1
Ofland has conferred with counsel for all parties, and the parties intend to submit a stipulation to the court staying the litigation pending the City’s completion of the rescission process described herein.

Accordingly, Ofland respectfully requests that the City take all actions necessary to rescind the following approvals:

1. General Plan Amendment 24-000002 creating the Open Space Conservation (OS-C) land use designation, re-designating the land use designation from Single-Family Residential - Estate (RS-E) to Commercial-Tourist (C-T) and OS-C;

2. Rezoning 25-000001 (adopted by Ordinance No. 323), including the rezoning of the Project site from Single-Family Residential-Estate to Tourist Commercial and Open Space Conservation;

3. Development Code Amendment 25-000004 (adopted by Ordinance No. 322), including the establishment of the Open Space Conservation Zone to the extent adopted in connection with the Project;

4. Conditional Use Permit 24-000003 to allow the development of the resort on the Tourist Commercial portion of the property; and

5. The Mitigated Negative Declaration adopted for the Project (State Clearinghouse No. 2025050547), together with the associated findings and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.

Ofland looks forward to working cooperatively with City staff to prepare any necessary additional documentation necessary to effectuate the rescission of the Project Entitlements. Ofland appreciates the City’s consideration of this request and the City’s continued cooperation throughout this process.

Nothing in this letter is intended to waive, and Ofland expressly reserves, any and all rights, claims, defenses, and protections available to it under applicable law, including without limitation any vested rights or rights arising under the Project Entitlements prior to their rescission.

Please contact me at your earliest convenience and thank you for your attention to this matter.

Very truly yours,
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Andrew Brady
Partner

July 15, 2025
VIA EMAIL AND U.S. MAIL
Honorable Members of the City Council
City of Twentynine Palms
c/o City Clerk
6136 Adobe Road
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
Email: [email protected]
Re: Voluntary Abandonment of Entitlements — Ofland Hotels Proposed Project Honorable Members of the City Council:

On behalf of Ofland Hotels (“Ofland”), I write to notify the City of Twentynine Palms (the “City”) that Ofland is voluntarily abandoning and rescinding all entitlements previously obtained for its proposed hotel project (the “Project”). This decision is driven solely by adverse economic conditions in the regional hospitality market that have rendered the Project economically unfeasible. The decision is unrelated to the pending litigation captioned Indian Cove Neighbors et al. v. Ofland Development et al., Case No. CIVSB2524139, and does not constitute any concession on the merits of that action.

The Project was underwritten relying in substantial part on industry-backed, comparableproperty market data sourced from STR, Inc., covering a competitive set of 13 Upper Upscale hotels on a weighted-average basis. Over the approximately three-year period during which Ofland has been pursuing this Project, each key performance indicator for the regional lodging market has declined materially:

Occupancy. The 12-month average occupancy rate fell from 63.0% (2023 Q1) to 60.9% (2025 Q4), a decline of 3.33%.

Average Daily Rate (ADR). The 12-month Average Daily Rate (ADR) fell from $244.13 (2023 Q1) to $233.51 (2025 Q4), a decline of 4.35%.

Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR). RevPAR—calculated by multiplying ADR by the occupancy rate—fell from $153.72 (2023 Q1) to $142.15 (2025 Q4), a decrease of approximately 7.53%.

At the scale of the proposed 100-room hotel operating year-round (36,500 available room-nights per year), the 7.53% RevPAR decline translates to a reduction in projected annual revenue of approximately $422,305 per year—from a projected approximately $5,610,780 to approximately $5,188,475. A revenue shortfall of this magnitude and the continuing downward trend

fundamentally undermines the financial viability of the Project. As the regional lodging market has continued to soften, updated loss-of-income projections have confirmed that the Project is no longer economically feasible under current and foreseeable market conditions.

Notably, even Indian Cove Neighbors—the petitioner in the pending litigation challenging the Project—has itself acknowledged this economic reality. In its own public Change.org petition, Indian Cove Neighbors conceded that “economic conditions have changed” and that the “economic landscape has shifted considerably.” 1 This acknowledgment by the Project’s most vocal opponent underscores that the deterioration in market conditions is neither disputed nor debatable.

Ofland’s decision to abandon the Project entitlements is based exclusively on the adverse economic and market conditions described above. It is not a response to, nor a concession regarding, the pending CEQA litigation or any claims asserted therein. Ofland continues to believe that its entitlements were lawfully obtained and that the environmental review conducted for the Project was legally adequate. However, regardless of the outcome of that litigation, the current market conditions independently preclude moving forward with the Project.

We respectfully request that the City process the abandonment and rescission of the Project entitlements in accordance with applicable procedures. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you require any additional information.

Sincerely,
Luke Searcy
Head of Development
Ofland Hotels
cc: [Legal Counsel / File]
1 See, https://www.change.org/p/say-no-to-ofland, last accessed July 15, 2026.

CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS

CITY COUNCIL
ORDINANCE NO. ______

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING
ORDINANCE 322 AND ORDINANCE 323, WHICH
APPROVED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT 25-
00004, ESTABLISHED THE OPEN-SPACE
CONSERVATION ZONE (OS-C), AMENDED THE CITY’S
ZONING MAP, APPROVED REZONING 25-000001 AND
REZONING ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBER NO. 0614-
121-15 FROM SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, ESTATE

DENSITY (RS-E) TO COMMERCIAL TOURIST (C-T) AND

OPEN SPACE-CONSERVATION (OS-C)
WHEREAS, in 2016, the City Council adopted Title 19 of the Twentynine Palms Municipal Code, which is referred to as the “Development Code”; and WHEREAS, in 2024, applications were submitted for General Plan Amendment 24-000002, Rezoning 25-000001, Conditional Use Permit 24-000003, along with Development Code Amendment 25-000004, collectively known as the “Ofland Resort Project” or “Project”; and
WHEREAS, approximately 110 acres of the proposed Ofland Resort Project was previously proposed to be permanently set aside as open space; and WHEREAS, as adopted by the City Council in Ordinance 322, Development Code Amendment 25-000004 amended Chapter 19 of the Twentynine Palms Municipal Code to establish an Open Space-Conservation (OS-C) Land Use District and corresponding development standards for that district; and WHEREAS, the Land Use Element of the General Plan includes Implementation Policy LU-1.2, which provides that “The Land Use Map shall serve as the City’s Official Zoning Map;” and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the General Plan, on May 8, 2012, the City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms adopted Ordinance No. 246 and thereby adopted the General Plan Land Use Map (General Plan Exhibit LU-3) as the official Zoning Map for the City of Twentynine Palms; and WHEREAS, an Initial Study was prepared for the Ofland Resort Project in conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act; and

WHEREAS, the Initial Study / Mitigated Negative Declaration was posted from May 14, 2025, through June 3, 2025; and
WHEREAS, as adopted by the City Council in Ordinance 323, the City approved Rezoning 25-000001, rezoned Assessor’s Parcel Number No. 1614-121- 05, and amended the City’s Zoning Map; and
WHEREAS, the applicant for Ofland Resort Project has informed the City that it no longer intends to develop the Project and agrees with the rescission of Ordinance 322 and Ordinance 323; and
WHEREAS, the public hearing notice for the rescission of Ordinance 322 and Ordinance 323 was published on July 15, 2026 in the Desert Trail newspaper; and WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was held by the City Council on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, during which the City Council considered the record before it, including the information provided by City staff, all written submissions, and all public testimony.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated as set forth in full into this Ordinance.

SECTION 2. Rescission of Ordinance 322. The City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms hereby rescinds Ordinance 322.

SECTION 3. Rescission of Ordinance 323. The City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms hereby rescinds Ordinance 323.

SECTION 4. CEQA Determination. The City Council finds and determines that this ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), in that the adoption of this Ordinance will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and is further and independently exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), in that it can be seen with certainty there is no possibility the adoption of this Ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment.

SECTION 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional, without regard to whether any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 4. Clerk Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance to be published as required by law.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms held on this 25th day of August, 2026. ________________________________________
Daniel Mintz, Mayor
ATTEST:
_________________________________
Cindy Villescas, CMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_________________________________
A. Patrick Muñoz, City Attorney

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.

CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS )
I, Cindy Villescas, City Clerk of the City of Twentynine Palms, County of San Bernardino, State of California, hereby attest to the above signature and certify that Ordinance No. ____ was adopted by the City Council of said City of Twentynine Palms at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 25th day of August 2026, by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:
________________________________________
Cindy Villescas CMC, City Clerk

CITY OF TWENTYNINE

PALMS CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 26-____

A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY

OF TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING
RESOLUTION 25-17 AND RESOLUTION 25-18, WHICH ADOPTED
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 24-000002 AND APPROVED
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 24-000003
WHEREAS, on December 10, 2024, an application was received from NV5, Inc on behalf of Ofland Hotels, requesting approval of a General Plan Amendment 24-000002, Rezoning 25-000001, Development Code Amendment 25-000004, and Conditional Use Permit 24-000003 for the development of a luxury resort with 100 units and amenities including two lodges, pools and spas, recreational areas, playgrounds, food and beverage services, and 25 employee housing units. (to be built in two phases) located at the southeast corner of Highway 62 and Lear Avenue, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277, also identified as APN: 0614-121-15 (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, the applicant proposed a General Plan Amendment and a Development Code Amendment to establish the Open Space – Conservation (OSC) Zone; and WHEREAS, the applicant proposed a General Plan Amendment to remove Shoshone Valley Road from the Circulation Element of the General Plan, and establish it as a local road; and
WHEREAS, the applicant proposed a General Plan Amendment and a Rezoning to modify the land use district to Commercial Tourist (CT) and Open Space – Conservation (OS-C); and
WHEREAS, a Notice of Intent to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project was published on the City’s website and mailed to interested parties on May 2025, and was also part of the public hearing notices for the Planning Commission and City Council related to the Project; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 25-17, the City Council adopted the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project and General Plan Amendment 24- 000002, removing Shoshone Valley Road from Twentynine Palms Highway to Sullivan Road from the General Plan Circulation Elem (OS-C) land use designation and modifying the land use designation of the subject site from Single Family

Residential Estate (RS-E) to Tourist Commercial (C-T) and OS-C; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 25-18, the City Council approved Conditional Use Permit 24-000003 for the development of a luxury resort with 100 units and amenities including two lodges, pools and spas, recreational areas, playgrounds, food and beverage services, and 25 employee housing units (to be built in two phases) at the southeast corner of Twentynine Palms Highway and Lear Avenue, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277, subject to the certain conditions of approval; and
WHEREAS, since then, the applicant for the Project has informed the City that it no longer intends to develop the Project and agrees with the rescission of Resolution 25-17 and Resolution 25-18; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing notice for the rescission of Resolution 25-17 and Resolution 25-18 was published in the Desert Trail, a newspaper of record, on July 15, 2026; and
WHEREAS, a notice was mailed to all property owners located within 600 feet of the Project site on or before July 17, 2026, for the City Council Hearing; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that this ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), in that the adoption of this Ordinance will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and is further and independently exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), in that it can be seen with certainty there is no possibility the adoption of this Ordinance will have a significant effect on the environment; and
WHEREAS, a Public Hearing was held by the City Council on Tuesday, July 28, 2026, during which the City Council considered the record before it, including the information provided by City staff, all written submission, and all public testimony.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the above recitals are true and correct, and the City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms rescinds City Council Resolution No. 25-17 and City Council Resolution 25-18.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 28th DAY OF July, 2026.

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

Daniel Mintz, Mayor
ATTEST:

Cindy Villescas, CMC City Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of City Council Resolution No. 26- ___ duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Twentynine Palms in a meeting held on the 28th day of July 2026, in the City of Twentynine Palms, California.

Dated this 28th day of July, 2026.

Cindy Villescas, CMC City Clerk

STAFF REPORT
TO: City Council
FROM: Community Development Director
FOR MEETING: Jul 28 2026
SUBJECT: Ordinance for Sewer Regulations, Establishing a FOG Program, and Related Topics.

RECOMMENDATION:

The City Council hold a Public Hearing, and conduct the first reading of an Ordinance entitled:

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA PERTAINING TO THE USE OF, DISCHARGES TO, AND CONNECTIONS TO THE CITY’S DOWNTOWN SEWER SYSTEM; ESTABLISHING A FATS, OILS, AND GREASE CONTROL AND PERMITTING PROGRAM; PROHIBITING THE DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS INTO THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM; AND ESTABLISHING ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES RELATED THERETO.

ORDER OF PROCEDURE:

Request Staff Report (Community Development Director
Presenting)
Council Question of Staff
Open the Public Hearing
Request Public Comment
Close the Public Hearing
Council Discussion
Motion/Second
Discussion of Motion
Call the Question
ATTACHMENTS:
• Sewer Plan - downtown
• 2026-07-28 Draft Exhibit A -
Ordinance re Sewer
• 2026-07-28 Draft Ordinance re
Sewer
BACKGROUND:

In order to regulate the proper use of the City’s sewer system located in the downtown-area (i.e., the Project Pheonix/Freedom Plaza area), and to address and prevent public nuisance conditions associated with “Fats, Oil and Grease (“FOG”) Citywide, Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance which will accomplish the following:
1) govern the use of, discharges into, and required connections to the City sewer system; 2) establish a FOG control and permitting program Citywide; 3) authorize City Staff to inspect grease interceptors at all Food Service Establishments (FSEs) within the City, whether they discharge to septic systems, the City’s sewer system, or privately owned and operated systems (i.e. “package plants”);
4) prohibit the use of industrial food waste grinders/liquefiers at properties discharging to the City’s sewer system; Page 239 of 301
5) prohibit the discharge of hydroxylate to the City’s sewer system; and 6) establish enforcement authority and processes for non-compliance including citations.

DISCUSSION:

The regulation of sanitation generally – and wastewater specifically – is one of the most fundamental functions of city government. The California Constitution provides cities with broad authority to adopt rules governing sanitation,[1] the state’s Government Code authorizes cities to construct, establish, and maintain drains and sewers,[2] and the state Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act recognizes cities’ authority to adopt and enforce regulations related to water quality, waste disposal, and nuisance abatement.[3] Absent proper regulations addressing wastewater, significant threats to public health and safety can occur. Staff proposes that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance to address public nuisance conditions that might otherwise exist.

This issue is being addressed now largely because of the downtown-area sewer line that was recently installed and brought online, and the need to regulate it including to ensure it is not improperly used. Wastewater currently collected in the downtown-area sewer is routed to a system of seepage pits. In the coming months, it will be treated via a new package plant wastewater treatment system located in Freedom Plaza. A primary focus of the proposed Ordinance is to ensure discharges into the new package plant are appropriately regulated to both protect the City’s investment, and prevent nuisance conditions that would exist if it is damaged. A diagram of the downtown sewer system is attached to this Staff Report.

The proposed Ordinance will govern the use of and connections to the City’s new downtown-area sewer system, by the users already connected to it. In addition, it requires that new projects built in or adjacent to the downtownarea to connect to it, in lieu of installing new septic systems. In particular, no new septic systems will be permitted within 200 feet of the existing system. It also requires properties in this vicinity to connect to the City’s system in cases where existing septic systems fail, or in connection with a proposed use that would require an expanded septic system. Projects outside of the downtown-area may may collaborate with the City to facilitate connection to the system at their own discretion.

The Ordinance also establishes a Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) control, permitting and reporting program in order to proactively address both water quality and public health concerns as well as associated public nuisance issues resulting from improper handling and disposal of FOG. FOG includes more than cooking oils used for fried foods.

It also includes such items as dairy products, condiments, and salad dressings. FOG can significantly damage the City’s sewer system, as well as privately operated package plants and septic systems, and result in public health concerns and nuisance conditions, including odors. FOG is associated with (and generated by) Food Service Establishments (FSEs), which include not only restaurants, but any establishment that may serve any kind of food (such as certain general retail establishments.) The Ordinance requires grease interceptors to be pumped and cleaned on a regular basis and authorizes City Staff to inspect grease interceptors at all FSEs within the City, whether they discharge to septic systems, private package plants, or the City’s sewer system.

In connection with all of the above, the Ordinance establishes a permitting system and enforcement authority and processes to address non-compliance, including citation authority and penalties as authorized by either the municipal code or other legal authorities.

The passing of this Ordinance is a requirement of the grant that the City received in order to install the downtown sewer system. Additionally, without this Ordinance, the new package treatment plant would be in danger of irreparable harm due to fats, oils, and grease clogging the system. [1] Cal. Const. Art. XI § 7
[2] California Government Code § 38900
[3] California Water Code § 13000 et seq.
[1] Cal. Const. Art. XI § 7
[2] California Government Code § 38900
[3] California Water Code § 13000 et seq.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

The City Council finds and determines that this Ordinance is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the provisions of Public Resources Code § 21080.47 (small water system improvements in disadvantaged communities) and categorically exempt under 14 CCR § 15301 (Existing Facilities).

ALTERNATIVES:

The City Council could decline to adopt this Ordinance and provide different direction to Staff.

FISCAL IMPACT:

All costs associated with the enforcement of these regulations will be covered by permit and inspection fees. A fee study for the service and ongoing maintenance of the system will be presented at a future City Council meeting.

SEPTIC DESIGN PLAN
SS-5

CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS
PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF:
- RCE - DATE
NV5
42-829 COOK STREET, SUITE 104
(760) 341-3101 FAX (760) 341-5999
57142

BASIS OF BEARINGS
” “ ” BENCHMARK
project phoenix

CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS
1 inch = ft. 20

BATTERY SERIES
6,000 to 25,000 GAL.

COMMERCIAL SEPTIC TANKS CHOLLA AVENUE SMOKETREE AVENUE
“ ” “ ” MODEL D-30

COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION BOX

EXHIBIT A TO ORDINANCE No.___ PROVIDING TEXT FOR AMENDMENT TO TITLE 15 OF THE TWENTYNINE PALMS MUNICIPAL CODE ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 16.06 ENTITLED WASTEWATER REGULATIONS
Chapter 15.06 WASTEWATER REGULATIONS
Section 15.06.01 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15.06.01.010 - Purpose.

This Chapter is intended to comply with applicable Federal and State of California laws and regulations, to permit the City to meet applicable standards of treatment plant effluent quality, to provide for the regulation of wastewater discharges, establishing quantity and quality of limitations on all wastewater discharges which may adversely affect the City's sewerage systems, processes, or effluent quality. It is the intent of such regulation to improve the quality of wastewater being discharged, collected, and transported by the City. It is the City's policy to discourage any increase in the quantity (mass emission) of waste constituents being discharged where such increase could be detrimental to the sewerage system.

This Chapter also provides for regulation of connections, other miscellaneous permits, and the establishment of penalties for violation of the provisions hereof. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the direct or indirect discharge of all liquid waste carried to facilities of the City, and all City public or private sewage disposal systems.

15.06.01.020 - Definitions.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms related to water quality shall be as adopted in the latest edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, published by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation. The testing procedures for waste constituents and characteristics shall be performed pursuant to City guidelines and may be amended from time to time. Other terms not herein defined are defined as being the same as set forth in the latest adopted edition of the California Building Code and the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials’ Uniform Plumbing Code.

The terms hereinafter set forth unless otherwise specified shall have the following meanings:
(a) Agency means an administrative division or group.
(b) Applicant means any person applying for wastewater service. (c) Biochemical oxygen demand or B.O.D. means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biological oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days at 20 degrees centigrade expressed in terms of mass per volume (mg/l). (d) Building sewer means that portion of any sewer beginning at the plumbing or drainage outlet of any building, industrial facility or preliminary treatment facility, and

continuing to the point of its connection with the sewer mainline, including but not limited to the lateral.
(e) City means the City of Twentynine Palms.
(f) City Manager means the City Manager of the City of Twentynine Palms and includes the duly designated representative of the City Manager. (g) Code means the City Municipal Code.
(h) Commercial means any discharger not covered by the residential description, including but not limited to apartments, trailer parks, schools, stores and businesses. (i) Contractor means any person who performs the work of installing or connecting mains, sub-mains, laterals, or building sewers to the public sewer. (j) Cost means the cost of labor, material, transportation, supervision, engineering, and all other necessary overhead expenses.
(k) County means the County of San Bernardino.
(l) Critical wastewater discharger means any collection system non-residential discharger that generates either a significant amount of flow and/or constituents of the flow that require pre-treatment to meet the requirements of the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act.
(m) Customer means any person supplied or entitled to be supplied with wastewater service by the City.
(n) Developer means any person who shall construct or develop any property which may require wastewater service from the City.
(o) Development means parcels of land on which one or more dwelling units, commercial or industrial buildings, or other improvements are built. (p) Discharger means any person that discharges or causes a discharge of wastewater directly or indirectly to a public or private sewer.
(q) Domestic wastewater consists of wastes from bathroom toilets, showers, and sinks from residential kitchens and residential clothes washing. It does not include discharges from commercial food preparation, dish washing in restaurants, or from commercial laundromats.
(r) Fats, oils, and grease (FOG) means organic polar compounds derived from vegetable/plant or animal sources that are composed of long chain triglycerides, typically generated as a byproduct of food preparation. (s) Food Service Establishment means any place where food is prepared and intended for individual portion service and includes the site at which individual portions are provided.
(t) Garbage means any solid wastes, including but not limited to those resulting from the domestic and commercial preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and sale of food.

(u) Grinder or Liquefier means a device that converts food waste into a highly concentrated liquid slurry through grinding, shredding, or agitating the waste to encourage microbiological activity and decomposition prior to its discharge to the sewer or other treatment. These systems are typically installed by businesses and institutions that generate large amounts of food waste, such as restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, universities, and prisons.
(v) Industrial discharge permit means a permit issued by the City for industrial wastewater discharges.
(w) Main means gravity and pressurized (force-main) sewer collection and transmission pipelines located in streets, highways, alleys, easements or rights-of-way which are used for collection and transmission of wastewater.
(x) Manhole means a hole, usually with a cover, through which a person may enter a sewer or confined space.
(y) Mass emission rate means the weight of material discharged to the sewer system during a given time interval. Unless otherwise specified, the mass emission rate shall mean pounds per day of a particular constituent or combination of constituents. (z) May means that the related conduct or procedure is permissive and not mandatory. (aa) Milligrams per liter or mg/l means the number of milligrams of a substance in one liter of water or other liquid.
(bb) Owner means the person or persons whose name(s) are recorded on the deed for a given property, and/or person in legal possession of the property, or an executor, administrator, guardian, or trustee of the owner.
(cc) Onsite wastewater treatment system(s) (OWTS) or ‘septic system,’ means individual treatment and disposal systems, community collection, treatment and disposal systems, and alternative collection, treatment and disposal systems that use subsurface disposal.

OWTS do not include “gray water” systems pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 17922.12
(dd) Permit means any written authorization required pursuant to this Chapter or any other regulation of the City.
(ee) Person means any individual, firm, company, partnership, association and private or public or municipal corporation, the United States of America, the State of California, a district and any political subdivision, governmental agency and subsidiary thereof. (ff) Plumbing fixture unit (PFU) means the plumbing fixtures as identified in the California Plumbing Code, latest edition.
(gg) Pollutant means any constituent or characteristic of wastewater on which a discharge limitation may be imposed either by the City or by a regulatory body of competent jurisdiction.
(hh) Pretreatment means the treatment that the City may require prior to permitting discharge of wastewater into any City sewerage facility.

(ii) Public agency means the City or other public body duly organized under the laws of the State of California.
(jj) Public sewer means a sewer owned and operated by the City or other governmental agency, and as to which the City possesses direct or indirect regulatory powers. (kk) Regulatory agency includes but is not limited to the State Department of Health Services, a California Regional Water Quality Control Board of competent jurisdiction, the State Water Quality Control Board, the County Environmental Health Services Department and the City Building and Safety Official.
(ll) Sewage means wastewater.
(mm) Sewer (sewage) facilities or wastewater facilities means any facilities used in the conveyance, pumping, disposal and treatment of wastewater. (nn) Sewer lateral means the pipe that connects a structure to the publicly-owned main sewer line. Laterals are privately-owned and maintained. (oo) Shall means that the related conduct or procedure is mandatory and not permissive. (pp) Standard methods means procedures described in the current edition of Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, as published by the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association and Water Pollution Control Federation.
(qq) Storm water means rainwater, surface water, groundwater, roof runoff, subsurface drainage, cooling water, or unpolluted industrial process water. (rr) Street means any public highway, road, street, drive, avenue, alleyway, court, easement or right-of-way.
(ss) User means any person who discharges, causes, or permits a discharge directly or indirectly to a City sewer.
(tt) Waste means sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation of whatever nature, including such wastes placed within containers of whatever nature, prior to and for the purpose of disposal.
(uu) Wastewater means waste and water, whether treated or untreated, discharged into or permitted to enter a City or any other public sewer, or private system. (vv) Wastewater constituents and characteristics means the individual chemical, physical, bacteriological, and radiological parameters, including volume and flow rate and such other parameters that serve to define, classify, or measure the quality and quantity of wastewater.

15.06.01.030 -General Prohibitions.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or permit to be deposited or placed, in any unsanitary manner on public or private property within the boundaries of the City any human or animal excrement, garbage, or objectionable waste.

B. It shall be unlawful to discharge to any manhole, system outlet, or sewer within the City except absent express approval from the City.

C. Except as hereinafter provided, it is unlawful to construct any septic tank, seepage pit, leach line, or other facility intended or used for the disposal of wastewater within any existing City sewered area.

D. Installation and/or operation of commercial-grade food grinders in the plumbing system of new or existing food service establishments shall be prohibited.

E. It shall be unlawful to discharge hydrosylate to the City sewer.

Chapter 15.06.02 SEWER AND ON-SITE SYSTEMS

15.06.02.010 - Connection to public sewer required.

A. All new residential, commercial, industrial and institutional projects are required to connect to the public sewer if the property is located within 200 ft. of a public sewer, when measured from property line to existing sewer location.

B. Existing buildings and facilities connected to private sewage disposal systems and located within 200 ft. of a public sewer, when measured from property line to existing sewer location, are required to connect to the public sewer when:

1. There is a failure, either biological or structural, of the private sewage disposal system.

2. Additions, alterations, or modifications adding plumbing fixtures to the building or facilities that would exceed the capacity of the private sewage disposal system.

C. The City may require connection to the public sewer when information is available that private sewage disposal is causing or may cause deterioration of the quality of the groundwater in all or any portion of the City.

15.06.02.020 - Maintenance of sewer laterals.

The owner of any property connecting to the local sewer collection system shall be required to maintain the sewer lateral from their building or structure to the sewer main at their own expense. The City's responsibility shall be limited to maintenance of main sewers and manholes.

The City does not maintain privately owned sewer laterals.

15.06.02.030 - Onsite wastewater treatment system (OWTS).

A. When connection to the public sewer is not required, an OWTS may be installed in conformance with the State Water Resources Control Board Onsite Wastewater Treatment System Policy (‘OWTS Policy’) and City of Twentynine Palms requirements. The provisions of the OWTS Policy, as amended, are incorporated herein by reference with the

same force and effect as if the provisions therein were specifically and fully set out herein.

In the event of a conflict in terms, the provisions of the state OWTS Policy shall control.

1. Permits for construction and sizing requirements shall be established by the State Water Resources Control Board OWTS Policy and the City using requirements from the California Plumbing Code/Building Code.

2. The Owner of OWTS shall be responsible for the cost and processing of all necessary approvals and permits with the State Water Resources Control Board.

3. Private OWTS shall be operated and maintained in a sanitary manner at all times, in accordance with State Water Resources Control Board requirements, and at no expense to the City. The property owner is responsible for all maintenance and expenses of their OWTS.

B. If a biological failure of a private OWTS occurs after a public sewer has become available to the property served by such system, the property shall be immediately connected to the public sewer. A biological failure is defined as collapse or saturation of the leach field, seepage pit or cesspool, or biological failure of the tank itself, or any combination of such conditions. The property owner is responsible for obtaining and paying for all permits associated with the sewer connection in advance of such connection.

Prior to connection to the public sewer the following shall be completed and inspected by the City:

1. Concrete and/or steel tanks and seepage pit(s) shall be pumped of all liquids and solids and the pump ticket shall be provided to the City.

2. The bottom of all tanks shall be broken and inspected by the City.

3. The lids for the tanks and seepage pit(s) shall be removed.

4. All tanks and seepage pit(s) shall be filled with material approved by the City.

5. When a building or structure is proposed to be placed within the required setbacks of a private sewage disposal system that has failed, as defined in the California Plumbing Code, the septic tank and/or seepage pit shall be removed entirely, in compliance with standards contained in the current California Plumbing Code.

15.06.02.040 - Wastewater discharge regulations.

A. The wastewater discharged to the public sewer shall meet applicable regulations prescribed and adopted by the City. Said regulations are adopted by reference and made a part of this Chapter.

B. No person shall discharge wastewater directly or indirectly into sewage facilities owned or operated by the City which cause or are capable of causing either alone or by interaction with other substances, the following:

1. A fire or explosion;

2. Obstruction of flow in the sewer system or damage to the sewage facilities;

3. Interference with effective maintenance or operation of the sewage system;

4. Air pollution by the release of toxic or malodorous gases or gas-producing substances;

5. Interference with the wastewater treatment process;

6. Unsuitability of the City's effluent or any other product of the treatment process;

7. Discoloration or any other condition of the quality of the City's treatment works effluent to such an extent that receiving water quality requirements established by regulatory agencies cannot be met; or

8. Conditions at or near sewage facilities which violate any statute or any regulation or ordinance of any public agency or State or Federal regulatory body of competent jurisdiction.

C. Discharging of storm water into the sanitary sewer system or sewage into any storm water system is unlawful.

D. Permission to discharge any substance except domestic sewage into the sanitary wastewater system of the City will be considered in accordance with the conditions of each case and shall be subject to City rules, regulations and requirements. Approval or permission may require the owner to provide, at the owner's expense, such preliminary treatment as may be necessary to reduce objectionable characteristics and constituents in wastewater as may be appropriate to satisfy the requirements specified in the regulations of the City as well as meet any applicable state and federal requirements. Plans, specifications, and other information relating to proposed preliminary treatment facilities shall be submitted to the City for approval Construction of such facilities shall not commence until said required facilities are provided for proper treatment of any waters or wastes and they shall be maintained continuously in satisfactory and effective operation by the owner at the owner's expense.

E. For critical wastewater dischargers, as defined in Section 20.01.020, the City may require installation of special flow monitoring components, including weir plates and sampling manholes, which shall become property of the City. Depending on the type of discharger, the City may require monitoring and sampling test information/results on a periodic basis, and/or may conduct its own sampling. Any sampling manhole shall be accessible and safely located and shall be constructed in accordance with plans approved by the City. The special flow monitoring components shall be installed at the owner's expense and shall be maintained by owner at all times so as to be safe and accessible.

F. No statement contained in this Division shall be construed as preventing special agreement or arrangement between the City and any person whereby any industrial waste of unusual strength or character may be accepted by the City for treatment, subject to payment therefore by discharger.

G. Connection of swimming pools and swimming pool equipment to sanitary sewers shall not be permitted and the discharge of swimming pool effluent to a City sewerage facility is prohibited.

H. Grease, oil, and/or sand trap interceptors shall be required, at the owner's expense, in all facilities which discharge liquid wastes containing grease, flammable wastes, sand and/or other wastes containing harmful ingredients in accordance with the Uniform Plumbing Code. All interceptors shall be to type and capacity approved by the Building Official and

shall be installed and located so as to be readily and easily accessible for cleaning and inspection. Grease traps and interceptors shall conform to any standards adopted by the City as well as the standards contained in the current version of the California Plumbing Code.

All grease, oil, and sand interceptors shall be maintained at the owner's expense, in continuously efficient operation at all times. The facilities required to use interceptors are, but are not limited to, food service establishments, gas stations, car washes, automotive mechanics, and paint shops, and shall be permitted in accordance with Section 20.02.090.

15.06.02.050 - Sewer connection approval and design.

A. Authorization to construct or install sewers or make connection to the City sewer system must be obtained from the City in advance. Application for such authorization shall be made at the office of the City. All construction shall comply with the City's development standards and details, and City's related policies.

B. Sewer line extensions may be made within the City in those instances when service is required but no wastewater facilities currently exist or are available and adequate capacity exists to allow such connection. In this instance, the total construction cost plus all fees and charges as may be applicable must be borne solely by the applicant. The length of said sewer extension will vary, but as a general rule the sewer shall be installed to the furthest property line of the property to be served.

C. Wastewater facilities may be oversized and/or construction extended beyond that required to serve a given applicant when such approach comports with the City's master plan. Per such situation, consideration may be given to reimburse excess costs as determined by the City in accordance with Section 20.02.080.

D. Plans, profiles and specifications shall be prepared by a civil engineer licensed by the State of California, at the expense of the applicant and such plans shall be subject to approval by the City.

E. The owner, developer, or contractor shall pay all necessary plan check and inspection fees in advance of construction. The City shall also charge the applicant all related administrative and engineering fees incurred by the City.

F. The owner of a property and/or business unit where additional plumbing fixtures were installed but City authorization was not obtained shall be responsible for obtaining a permit and paying the current permit fees due at the time the violation was discovered along with any subsequent and delinquent sewer use charges.

15.06.02.060 - Construction of sewers.

A. Any person proposing to construct and/or install sewers within the City for connection to the City's wastewater system shall be appropriately licensed by the State of California to perform said work. All contractors, before performing such work, shall first file with the City a policy or certificate of insurance with an endorsement naming the City as additional insured with coverages as determined by the City.

All policies to remain in effect for the entire duration of any work performed.

1. Workers Compensation Insurance as required by applicable State of California law for all employees to be engaged in construction or installation of the projects.

2. The contractor shall be duly licensed by the State of California with a Class "A" General Engineering Contractor or Class "C42" Sanitary Sewer Contractor.

3. Contractor shall obtain a City of Twentynine Palms business license and City encroachment permit.

4. Contractor shall provide a valid Cal OSHA annual excavation permit.

5. Prior to the City's issuance of a permit, the contractor shall provide evidence of all required certificates of insurance and performance bonds as established by the City.

6. No excavation for sewers shall be made in any street within the City until an excavation permit has been obtained from the City's Engineering Department. Any and all permits required by local agencies shall be obtained by the owner or contractor and any fees therefore shall be paid by the owner or contractor.

B. Responsibility for defects.

1. All persons performing work which is governed by the provisions of this Chapter shall be held strictly responsible for any and all acts and omissions of agents, subcontractors, and employees in connection with said work. Said persons, upon being notified in writing by the City of any defects arising from construction or of any violation of the provision of this Chapter, shall take immediate steps to correct such defect or violation.

2. In the event any construction, when inspected by the City, is found to be in violation of the provision of this Chapter, the contractor shall take such steps as may be necessary to place the construction in compliance herewith.

C. In all buildings in which the plumbing system is too low to permit gravity flow to the public sewer, sanitary sewage carried by the building sewer shall be lifted by artificial means (pump station) and discharged to the public sewer at the expense of the owner.

15.06.02.070 - Construction of lateral sewers.

A. Application for lateral sewers and the required clean-out to be constructed shall be made at the office of the City by the property owner or his agent.

B. Whenever possible, lateral sewers and the clean-outs will be terminated at the property line at a location chosen by the owner or his/her agent. If this cannot be accomplished, the City shall establish the termination point of the lateral sewer.

C. Lateral sewers must be constructed to serve each building in a development, and shall be sized and constructed in compliance with the current version of the California Plumbing Code. A clean-out shall be installed on each lateral at the property line to accommodate testing and future cleaning operations. The cost of the lateral connection, including cleanout, shall be borne by the developer or property owner. Building sewer laterals shall not be connected to City sewers until permits for connection have been issued by the City.

D. All excavations for a lateral sewer installation shall be adequately guarded with barricades and/or lights to protect the public from hazard. Streets, sidewalks, parkways and other property disturbed in the course of the work shall be restored in a manner satisfactory to the City and any other person having jurisdiction at the sole expense of the person responsible for such installation.

15.06.02.080 - Reimbursement and Payback Agreements.

A. Oversized Sewers. The City may reimburse a developer for installing oversized sewers which upon completion contain excess capacity above that required for the developer's project or subdivision, provided the City has sufficient funds available in the City's budget or by mutually agreed contract. No reimbursement for excess capacity beyond that capacity required by current City standards will be considered by the City.

B. Sewer Extensions. The City may enter into a Payback Agreement with those who install sewer lines that may serve properties other than their own. Under such agreements, the City may agree to refund the portion of the sewer project cost beyond that which provides a direct benefit to the applicant’s/developer’s project. Such refund will be funded through collections from property owners or developers of properties adjacent to and which connect to said sewer line extension for a period of time up to but not exceeding ten years from the effective date of the agreement.

C. The developer may apply for reimbursement and/or Payback Agreement by complying with the following:

1. Approved sewer plans are to be submitted to the City along with detailed sewer requirements of the project and documentation of excess capacity eligible for reimbursement or properties eligible for future connection in advance of construction; and

2. Entering into an agreement with the City setting forth the maximum amount of reimbursement or Payback, or an amount equal to an equitable percentage of the total cost necessarily incurred in constructing the main sewer, and also setting forth the terms and conditions under which reimbursement and/or Payback will be paid; and

3. Each and every reimbursement agreement and/or Payback Agreement entered into pursuant to this Chapter, and each reimbursement and/or Payback schedule established therefore shall expire and be of no further force or effect ten years from the date of approval of such agreement by the City.

15.06.02.090 - Fats, oils, and grease (FOG).

A. The City is required to reduce or eliminate the adverse effects of fats, oils, and grease (FOG) both on the wastewater collection system and in general, thereby protecting public health and the environment by minimizing public exposure to unsanitary conditions including but not limited to sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) and disruption and failure of onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTSs). The City shall regulate the direct and indirect discharge of fats, oil, and grease into both onsite systems as well as the City's wastewater collection system in compliance with all applicable laws.

B. Grease Control Device Required. All food service establishments (FSE) operating within the City must install grease control devices such as traps or interceptors, whether discharging to an onsite system or the sewer. The City may inspect FSEs for compliance with this part and may require installation of new grease trap devices if one either does not exist or is deemed ineffective upon inspection.

C. Permit Required. Any food service establishment (FSE) discharging FOG into an onsite system or the public sewer shall obtain a permit from the City which shall be referred to as a FOG discharge permit (hereafter, permit). The permit may include conditions to pre-treat wastewater prior to discharge, require specific type/s of grease-removal equipment, restrict peak flow of discharges, prohibit certain wastewater components, restrict discharges to specific hours of the day, pay additional fees to defray City costs caused by the discharge, or other conditions necessary to meet the purpose and intent of this chapter. No person shall discharge wastewater in excess of the quantity and quality limitations set by the permit.

D. Permit Application. Persons seeking a permit shall complete and file with the City an application in the form prescribed by the City and submit the applicable fees as adopted by City Council/board resolution.

The City shall review the application within five business days and may require additional information and an on-site inspection of the waste discharge system. Once the City has determined that the application is complete, it shall issue a conditional permit or deny the permit application, stating the reason(s) for the denial. Denial of a permit shall be without prejudice.

E. Term of Permit. A permit issued under this chapter shall be valid for one year. The terms and conditions of the permit may be subject to modification by the City should the conditions of the permit change, if any change in City, state, or federal law necessitates a change, or if it is found that the purpose and intent of the permit are not being met.

F. Transfer. Permits are issued for a specific use and operation. Any change occurring to the use or operation shall require a new or revised permit.

G. Revocation of Permit. The City may revoke the permit for any business found to be in violation of this section or if any of the following occur:

1. Failure to comply with the conditions of the permit

2. Failure to install required pre-treatment devices

3. Failure to comply with reporting or pre-treatment requirements

4. Knowingly provides false discharge information, either on the permit, or in required reports

5. Refusal by permittee to allow an inspection during regular business hours or after hours if an emergency condition exists

6. Interference with an inspection or the sampling of discharge

7. Causes or contributes to a sewer blockage or overflow within the public sewer or fails to address the conditions leading to one or more overflow event(s) from a private system in a twenty-four-month period
H. Maintenance Reports. The permittee shall maintain records on the premises, of all grease interceptor cleaning, maintenance of the grease interceptor, and service manifests for removal of the waste. The permittee shall make all maintenance reports available to the City during inspections during regular business hours. City representatives may enter the premises at any time to respond to an emergency related to sewer spill due to grease collection.

15.06.02.100 - Liability clause.

A. All developers, contractors, plumbers, and other person or organization installing, constructing, maintaining, repairing or otherwise working on private sewer or disposal systems or on or in conjunction with the City's system shall indemnify and hold harmless, the City, its officers, employees, and agents, and hold and save harmless from and defend against any and all actions or causes of action, claims, demands, liabilities, losses, damage or expense of whatever kind or nature, except as otherwise provided for in this Chapter, including attorney's fees, which the City, its officers, employees, or agents may at any time sustain or incur by reason of or as a consequence of, or arising out of or from the actions, or failure to act, of said indemnifying party.

B. The City does not; by acceptance of any sewer facilities, accept or assume any liabilities in behalf of any third party unless specifically so accepted or assumed in writing by the City.

15.06.02.110 - Inspections and monitoring.

A. City officials bearing proper credentials and identification shall be permitted to enter all properties which are required to obtain City authorization and/or permits under this Chapter.

Refusal to allow such inspections and monitoring may result in permit denial or revocation, or other remedies under the law.

B. City officials are authorized to obtain information from users concerning industrial processes which have a direct bearing on the kind and source of discharge to the wastewater collection system. Confidentiality may be provided upon request in conformity with the requirements of the California Public Records Act and other relevant statutes and requirements.

C. While performing the necessary work on private properties referred to in this section, City employees and representatives shall observe all safety rules applicable to the premises established by the user.

15.06.02.120 - Enforcement.

The City Manager and other designated City officials shall have the primary responsibility for the enforcement of this Chapter. The City may, at its option, elect to enforce the provisions of this Chapter under any of the methods of enforcement available to it, including criminal

prosecution, abatement of nuisances, civil remedies, or any other legal or equitable appropriate means. The City may elect to enforce the Chapter provisions by more than one method concurrently.

15.06.02.130 - Penalties.

Violations of any provision of this Chapter may be considered a public nuisance and are punishable in accordance with Chapter 1.04 of the City of Twentynine Palms Municipal Code, as well as any other applicable penalties available under the Municipal Code or any other provision of state or federal law.

ORDINANCE NO. ______

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA PERTAINING TO THE USE OF,
DISCHARGES TO, AND CONNECTIONS TO THE CITY’S DOWNTOWN
SEWER SYSTEM; ESTABLISHING A FATS, OILS, AND GREASE
CONTROL AND PERMITTING PROGRAM; PROHIBITING THE

DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS INTO THE CITY SEWER
SYSTEM; AND ESTABLISHING ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
RELATED THERETO.

WHEREAS, the City of Twentynine Palms (“City”) is a California general law city, incorporated in 1987, and is governed by the state constitution, state statute, and the City’s Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, Article XI Section 7 of the California Constitution authorizes cities to make and enforce within their limits all local and sanitary ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code § 38900 authorizes cities to construct, establish, and maintain drains and sewers, California Government Code § 54725 et seq. authorizes cities to enter into contracts regarding the acquisition, construction, extension, or improvement of sewers and/or sanitation systems, and the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act (Water Code § 13000 et seq.) recognizes cities’ authority to adopt and enforce regulations related to water quality, wastewater discharges and management, waste disposal, and nuisance abatement; and WHEREAS, the City of Twentynine Palms’ Project Phoenix Phases 1 & 2 are enrolled in and must comply with General Order WQ 2014-0153, General Waste Discharge Requirements for Small Domestic Wastewater Systems, issued by the Colorado River Basin Regional Water Quality Control Board on June 29, 2021; and WHEREAS, having recently constructed and begun operation of a City sewer system in the downtown, so called Project Phoenix, area, the City has determined that ordinance provisions governing its ongoing use are needed; and WHEREAS, the City desires to prevent threats to public safety and public nuisance conditions that might otherwise exist without proper regulation of Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG), and accordingly desires to adopt regulations for such purpose; and WHEREAS, adopting substantive provisions governing the handling, treatment, and disposal of wastewater will support compliance with applicable Federal and State of California laws and regulations and protect and preserve the public’s health and safety.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein as if set forth in full.

SECTION 2. Title 15 of the Twentynine Palms Municipal Code is hereby amended to add a new Chapter 15.06 entitled Wastewater Regulations, which shall read as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

SECTION 3. The City Council finds and determines that this ordinance is statutorily exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the provisions of Public Resources Code 21080.47 (small water system improvements in disadvantaged communities) and categorically exempt under California Code of Regulations § 15301 (Existing Facilities).

SECTION 4. If any provision of this Ordinance, including specifically the provisions of Exhibit A hereto, 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 Ordinance are declared to be severable.

SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify as to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published and posted as required by law.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this __ day of _____, 2026 _______________________________
Daniel Mintz, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Cindy Villescas, CMC
City Clerk

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.

CITY OF TWENTYNINE PALMS ) )
I, Cindy Villescas, City Clerk of the City of Twentynine Palms, California, hereby do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No.____ was duly introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 28th day of July 2026, and was duly adopted and

passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the __ day of ______, 2026, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:
___________________________________
Cindy Villescas, CMC
City Clerk

STAFF REPORT
TO: City Council
FROM: City Manager
FOR MEETING: Jul 28 2026
SUBJECT: Community Resilience Center Grant.

RECOMMENDATION:

The City Council will discuss and provide direction to the City Manager on how to proceed with the Community Resilience Center Grant.

ORDER OF PROCEDURE:

Request Staff Report (City Manager Presenting)
Council Question of Staff
Request Public Comment
Council Discussion
Motion/Second
Discussion of Motion
Call the Question
ATTACHMENTS:
• CRC-R2 IMPLEMENTATION

QUESTIONNAIRE
• Strategic Growth Council -

GRANT REPORTING

REQUIREMENTS
• Strategic Growth Council -

IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS
BACKGROUND:

In the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget, the City Council allocated $25,000 for grant writing services to support City projects and operations. In March 2025, former City Manager James executed an asneeded agreement with California Consulting to assist the City in identifying and pursuing grant funding opportunities. One such opportunity, brought forward at the recommendation of Councilwoman Ramirez, is the Community Resilience Center Grant offered by the California Strategic Growth Council.

A Community Resilience Center would serve as a staffed heating and cooling center during periods of extreme weather, providing residents with a safe and accessible location during hazardous temperature conditions. The facility could also function as an emergency shelter and resource hub during disasters or other emergency events, such as the flooding experienced by the community last year. In addition to its emergency response functions, the grant program requires year-round programming to ensure the facility remains actively utilized and accessible to the public. Such programming could include recreational activities, workforce development and job training opportunities, health and wellness

services, educational workshops, and other community-oriented programs designed to enhance the overall resilience and well-being of residents.

The Community Resilience Center Grant provides funding ranging from $1 million to $10 million for the development of a resilience center in Twentynine Palms. The grant does not require a local funding match, making it a highly competitive funding opportunity. Grant funds may only be used for the construction of a new facility or the renovation of an existing building. The Hope Center has expressed interest in partnering with the City and utilizing its recently acquired property, the former Rite Aid building, as the proposed Resilience Center. It should be noted that the partnership with nonprofit organizations, such as the Hope Center, are viewed favorably under the grant criteria and would likely strengthen the City’s application
The deadline for the submittal of the application September 25, 2026.

California Consulting’s grant writer, Sharri Edgehill, has indicated that this will be a very short timeline to accomplish the grant application, but it is doable. However, as the lead applicant, the City would be responsible for completing a substantial amount of preparatory work, including conducting community outreach and stakeholder engagement, evaluating site and land use considerations, completing the necessary environmental review, and negotiation a long-term agreement with the Hope Center. While some of these pre-award costs may be eligible for reimbursement if the City is ultimately awarded grant funding the extent of any reimbursement remains uncertain at this time.

Due to the size and complexity of the proposed grant, California Consulting estimates that grant-writing assistance would cost between $15,000 and $18,000. Additional application related costs including City Staff time and legal services are difficult to estimate but could total as much as $30,000. Furthermore, if the City is successful in securing the grant, it would assume responsibility for administering the grant and ensuring compliance with all program requirements, including extensive reporting, monitoring, and recordkeeping obligations.

See Attachments.

The City Manager is seeking direction from the City Council regarding whether to proceed with the preparation and submission of a grant application for the Community Resilience Center Grant.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

The project will require some level of CEQA review.

ALTERNATIVES:

The City Council could choose to:

Direct Staff to proceed with the application; or
Direct Staff not to proceed.

FISCAL IMPACT:
$15,000-$18,000 to California Consulting for grant writing services. $30,000 in Legal and Staff resources for pre-application work.

An undetermined amount of Staff time to manage and report on the grant, should the application be successful.

Only $25,000 for grant writing services has been budgeted. No other funds for the proposed project have been secured. No long-term operational funding has been identified at this time.

Strategic Growth Council: Community Resilience Centers Grant Program

IMPLEMENTATION GRANT CATEGORY QUESTIONNAIRE
City of Twentynine Palms
Application Submission: Submittable
URL: Link to Submittable Grant Portal
Deadline: Sept. 25, 2026 11:59 PM PST
Amount: $1 million to $10 million
Match: None
Text Color Key:

Narrative Prompts (Note character limits)
Draft Narrative Responses
Document Upload Required

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR UPLOAD
(Documents listed again under “FULL APPLICATION” in the order they need to be uploaded in the Submittable grant portal.) ** Not necessarily required, depending on project details.

1. Application Workbook (use form provided)

2. Construction Cost Estimates

3. Non-Construction Cost Estimates

4. Letters of Commitment from each relevant public agency (if project crosses municipal boundaries)

5. IG Functions & Features Plan (use form provided)

6. Screenshots of mapping tools (if used to identify as under-resourced community)

7. Documentation or map (if used to identify as rural or unincorporated)

8. Prior Community Engagement (PCE) Worksheet (use form provided)

9. Community Engagement Plan (CEP) (use template provided)

10. Supporting documents as data for impacts of climate hazards in response to narrative (Section 8, Question 2)

11. Draft CRC Emergency and Community Resilience Plan (use form provided)

12. Email of Notice of Intent to Apply sent to County or Letter of Commitment from County Office of Emergency Services (if county is not lead Applicant or Partner for project)

13. Letter of Commitment for Management Capacity by Lead Applicant and Partner(s) (may use template provided)

14. Organizational Chart

15. Relevant Project Experience Documentation

16. Financial Capacity Documentation Including:
a. Financial Statements and/or Audits (last three years) b. Organizational Budget
c. Audit Findings (last five years)

17. Site Control Documentation (if Letter of Commitment is used here, ensure it is signed by authorized representative)

18. Project Site and Land Use Analysis (use template provided)

19. Site Map

20. Draft of CRC Facility Floor Plans

21. CEQA Documentation (if environmental review has already been conducted) Optional Documents for Upload

1. Supporting documents as evidence of project financial feasibility (Section 3, Question 5.3)

2. Supporting documents as data for described climate hazards (Section 8, Question 1)

3. Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) (If project includes an existing facility and FCA has been conducted)

4. Draft Operations and Maintenance Plan and Budget

5. Additional Documentation outlined in Part 4 of application

Strategic Growth Council: Community Resilience Centers Grant Program

IMPLEMENTATION GRANT CATEGORY QUESTIONNAIRE
City of Twentynine Palms
SUBMITTABLE GRANT PORTAL – FULL APPLICATION
Part 1: Lead Applicant Information
Section 1 Applicant Information and Eligibility

1. Lead Applicant Organization Name:

2. Lead Applicant Unique Entity ID (Federal)

3. Lead Applicant Mailing Address:
2a. Lead Applicant City:
2b. Lead Applicant State:
2c. Lead Applicant Zip Code:

4. Is Lead Applicant based in/operating in the State of California.

Yes
No

5. Lead Applicant/Organization Type
Select all that apply.

CA Native American Tribes
Tribally-owned non-profits
IRC 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization
Public Agency
Local Agency
Special District
Joint Powers Authority
Public Utility
Local Publicly Owned Utility
Mutual Water Company

6. Is the Application Submitter (the person who started the application and invited others to collaborate) the best point of contact for this application and Lead Applicant Organization? NOTE: The notifications about this program will be sent to the email associated with the Submittable account used to apply to this program.

Yes
No

7. Provide contact information for the application’s second point of contact.

8. Provide contact information for the person with contract signing authority for the Lead Applicant Organization (Authorized Signatory).

Part 2: Project Proposal
Section 2 Project Overview

1. Proposal Name (300-character limit)

Strategic Growth Council: Community Resilience Centers Grant Program

IMPLEMENTATION GRANT CATEGORY QUESTIONNAIRE
City of Twentynine Palms

2. Project Abstract. Provide a brief outline of the project purpose, priorities, key deliverables, expected outcomes, and grant beneficiaries. Beneficiaries include any communities, persons, or entities that benefit from this funding. (600-character limit)

3. Select the County that your project is located in.

4. Does the project span across other counties?
Yes (select which)
No

5. Has the Lead Applicant confirmed at least two Partners that will help implement your Implementation Grant Proposal?
Yes
No (Note: application will stop here as two partners are required)

6. Select the Organization Types represented by the proposed Project Partners.

7. Was technical assistance used to prepare this application? Yes (select type of TA provider)
No

8. Has the Lead Applicant previously received another grant from the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) or the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI)? Yes (select which program)
No

9. Has any Partner(s) on this application previously received another grant from the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) or the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI)? Yes (select which program)
No

10. If the project is not recommended for award, do the applicants want SGC to share details about the proposal with relevant State grant programs and other funders? Yes
No

11. Climate Bond Reporting
SGC is required to report on the climate benefits of each project funded by the Climate Bond.

Answer the questions below about the project’s potential climate benefits.

11.1 Will the proposed project bolster California’s resilience to climate impacts, including extreme heat, wildfire, flood, drought, and sea level rise? Yes (Describe how the project will bolster California’s resilience to climate impacts in 1-2 sentences)
No
RESPONSE:

11.2 Will the proposed project reduce greenhouse gas emissions and/or sequester and store carbon?
Yes (Describe how the project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and/or sequester and store carbon in 1-2 sentences)
No
RESPONSE:

Strategic Growth Council: Community Resilience Centers Grant Program

IMPLEMENTATION GRANT CATEGORY QUESTIONNAIRE
City of Twentynine Palms

11.3 Is the proposed project designed to be resilient to climate impacts, including extreme heat, wildfire, flood, drought, and sea level rise? Yes (Describe how the project is designed to be resilient to climate impacts in 1-2 sentences)
No
RESPONSE:

11.4 Does the proposed project support planning, capacity building, workforce training, or monitoring activities that will protect people and/or nature from climate change impacts or reduce/remove greenhouse gas emissions?
Yes (Describe how the project will support planning, capacity building, workforce training, or monitoring activities that will protect people and/or nature from climate change impacts or reduce/remove greenhouse gas emissions in 1-2 sentences) No
RESPONSE:

11.5 Are you also applying to Round 6 of the Transformative Climate Communities Program (TCC)?
Yes
No
RESPONSE:

Section 3 Application Workbook

1. Upload the Completed Application Workbook below
Use the Application Workbook template to complete the “Work Plan and Budget” tab. Review all questions in this section to understand guidance and requirements before filling out the Work Plan and Budget tab. Ensure that proposed CRC Project activities generate outcomes for the proposed Project Area and site(s), follow an appropriate timeline, and include all activities and deliverables required throughout the grant term. The Work Plan and Budget must include all expected activities and costs for the full six years of the grant term.

Proposed activities must meet Implementation Grant (IG) Program Objectives and requirements, build both climate resilience and community resilience, and meaningfully prepare the local community to implement a future CRC. The Work Plan and Budget must provide a clear understanding of the proposed project, local community strengths, and technical needs. Budgets must include adequate detail for all costs indicated and demonstrate the financial feasibility of the CRC Project. Applicants using leverage funding for the CRC Project must indicate which activities will be funded (fully or partially) by leverage funding and describe leverage fund sources.

Steps to Complete and Upload the Application Workbook:

1. Download the Application Workbook (Excel Document)

2. Thoroughly review the Application Workbook instructions and the sample Work Plan and Budget.

3. Complete the required 2. Applicant & Project Summary tab, 3. CRC Work Plan & Budget tab, and the 4. Leverage Funding (if applicable) tab. Fill in the white cells only and do not edit any shaded cells

4. Use the following naming convention [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_IG Application Workbook

5. Reupload the completed Application Workbook to Submittable in the file upload field provided below.

If you experience any difficulty with workbook formatting, formulas, or functionality, contact [email protected] before the application deadline.

2. What is the Total Project Cost inclusive of other funds and SGC CRC Funds requested?

Strategic Growth Council: Community Resilience Centers Grant Program

IMPLEMENTATION GRANT CATEGORY QUESTIONNAIRE
City of Twentynine Palms

3. What is the total amount of SGC CRC Funds being requested for this Implementation Grant project?

4. Estimated Implementation Grant Timeline. If your project is awarded, would you be able to commit to an approximately six-year Implementation Grant Term inclusive of the PreDevelopment Phase, Implementation Phase, and Evaluation phase approximately between Fall 2027 – Fall2033?
Yes
No (If No is selected, write the approximate work start and end dates (month and year) and any circumstances for these dates such as “work has already begun” 50-word limit) RESPONSE:

5. Supporting Documentation
Lead Applicants must demonstrate that the CRC Project is financially feasible by submitting a draft project Work Plan and Budget as outlined in Section 3, Question 3.1., as well as supporting documentation. Required supporting documentation for the project Work Plan and Budget are outlined in Section 3.5 Supporting Documentation and Section 3.6 Project Financial Feasibility below.

5.1 Construction Cost Estimates
Within the CRC Project Work Plan, Lead Applicants must provide an estimated procurement schedule for construction contractors and an approximate timeline for construction completion. Lead Applicants are not responsible for providing a cost-loaded construction schedule at Application. However, Lead Applicants must provide draft estimated construction costs in the Application Work Plan and Budget, as well as supporting documentation.

Lead Applicants must upload construction-related cost estimates supporting the Work Plan and Budget. The cost estimate shall contain the estimated cost of construction, architectural/engineering fees, and related costs. This requirement applies to all proposed capital projects, including any work at Partner Sites.

To ensure all costs are considered and the correct grant amount is being requested, the construction cost estimate must be prepared by, or reviewed by, an architect, engineer, or another reputable California based source.

Use the following naming convention: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_[Construction Cost Estimate]_[Source Name]

5.2 Non-construction Cost Estimates
Upload any costs estimates that are NOT related to construction and supporting documentation for the CRC Project Work Plan and Budget, including the following:
• Cost estimates for equipment with a per unit cost of $5,000 or more • Cost estimates for proposed contractors (not construction contractors) that will be procured during the grant term. This could include service contracts for community engagement, project management or administrative support, etc.

Use the following naming convention:[Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_[Cost Estimate]_[Source Name]

5.3 Other Supporting Documentation (Optional)

Strategic Growth Council: Community Resilience Centers Grant Program

IMPLEMENTATION GRANT CATEGORY QUESTIONNAIRE
City of Twentynine Palms
Lead Applicants may also submit additional supporting documentation as evidence of project financial feasibility and/or that supports Lead Applicant’s plan to address a funding gap in the Work Plan and Budget, if any. Potential supporting documentation includes, but is not limited to:
• A market study
• Project pro-forma
• Sources and uses matrix
• Multi-year pro-forma
• Other feasibility documentation
This question will not be scored but will be considered in determining the overall feasibility score. Supporting documents will help ensure that the project is ready and moves efficiently through the pre-development phase, if awarded.

6. Project Financial Feasibility
To ensure project financial feasibility, Lead Applicants must answer questions regarding the CRC Project Work Plan and Budget, including regarding the amount of CRC funding requested and leverage funding committed to the project.

6.1 Total Project Cost: Does the requested CRC funding reported in the Application Work Plan and Budget cover 100% of the anticipated CRC Project cost? Yes
No

7. Project Feasibility

7.1 Pre-Development Phase Feasibility
Explain how the Pre-Development requirements and proposed activities described in the application workbook are feasible to accomplish within the Pre-Development Phase and demonstrate adequate allocation of resources. Applicants should describe the following:
• How the Pre-Development Phase workplan and budget are clearly structured to meet the program requirements and goals of the applicant. What is the sequence of activities that builds towards the applicant’s expected outcomes? • How you made key budget decisions, such as how staffing levels and rates were determined, how costs were estimated for major activities, and how current and planned resources will be utilized effectively.
• How the expertise and experience of the Lead Applicant, Partner(s), and any proposed contractors collectively and logically align to fulfill the technical needs required to meet all program requirements.
• What contingency plans, if any, have been considered to keep work on track within the grant term and budget?
(300-word limit)

7.2 Implementation Phase Feasibility
Explain how the Implementation Phase requirements and proposed activities described in the application workbook are feasible to accomplish within the Implementation Phase and demonstrate adequate allocation of resources. Applicants should address the following:

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• Describe how the Implementation Phase workplan and budget are clearly structured to meet the program requirements and goals of the applicant. What is the sequence of activities that builds towards the applicant’s expected outcomes?
• Describe how you made key budget decisions, such as how staffing levels and rates were determined, how costs were estimated for major activities, and how current and planned resources will be utilized effectively. • Describe how the expertise and experience of the Lead Applicant, Partner(s), and any proposed contractors collectively and logically align to fulfill the technical needs required to meet all program requirements.
• What contingency plans, if any, have been considered to keep work on track within the grant term and budget?
(450-word limit)
Section 4 Project Area, Facility Eligibility, and Facility Requirements Implementation Grant applicants must identify a geographic focus area, also known as the Project Area, to develop their CRC using a place-based approach. All CRC Implementation Grant Applications must propose a Project Area that is clearly defined, and proposed site(s) must be identified and eligible.

1. CRC Facility & Facility Eligibility
The CRC Facility must be the focus of the infrastructure investment.

1.1 CRC Facility Name:

1.2 Who will manage the CRC Facility?
Lead Applicant
Partner (Name of Partner)

1.3 CRC Facility Coordinates (Latitude and Longitude):

1.4 CRC Facility Address (if any):

1.5 County CRC Facility is located in:

1.6 Which best describes the CRC Facility and its proposed capital improvements? Existing Facility capital improvements (Describe your existing CRC Facility and the proposed capital improvements at this site.” (200-word limit)) New Construction Facility capital improvement (Describe your proposed New Construction CRC Facility and the proposed capital improvements at this site.” (200-word limit))

2. Campus Amenities
Campus Amenities must be connected to the CRC Facility and should strengthen the local community’s resilience to climate and other disasters.

2.1 List and describe the campus amenities that will be accessible and offered to community residents at the CRC Facility. (200-word limit)

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2.2 List and describe the capital improvements proposed for the CRC Facility’s Campus Amenities. (200-word limit)

2.3 Which best describes the location of the proposed Campus Amenities? Located on the same parcel as the proposed CRC Facility Located on an adjoining parcel of the proposed CRC Facility Located within a one-mile radius of the CRC Facility and will be along a route that is accessible to pedestrians and individuals using wheelchairs or other mobility devices or accessible by vehicle by the end of the grant term Other (includes branch statement “Campus Amenities must be connected to the CRC Facility and must be located as specified in the other responses.”

3. Additional CRC Facilities & Campus Amenities

3.1 Is the Lead Applicant proposing to develop additional CRC Facilities (NOT Partner Sites) with this Implementation Grant?
Yes (Include number of facilities and how they will serve complementary needs for the community)
No

3.2 Does your Project Area cross municipal boundaries, federally recognized Tribal territory boundaries, or similarly relevant jurisdictional boundaries? Yes (upload for Letters of Commitment from each relevant public agency who collectively has jurisdiction over the entire Project Area) No

4. Partner Sites
Partner Sites are sites managed by the Lead Grantee or Partners that offer programming and services that advance resilience within the community. Note that Partner Sites are not considered CRCs and are not responsible for the full suite of required functions or features. Additionally, Partner Sites included as part of an application:
• Do not need to be within one mile of the CRC Facility • Must be accessible and offer eligible services, programs, and amenities year-round to community residents
• Are eligible for minor capital improvements and capital spending at Partner Sites cannot make up more than 8% of the total award (Refer to Section 6.3: Cost categories and caps)
Partner Site upgrades must be complementary to the main CRC Facility and support the community’s vision of resilience. Examples of minor upgrades include:
• Site improvements, such as painting or community gardens • Installation of appliances that directly support programs and services, including HVAC or refrigeration
• Improved ADA accessibility

4.1 Does the proposal include any Partner Sites?
Yes (provide the number of Partner Site(s) proposed; table with Partner Site(s) location information, if the site will be offering programming and services, and if the site includes any minor capital improvements; and additional questions describing the proposed Partner Sites(s))

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5. CRC Facility Requirements
By the completion of the CRC Implementation Grant award term, all CRC Facilities must meet the required functions and features. (Refer to Section 5.4 Implementation Grant Requirements in the CRC Round 2 Final Guidelines for more information.) At time of application, Lead Applicants must demonstrate commitment to meet the Implementation Grant requirements by the end of the grant term and certify that the CRC will be publicly available and offer year-round programs and services.

5.1 The following are required for ALL CRC Facility(ies):
• Open and accessible to the public and offer programs and services year-round to community members
• Able to be activated seven days per week for heat waves and other climate emergencies that do not require overnight sheltering
• Able to be activated for overnight-shelter 24/7 during larger-scale climate emergencies OR able to coordinate transportation of community members to an identified nearby evacuation shelter
For CRCs on Tribal land, “public” requirements should be interpreted to apply to the Tribal community and not to the public beyond that Tribal community.

Does the Lead Applicant certify that the CRC Facility(ies) will meet the above requirements?
Yes (Describe how the CRC Facility(ies) will be open and accessible to the public and offer programs and services year-round to community members. (150-word limit))
No (STOP. Lead Applicants must demonstrate commitment and certify that these requirements will be met.)

5.2 By the end of the Implementation Phase, the CRC Facility must have capabilities and features that enable the site to be activated for a range of climate and other emergencies.

Required features include:
• ADA-compliant facilities (See ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters) • Gender-neutral restrooms
• Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) System • Air filtration system (MERV 13 at minimum)
• Broadband access*
• Backup power generation and/or battery storage and/or islanded microgrid with storage*
• Device charging capabilities for cell phones, personal communications devices, medical devices, power wheelchairs, and other assistive devices and technology* • Drinking water stored on-site with a plan for re-supply Additionally, all CRC’s must provide the following functions by the end of the Implementation Phase:
• Space and supplies needed for people to sleep
• Pet-sheltering*
• Food distribution or space for food preparation and storage • Showers and ADA-compliant showers*
• Refrigeration for medicines
• Laundry*

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• Portable restrooms in the event of water disruptions* These required functions can be met through:
• Inclusion of these functions on-site at the CRC Facility itself or • Inclusion of these functions off-site, through pre-identified and planned local partnerships. These functions could be stationed at a site nearby or through portable means, brought in during an emergency. They may be funded through the CRC grant.

Projects led by Tribal applicants and/or located in rural communities for whom CRC Facility functions or features present a hardship may request modifications, with justification, for functions or features asterisked (*).

Does the Lead Applicant certify that the CRC Facility(ies) will meet the above functions and features requirements?
Yes I certify that the CRC will meet the features and functions requirements.

Tribal Applicant and/or Projects Located in rural communities (as per Appendix A definitions) ONLY: Yes, I certify that the CRC will meet the features and functions requirements with a modification requested for one (or more) of the asterisked features and/or functions (Lead Applicant will expand on this request in the IG Functions and Features Plan part of this application).

No (STOP. Lead Applicants must demonstrate commitment and certify that these requirements will be met.)

5.3 IG Functions & Features Plan.

Complete the “IG Functions & Features Plan” in SGC-provided template with details relevant to your proposal, each feature and function should be addressed. However, only eligible applicants (Tribal Applicants and/or projects located in rural communities) should denote requests for modifications in the relevant columns.

Steps to Complete the IG Functions & Features Plan:
• Download the IG Functions & Features Plan (excel file, download from the zip folder)
• Complete and reupload to Submittable in the file upload field provided below. • Rename your file(s) using the following naming convention before uploading:
[Lead Applicant _Proposal Name]_IG Functions & Features Plan

Section 5 Vision and Objectives

1. Vision Statement. Provide a clear Vision Statement for this CRC Implementation Grant. The Vision Statement should be community-informed and align with the CRC Program Approach and the Implementation Grant objectives. Applicants must describe the impacts the proposed project seeks to achieve through the Implementation Grant. Applicants should address the following:
• Demonstrate how the Vision Statement is specific to the community the proposed project intends to serve.
• The Vision Statement should connect with the CRC program approach, the Implementation Grant Program Objectives, and the eligible Implementation Grant activities. (150-word limit)

2. CRC Implementation Strategies
CRC Implementation Grants must each employ at least 4 of the Implementation Strategies listed below.

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Select which of the following CRC Implementation Strategies this project intends to utilize under this grant.

Strategy 1: Energy Resilience (includes branch question to summarize and describe the proposed activities associated with this strategy (100-word limit)) Strategy 2: Water Resilience (includes branch question to summarize and describe the proposed activities associated with this strategy (100-word limit)) Strategy 3: Air Quality and Public Health (includes branch question to summarize and describe the proposed activities associated with this strategy (100-word limit)) Strategy 4: Nature-Based Solutions and Food Security (includes branch question to summarize and describe the proposed activities associated with this strategy (100-word limit))
Strategy 5: Emergency Preparedness and Critical Communications (includes branch question to summarize and describe the proposed activities associated with this strategy (100-word limit))
Strategy 6: Mobility and Access (includes branch question to summarize and describe the proposed activities associated with this strategy (100-word limit)) Strategy 7: Workforce Development, Education, Training, and Economic Resilience (includes branch question to summarize and describe the proposed activities associated with this strategy (100-word limit))

3. Proposal Alignment. Summarize the proposed activities (CRC Strategies, capital projects, and programs and services) and describe how the proposed activities align with the Vision Statement and advance community priorities. Applicants should address how the proposed activities (CRC Strategies, capital projects, and programs and services):
• align with the Vision Statement,
• will explore and clarify community priorities around climate resilience, and • will effectively and appropriately engage the community and strengthen local, diverse partnerships
(300-word limit)

4. Project Area. Clearly describe the proposed Project Area and proposed site(s). Describe the process used to select the Project Area, including local residents and Partners involved or consulted. (200-word limit)

5. Project Design. Describe the overall project design and its connection to the Project Vision Statement, Program Objectives, proposed site, and the specific community this grant project intends to serve. Responses should, at a minimum, include the following information:
• A statement describing how the project design aligns with the Project Vision and how the applicant will coordinate activities to achieve all proposed CRC Strategies. • How the project design will achieve the required Program Objectives.

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• How fulfillment of the Project Vision and Program Objectives through the Campus Amenities of the proposed primary CRC site will provide necessary services to the local community, including priority populations.
• The overall description should clearly connect the proposed project’s physical infrastructure and social infrastructure elements, this includes the CRC Facility, Campus Amenities, and the proposed community resilience services and programs.
(200-word limit)
Responses should also align with the proposed project Work Plan and Budget included in the Application Workbook.

Section 6 Community Profile, Prior Community Engagement, and Engagement Plan

1. Community Profile. Describe the local community surrounding the proposed CRC facility.

Descriptions may include but are not limited to community history, community composition, geographical context, economic conditions, industries, and historical trends. (300-word limit)

2. Investing in Priority Communities and Priority Populations Consistent with existing State guidance and robust public input, eligible applicants from all communities may apply for CRC Program funds. However, the CRC Program will prioritize investments in Priority Communities and Priority Populations which are most burdened by environmental, socioeconomic, and health inequities. These specific communities are defined in the CRC Round 2 Final Guidelines.

2.1 Priority Communities: Under-Resourced Communities
At the statewide-scale, SGC prioritizes CRC Projects located in priority communities.

Priority communities include under-resourced communities. For Round 2 of the CRC Program, under-resourced communities are communities located within:

An area identified as disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged using the Climate Bond Mapping Tool ; OR
Census tracts identified as disadvantaged by the California Environmental Protection Agency via the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s CalEnviroScreen

4.0 tool (CA EPA 2021 update)
Select the “under-resourced community” designations that apply to your proposed CRC Facility. You may select multiple options.

CRC Facility is located in an area identified as disadvantaged using the Climate Bond Mapping Tool (Upload a screenshot of the mapping tool that demonstrates your proposed CRC Facility meets the designation selected.) CRC Facility is located in an area identified as severely disadvantaged using the Climate Bond Mapping Tool (Upload a screenshot of the mapping tool that demonstrates your proposed CRC Facility meets the designation selected.) CRC Facility is located in a census tract identified as disadvantaged by the California Environmental Protection Agency via the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s CalEnviroScreen 4.0 tool (CA EPA 2021 update) (Upload a screenshot of the mapping tool that demonstrates your proposed CRC Facility meets the designation selected.)
None of the above

2.2 Priority Communities: Additional Communities

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Select the additional community designations that apply to the proposed project below.

You may select multiple options.

Project is led by a Tribe
Project is led by a Tribally-owned nonprofit
Project is located in an unincorporated community (Upload any documentation or map that demonstrates your proposed CRC Facility is located in an unincorporated community.)
Project is located in a rural community (Upload any documentation or map that demonstrates your proposed CRC Facility is located in a rural community.) None of the above.

3. Priority Populations and Populations of Focus
The CRC Program is structured to provide existing residents, businesses, and communities with the tools and resources to drive change and experience the benefits of this investment. Each CRC application, regardless of priority community status or geography, must focus on neighborhood-scale investments in communities.

In alignment with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) and other State agencies, the CRC Program has identified the following priority populations:
• Individuals with physical, developmental, or intellectual disabilities • Individuals with chronic conditions or injuries
• Individuals with limited English proficiency
• Older adults, children, and pregnant people
• Low-income, homeless, and/or transportation-disadvantaged or public transit-dependent people
Each CRC application must identify, work with, and intentionally serve the needs of priority populations in the neighborhood containing the proposed CRC Facility (CRC Site). Attention to priority populations appears in multiple parts of the CRC Program design. These populations should be addressed within the following areas:
• Collaborative Governance Structure
• Capital projects, Campus Amenities, and Services and Programs • CRC Emergency Plan and Community Resilience Plan
• Evaluation Phase
Identify the priority populations and/or other vulnerable residents in the neighborhood(s) containing the proposed CRC Site(s). Describe the strengths and opportunities for building community resilience for priority populations and vulnerable residents. (400-word limit)

4. Prior Community Engagement Worksheet
Applicants must complete a Prior Community Engagement (PCE) worksheet using the template provided in the downloadable file below. The excel file contains multiple columns to collect standard information across each reported engagement event.

In order to be eligible, the reported activities and events must have:
• Occurred within the last 3 months
• Occurred within the defined Project Area
• Been conducted by the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) • Directly informed the development of the CRC proposal or related to a similar topic Steps to Complete the Prior Community Engagement (PCE) Worksheet Template:

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• Download the Prior Community Engagement Worksheet (excel file, download from the zip folder)
• Complete the excel sheet to the best of your ability
• Rename the file using the following naming convention: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_IG_PCE_Worksheet
• Submit the PCE Worksheet to Submittable by using the file upload field provided below.

5. Prior Community Engagement Narrative Responses:

Applicants can introduce new events and community feedback in their responses. The CRC program will assess the organizations history of engaging with the local community.

Applicants will be asked to select a few community engagement activities that are most relevant to the CRC proposal to include in their response(s).

In order to be eligible, the reported activities must have been conducted by the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) and must have occurred within the defined Project Area.

Additionally, the reported activities must have directly informed the development of the CRC proposal or related to one of the following topics:
• Energy Resilience
• Air quality and public health
• Nature based solutions
• Food security
• Emergency Preparedness and critical communications
• Mobility and Access
• Workforce development, education and training
• Health equity and well-being
• Climate resilience or other climate innovation
• Civic Engagement or local leadership development

5.1 History of Community Engagement. Provide a history of the community engagement efforts with the local community in the Project Area. The Project Area is inclusive of Partner Sites. We recommend highlighting events that demonstrate a long-standing history with the local community and that are most aligned with the selected Implementation Grant Strategies included in the proposal.

Describe the event(s):
• When did the event occur? (Estimated Year)
• Where did it occur or where was it hosted?
• What organization(s) hosted the event or conducted the outreach? • What type of community engagement methods or forum did you use? • Who was the intended audience? How many community members or groups participated? (Estimates are fine)
• What was the primary purpose or topic of the event?
(400 word limit)

5.2 Robust, Meaningful, Culturally Appropriate and Accessible efforts. Building on the community engagement activities and events reported in the Prior Community Engagement Worksheet and previous question:
• How were these methods tailored to the local community? • What are some potential barriers that may have limited community participation in the reported engagement activities?

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• What accommodations or actions did the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) provide to reduce barriers? For example, scheduling the meeting at an accessible time and location, or providing translation, childcare, etc.
(150-word limit)

5.3 CRC Proposal alignment with Community Input. Building on the community engagement activities and events reported in PCE Worksheet and Question 6.5. above:
• Describe the feedback you received across the reported events. What community priorities surfaced? Applicants may aggregate themes or feedback received across individual community engagement events.
• How is the community feedback aligned with the CRC proposal, selected IG strategies, capital projects, and preliminary programs and services? (300-word limit)

5.4 Priority Populations and Improved outcomes. B Building on the community engagement activities and events reported in Question 6.5. above: did any of the reported engagement activities include direct outreach to priority populations or other vulnerable groups?
Yes
No

6. Community Engagement Plan (CEP)
Community engagement is a core component of the CRC Program. Applicants must provide a Community Engagement Plan using the template provided below. The template outlines a core component of the CRC Program. the overall plan structure and information required for the CEP to ensure robust, meaningful, and culturally appropriate community engagement with residents and community stakeholders throughout all phases (design, application, implementation, and evaluation). For projects that contain multiple sites, ensure that each site is reflected in your responses for the Community Engagement Plan. Each CRC Project Proposal is required to submit one community engagement plan for the entire project.

Steps to Complete the Community Engagement Plan Template:
• Download the Community Engagement Plan Template (word document). • Complete and rename the CEP (this document) using the following naming convention: [Lead Applicant Name_Proposal Name]_IG_Community_Engagement_Plan • Submit the Community Engagement Plan (CEP) to Submittable by using the file upload field provided below.

Section 7 Collaborative Governance Structure and Partnerships

1. Collaborative Governance Structures (CGS)
The CRC Program requires applicants to include local residents and CBOs in grant implementation through a Collaborative Governance Structure (CGS).

The CGS is designed to overcome challenges of shared decision-making and to help ensure:
consistent buy-in and support; shared values and governance; accountability; and alleviation of existing power imbalances. CGS members are considered Partners.

For Implementation Grants, each application must include at least two Partners in addition to the Lead Applicant. At least one of these Partners or the Lead Applicant must be a community-based organization and must be funded by the CRC Implementation Grant.

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All applicants must submit a signed CGA worksheet or a Collaborative Governance for Tribes worksheet that addresses all requirements of the Collaborative Governance Agreement. (See Appendix B Collaborative Governance Requirements). The signatories for each organization should be individuals who will have the authority to sign the final Collaborative Governance Agreement, such as an Executive Director or City Manager.

Is the Lead Applicant a California Native American Tribe or Tribally-owned nonprofit? Yes
No

2. Does the Lead Applicant have a demonstrated history of working together and/or in similar collaborative relationships with the proposed CGS Partners (see note below for Tribes without partners)? If the Lead Applicant does not have a working history, does the Lead Applicant have a plan for building trusting relationships to support Collaborative Governance? (200-word limit)

3. Subject Matter Expertise (SME). Does the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) have subject matter expertise in any of the following topics? Please select all that apply.

Energy resilience (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 - 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic) Water resilience (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 - 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic) Air quality and public health (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 - 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic)
Nature-based solutions and food security (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 - 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic)
Emergency preparedness and critical communications (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic)
Mobility and access (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic)
Workforce development, education & training (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic)
Local leadership and grassroots engagement (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic)
Tribal communities (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic)
Civic and community development (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic)
Climate resilience awareness and activities (includes branch question to list the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) name that has this experience and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is for this topic)
RESPONSES TO ABOVE:

4. Priority Populations Experience. Does the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) have experience relevant to priority populations? Experience here includes lived experience from a priority

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population, or experience working with and serving the needs of priority populations. subject matter expertise in any of the following topics? Please select all that apply.

Individuals with physical, developmental, or intellectual disabilities. (includes branch question to enter the Organizations(s) name and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is with this population)
Individuals with chronic conditions or injuries. (includes branch question to enter the Organizations(s) name and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is with this population)
Individuals with chronic conditions or injuries. (includes branch question to enter the Organizations(s) name and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is with this population)
Individuals with limited English proficiency. (includes branch question to enter the Organizations(s) name and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is with this population)
Older adults, children, and pregnant people. (includes branch question to enter the Organizations(s) name and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is with this population)
Low-income, homeless, and/or transportation-disadvantaged or public transit-dependent people. (includes branch question to enter the Organizations(s) name and explain in 2 – 3 sentences what their experience is with this population) None of the above
RESPONSES TO ABOVE:

5. Building Trust with the local Community. How has the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) established trust with the local community and target populations. This can include details for the collaborative as a whole or a specific partner. (250-word limit) Section 8 Project Impact
CRC Implementation Grants must demonstrate the ability to build both climate resilience and community resilience. The following questions assess how proposed activities address local needs and opportunities around the CRC Site.

1. Climate Hazards. Identify and describe at least 2-3 top climate hazards (such as wildfires, floods, sea level rise, drought, or extreme heat) within the Project Area using the best available local reports, quantitative or qualitative data, and/or community knowledge and histories. Applicants should address the following:
• Describe climate risks and exposures impacting the Project Area currently and over the next 25 years using supportive data.
• Describe how the climate risks will affect the community and the built environment within the Project Area if they are not addressed.
(500-word limit)

1.1 Upload copies or screenshots of any of the best available data cited in the previous response as supporting documentation. (optional)

2. Impacts of Climate Hazards. Analyze and describe the impact of these climate hazards on the most vulnerable, at-risk community members (priority populations and those more sensitive to

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climate change and who have fewer resources to adapt or recover from climate impacts). Please use the best available quantitative or qualitative data and/or community knowledge and histories.

Applicants should address the following:
• Briefly summarize the Priority Populations located in the Project Area as identified in question on “Priority Communities and Priority Populations”.
• Provide a brief analysis of how and why specific climate hazards identified in the previous question disproportionately impact identified Priority Populations using available data to illustrate the scope and severity.
• Describe the current and future gaps in resources, services, or infrastructure that impact Priority Populations the most during climate extremes.
(500-word limit)

2.1 Upload copies or screenshots of any of the best available data cited in the previous response as supporting documentation.

3. Factors of Community Resilience. Describe the characteristics, policies, programs, or other factors that make the community more able to respond to, prepare for, or overcome (become more resilient) the climate impacts described. Please include strengths and opportunities.

Applicants should address the following:
• Describe existing characteristics of the community such as strong social networks, local leadership, or geographic advantages that contribute to the community’s ability to respond to and recover from climate impacts.
• Describe relevant local or regional policies, plans or regulations that support the community’s capacity to prepare for and respond to climate extremes. • Highlight existing programs or services that directly support the community before, during, and after extreme climate events.
• Identify any gaps where current policies, programs, or community characteristics that fall short in the community’s ability to withstand and recover from climate extremes. • Identify any opportunities to build on existing strengths to further enhance the community’s ability to withstand and recover from extreme climate events. (500-word limit)

4. Building Climate and Community Resilience. Explain how the proposed activities (CRC Strategies, capital projects, and programs and services) address these climate impacts and build both climate resilience and community resilience through anticipated project benefits and outcomes. Applicants should address the following:
• Make a clear connection between how the Activities (CRC Strategies, capital projects, and programs and services) are informed by the climate risks identified. • Describe the benefits and outcomes expected as a result of the proposed activities. • Explain how the proposed Activities will guide and support the establishment of a community resilience center. This may include identifying and preparing project sites for future development, conducting feasibility studies, site assessments, fiscal analysis, and building and sustaining local capacity within the community.
• Explain how the proposed Activities will strengthen the community to withstand and recover from climate extremes. This may include efforts to expand access to resources, foster partnerships and community trust, or increase community awareness or preparedness. (500-word limit)

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5. Capital Projects and Programs/Services. Describe how the proposed capital projects and programs and services, as described in previous narrative responses and your application workbook, effectively align with the selected CRC Strategies; advance the CRC Program Approach and Implementation Grant Objectives; and deliver meaningful project outcomes to local priority populations that are informed by community input and reflect the community needs.

Applicants should address the following:
• Clearly connect proposed capital projects and programs and services to the selected CRC Strategies.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of CRC’s Program approach and explain how the overall grant proposal reflects and advances our vision for resilience and incorporates CRC core components.
• Clearly connect key proposed capital projects and programs and services to CRC Implementation Grant objectives.
(500-word limit)

6. CRC Required Plans and Processes: Draft CRC Emergency Plan & Draft CRC Community Resilience Plan
Implementation Grant Applicants submit provide a draft CRC Emergency Plan and a draft CRC Community Resilience Plan using the SGC-provided Template and instructions provided in the downloadable document below. The instructions contain a set of questions that must be addressed for the draft CRC Emergency Plan and further guidance for the Community Resilience Plan. Information for these draft plans may change during the grant term but must be finalized 90 days prior to the end of the CRC Implementation Phase. Submit best available information for the draft plans.

Steps to Complete the Draft CRC Emergency and Community Resilience Plan:
• Download the Draft CRC Emergency Plan and Community Resilience Plan (word document). • Complete and reupload to Submittable in the file upload field provided below. • Rename your file(s) using the following naming convention before uploading: [Lead Applicant _Proposal Name]_Draft Emergency Plan and Community Resilience Plan

7. Emergency Activation Letter of Commitment and Notice of Intent to Apply Yes
No (If the County is not the Lead Applicant or Partner for the CRC Project, upload either: 1) a copy of the communication, such as email or other correspondence, expressing a Notice of Intent to Apply sent to the relevant County(s) Office of Emergency Services, or 2) a Letter of Commitment from the County Office of Emergency Services or relevant County entity. If submitting a Letter of Commitment, ensure that it is signed by an authorized representative.) Part 3: Project Feasibility
Section 9 Applicant Capacity

1. Management Capacity.

Lead Applicants and Partner(s) must have the ability to oversee, manage, and implement the CRC Project. Collectively, the Lead Applicant and Partner(s) must possess the capacity to implement the proposed project in compliance with all program requirements throughout the term of the grant.

Letters of Commitment for Management Capacity. Upload a Letter of Commitment from the Lead Applicant and any Partner(s) leading on capital project components. The Letter of Commitment

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must describe their ability to oversee, manage, and implement the CRC Implementation Grant, if awarded. Letters of Commitment must be provided on the official letterhead of the organization, be signed by an authorized representative, and must include, at a minimum, the following information:
• Why the organization has chosen to commit to this CRC Project • The organization’s role, responsibilities, and scope of work on the proposed CRC Project, including expertise to be offered, capital activity(ies) to be led as the “Responsible Party,” project tasks to be completed, staff roles and staff time to be committed, funding and/or inkind support to be provided, etc. • The organization’s capacity to implement the proposed CRC Project, including meeting all program requirements related to Partner coordination, community engagement, year-round programming, evaluation, and reporting
• The organization’s approach and commitment to delivering the proposed CRC Project on time and within budget
• Identification of the staff person who will be primarily responsible for carrying out the proposed CRC Project and acting as the primary point of contact for SGC, including their name, title, professional certifications, etc.
• Identification of the Lead Applicant’s proposed point of contact for the CRC Project and demonstration of their authority to submit the application and administer the grant, if awarded
• Contact information for one reference who can speak to the quality and timeliness of work completed by the organization
Applicants may use the Letter of Commitment template provided by SGC to ensure all required information is included for the Letter(s) of Commitment to demonstrate Management Capacity.

Rename your file(s) using the following naming convention before uploading: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_[Partner Name]_Management Capacity Letter of Commitment

1.2 What is the size of the Lead Applicant organization (number of employees)? 1-5
6-10
11-20
21-50
51-100
Over 100

1.3 Organizational Charts. Upload an Organizational Chart that illustrates the internal organizational structure and capacity of the Lead Applicant, and a Grant Project Organizational Chart that reflects the Lead Applicant’s and Partner’s proposed staff to be dedicated to the proposed CRC Implementation Grant Project, if awarded.

The Lead Applicant’s internal Organizational Chart must include the following:
• Clear illustration of the internal structure of the organization, including: 1. Staff names and position titles; 2. Lines of management and supervision; and 3. Areas of assignment and authority for current and/or proposed full and part-time staff that will be dedicated to the CRC Project, including whether they are full time, part time, intern, or volunteer, etc.

The proposed Grant Project Organizational Chart must include:
• The names and position titles of staff that Lead Applicant proposes will be assigned to work directly on the CRC Project, including: 1. Employment status – full time, part time, intern, volunteer, etc.; 2. Amount of time they will dedicate to the proposed CRC Project; 3. Role within the organization and on the CRC Project; and 3. Staff’s relevant current and/or previous experience with similar grants and/or projects of a similar nature

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• Identification of Partner organizations who will support the CRC Project, including anticipated staffing contributions by staff name and position title, employment status, amount of time to be dedicated to the CRC Project, and staff’s role within the overall proposed CRC project.

Rename your file(s) using the following naming convention before uploading: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_Internal Organizational Chart

1.4 Project Management Approach. Describe how the Lead Applicant intends to manage and monitor the proposed CRC Project and its project Partners. Describe what project management and coordination strategies will the Lead Applicant and Partner(s) on the CRC Project use to ensure the project is completed in alignment with the Work Plan and Budget and how the Lead Applicant will do the following:
• Ensure all CRC Project deliverables are completed successfully, including those completed by Partner(s)
• Coordinate staff and Partners to ensure the timely reimbursement of funds for the grant-funded CRC Project
• Ensure compliance across all Partner(s) with program requirements • Manage reporting and evaluation as required by the CRC Program (300-word limit)

1.5 Relevant Project Experience

1.5.1 Capital Projects. Describe a capital project or projects of similar scope, size, and complexity which the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) successfully led and completed in California within the last 5 years. The project(s) described should include capital activities of a similar scope to the project component or activity the Lead Applicant and/or Partner(s) propose to lead in the CRC Project.

1.5.2 Relevant Project Experience Documentation. Upload documentation that reflects the project(s) described in Question 10.4.1. and which demonstrates the Lead Applicant’s and/or Partner’(s) role(s) and performance on the project(s), including details of the scope of the project(s), and evidence of successful project completion.

Lead Applicants and/or Partner(s) may submit any documents that accurately reflect the nature and success of the project. Examples of acceptable documentation include:
• Formal project documents, annual reports, close-out reports or similar documents that sufficiently detail the project scope, size, level of funding, role of the Lead Applicant’s and/or Partner’s organization, and successful project outcomes achieved
• Project documents reflecting formal performance metrics and data for the project which demonstrate the project’s success, including things such as cost savings achieved, improvements in efficiency, or overall effectiveness of the project
• Project Risk Assessments and reports that identified potential project risks and how the organization managed those risks to ensure the project’s successful completion
• Letters of Reference from project funders that sufficiently detail the project scope, size, level of funding, role of the Lead Applicant’s and/or Partner’s organization, and successful project outcomes achieved
Rename your file(s) using the following naming convention before uploading:
[Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_Relevant_Capital_Project_Experience

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2. Financial Capacity
Lead Applicants must possess and maintain the financial capacity to adhere to the reimbursement processes of the CRC Program and comply with all program requirements throughout the grant term, if awarded.

Financial Capacity Overview. Describe how the Lead Applicant plans to ensure appropriate financial capacity to execute the CRC Grant Agreement, meet procurement requirements and execute contracts (as applicable), receive and manage public funding, and adhere to the CRC Program’s reimbursement process. The response must include the following information:
• Financial Management: Describe the organization's financial management policies and procedures, with specific attention to accounting measures in place for the management of restricted public funding. In your response, note whether you have written policies and procedures in place.
• Managing Restricted Funding: Describe any specific State and/or Federal financial management and accounting requirements the organization must adhere to for other sources of restricted funding. In your response, note the source(s) of restricted funding you currently manage or have managed within the past 5 years.
• Procurement: Does the organization follow a written procurement policy? If so, summarize the organization's procurement policy.
• Contract Management: Describe the organization's approach to the management of contracts for vendors, including disbursement of payment to vendors and Collaborative Governance Structure (CGS) Partners which will be funded by the CRC grant. (400-word limit)

2.2 Has the Lead Applicant received and managed restricted public funding of a similar volume as requested for the proposed CRC Project in the past 5 years? Yes
No

2.3 When managing public funds, how does the organization minimize (or plan to minimize) the risk of fraud, waste, and abuse? In your response, note what written policies and procedures are in place. (200-word limit)

2.4 Financial Capacity Documentation. To demonstrate financial capacity, upload the following required financial documentation for the Lead Applicant:
• Financial Statements and/or Audits (last three years): Provide copies of certified financial statements and/or audits for the organization for the past three fiscal years – prepared by an independent auditor or certified public accountant. • Organizational Budget: Provide the current fiscal year’s annual organizational budget – including any other funding sources or revenue streams that exist for the organization.
• Non-Profit Documentation: If the Lead Applicant is a non-profit organization, provide copies of the most recent Federal Form 990 (Form 990, 990-WZ, 990-N, or 990-PF as appropriate) (if relevant).
• Audit Findings (last five years): Any Applicant that has had an audit finding in the last five years is required to submit Independent Auditor’s Report detailing the finding(s), and the organization’s written response to the Auditor’s report including the plan to resolve the audit finding(s).

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Rename your file(s) using the following naming convention before uploading: [Lead Applicant]_Proposal Name]_[File Name]
Section 10 Site Control and Readiness

1. Site Control
At application, Lead Applicants must demonstrate an ability to gain site control for all proposed sites by the end of the Pre-Development Phase, if awarded. If the Lead Applicants wants to establish facilities or expand existing facilities on property they do not own, the applicants must provide a legally binding commitment or a Letter of Commitment to sell that clearly states the ownership or leasehold interests of the parties.

Select the option that best describes the Lead Applicant and/or Partner’s current site control status for the proposed CRC Site(s) and any Partner Site(s).

Own all proposed site(s)
Lease all proposed site(s)
A combination of owned and leased sites. (Describe which sites are owned and which sites leased. Clearly indicate the name of the site and whether the site is a proposed CRC Site or Partner Site)

1.2 Upload site control documentation that corresponds to your answer(s) above and complies with program requirements as outlined in the CRC Round 2 Guidelines, Appendix F: Site Control.

Use the following naming convention: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_[Site Control]_[CRC Site] or [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_[Site Control]_[Partner Site], as applicable.

Requirements and Guidance for Applicants using a Letter of Commitment to demonstrate site control:

Applicants may submit a legally enforceable Letter of Commitment from the property owner to sell or lease the property upon completion of the Pre-Development Phase of the Implementation Grant, if awarded. The legally enforceable Letter of Commitment shall extend for a period sufficient to demonstrate that Lead Grantee or Partner can meet site control requirements as outlined in the Round 2 Program Guidelines.

If a Letter of Commitment will be used to demonstrate site control, upload the Letter of Commitment signed by an authorized representative or legal owner and ensure it includes the following information:
• Site location, estimated dates, and work to be done
• Acknowledgement of the CRC Program’s 15-year dedicated use term • Acknowledgement of the Lead Applicant or Partner(s) right to substantial renovation or construction
• Acknowledgement of compliance with all program requirements

1.3 Describe your site control documentation below: what site(s) are covered by this documentation, who holds site control (Lead Applicant or Partner), and any additional information pertinent to site control for the CRC Site and Partner Site(s), as applicable. (200-word limit)

1.4 Long-Term Use of the CRC Facility
If awarded, does the Lead Applicant commit to submit a recorded deed restriction, a Memorandum of Unrecorded Grant Agreement (MOUGA), or a Notice of Unrecorded

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Grant Agreement for each site acquired or improved upon with funding provided by the Grant Agreement by the end of the second year of the grant term? Yes
No (Lead Applicants must commit to the site’s dedicated use as a community-serving facility for a minimum of 15 years after project implementation is complete) I am unsure I can meet this requirement (Clarify your concern with securing this required long-term use documentation by the end of second year of the grant term., 50-word limit)

2. Project Site and Land-use Analysis
Lead Applicants must complete and submit the Project Site and Land-use Analysis using the SGC-provided template for each site that will serve as the CRC Facility. Lead Applicants will need to identify existing land uses, verify zoning classification for the proposed CRC Site, describe existing site conditions, provide information about coordination with emergency service providers, and describe overall site suitability. Refer to the Project Site and Land-Use Analysis template for more details on what is required.

Requirements and Guidance:
• Download and complete the Project Site and Land-Use Analysis Template • All CRC-funded Capital Projects must align with applicable local/regional plans and regulations.
• Use the following naming convention: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_Project Site and Land-Use Analysis.
• As directed in the Project Site and Land-Use Analysis Template, create and upload the site map below.
• Use the following naming convention for the site map: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_Site Map

2.1 Upload your Project Site and Land Use Analysis.

2.2 Upload your Site Map.

As directed in the Project Site and Land-Use Analysis Template, provide a map that includes the following:
• Parcel boundaries and location(s) of the proposed CRC Facility, Campus Amenities, and Partner Site(s)
• Major roadways
• If applicable, applicants may include the locations of any community assets that may be relevant for accessibility and co-location of services.

3. CRC Facility Floor Plans
Lead Applicants must provide draft CRC Facility floor plans that detail space for the features identified in the application (e.g., seating, storage of emergency supplies, potential battery storage, overnight sheltering capacity). This is also a requirement for any Partner Site that will carry out CRC functions, such as overnight shelter, or will require CRC-funded improvements Use the following naming convention: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_Facility Floor Plan

3.2 Provide any relevant additional details about your Facility Floor Plans documentation below.

4. Facility Condition Assessment
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Condition Assessment (FCA) during the Pre-Development Phase. The FCA must be no more than five years old and must have been completed by a licensed professional.

Lead Applicants with an existing facility are strongly encouraged to submit an FCA with their application. While not required at Application, submission of an FCA may be helpful for assessing the feasibility of your proposed grant project. This is not a requirement for Partner Sites that will not carry out CRC functions.

Note that Lead Applicants may submit an FCA which was completed more than five years ago with their application to justify anticipated work in the application Work Plan and Budget, but this will not fulfill the Pre-Development Phase requirement.

Use the following naming convention: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_Facility Condition Assessment
If your project includes an existing facility and you have conducted a Facility Condition Assessment (FCA), upload your completed FCA below. (optional)

4.2 Provide any relevant additional details about your FCA Documentation below. (optional)
Section 11 Permitting and Environmental Compliance

1. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) & CEQA Documentation CEQA Status and Plan. Describe the CRC Project’s CEQA status and explain how CEQA environmental review will be completed during the Pre-Development Phase and within the first year of the grant term. The description should include a plan, draft timeline and details on consultation with the appropriate public agency or agencies. (200-word limit) Use the following naming convention: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_CEQA Plan

1.2 CEQA Documentation. If you have already completed CEQA environmental review for your project or your project is categorically or statutorily exempt, upload your documentation below. Acceptable documentation includes:
• A CEQA Notice of Exemption (NOE) that has been approved by the appropriate body pursuant to their obligations under CEQA; OR
• Documentation that the project is CEQA compliant, including but not limited to: 1. A resolution adopted by the legislative body (e.g., City Council, Board of Supervisors) confirming a project’s exemption. If a resolution or similar mechanism is not available or does not exist, meeting minutes documenting the legislative body’s consideration and approval of the project’s CEQA compliance may be submitted.; 2. A signed letter or similar document from the head of an administrative approving entity (e.g., Planning Director); 3. A file-stamped Notice of Determination Use the following naming convention: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_CEQA Documentation

2. Permits. Describe Lead Applicant’s current understanding of permits required to implement all components of the proposed CRC grant project as well as the approximate timeline and sequencing. (300-word limit)
Section 12 Long-term Project Financial Feasibility

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1. Operations and Maintenance
Roles and Responsibilities: Who will be responsible for the long-term operations, maintenance, and ownership of each CRC Facility and Campus Amenities part of the CRC Project beyond the CRC grant term? The entity responsible for each component must attest to this at application. (400-word limit)

1.2 Long-term Funding. What funding sources are anticipated to pay for long-term operations and maintenance costs? Identified funds should be sufficient to cover all phases of the CRC Project, including debt service, if any, through the grant term and the 15-year use requirement. Note that anticipated costs for Partner Sites need not be included. The response should address the following:
• What sources of income/funding are anticipated for the CRC Facility(ies)? Is this income/funding already committed?
• What sources of income/funding will be used to pay for Community Resilience Services and Programs?
• If the sources of funding are not yet committed, what is the plan to secure them? • How often the project income/funding expected to be received (i.e., monthly, annually, one-time funding, etc.)?
• What is the estimated amount of income/funding expected per source and what is the timeframe in which it is expected?
(200-word limit)

1.3 Long-term Costs. What are the anticipated long-term costs? Anticipated costs should include, but are not limited to, the operation and maintenance of:
• Facilities and Partner Sites
• Equipment
• Vehicles
• Infrastructure
• Programs and services
(200-word limit)

1.4 Draft Operations and Maintenance Plan. Submission of draft Operations and Maintenance Plans are optional at time of application. However, Lead Applicants may optionally upload a draft Operations and Maintenance Plan and Budget below to support assessment of project financial feasibility. (optional) Part 4: Additional Documentation (Optional)
Upload additional documentation below.

Requirements and Guidance:
• Documents should be referenced in the relevant section of your application. Example: If you received a letter of support from an entity that engaged in a prior community engagement event, mention the letter of support in your answers to the relevant community engagement questions noting it will be uploaded in the additional documentation section.

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• Additional uploads are optional and should only be included if they allow reviewers to assess your project based on eligibility or scoring criteria outlined in the CRC Round 2 Final Guidelines. • Rename your file(s) using the following naming convention before uploading: [Lead Applicant_Proposal Name]_[File Name].

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GRANT INFORMATION / ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES / REQUIREMENTS
Grant Summary
Community Resilience Centers Grant Program (Implementation) Amount: $1 million to $10 million
Match: No
Eligibility: Cities, Counties, agencies, nonprofit and private organizations, small businesses, California Native American Tribes
Disadvantaged unincorporated communities, tribal communities and rural communities will be prioritized URL: https://sgc.ca.gov/grant-programs/crc/
Summary: Implementation Grants will fund new construction and retrofits of facilities to serve as Community Resilience Centers, as well as programs and services that build overall community resilience.

SGC intends to award at least one eligible Planning Grant, and one eligible Implementation Grant from California Native American Tribes or Tribally owned nonprofits.

Eligible Implementation Grant Activities:

Capital Projects
CRC Facility
Activities related to direct construction, retrofits, and other upgrades to the CRC-related spaces in the CRC Facility itself, such as:
• Pre-construction
• Energy audits
• Direct construction
• Building rehabilitation
Development of basic infrastructure, including water, wastewater, broadband, and energy infrastructure connections that will serve the CRC Facility and/or Campus Amenities.

Campus Amenities
Activities related to the construction or improvements to amenities located at the CRC Facility.

Amenities should strengthen the community’s resilience to climate and other disasters, such as installing rain gardens or planting shade trees.

Partner Sites
Activities related to minor upgrades to the CRC-related spaces at Partner Sites. The Lead Grantee or Partner must demonstrate site control. Partner Site upgrades must be complimentary to the

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main CRC Facility and support the community’s vision of resilience. Examples of minor upgrades include:
• Site improvements, such as painting or community gardens • Installation of appliances that directly support programs and services, including HVAC or refrigeration
• Improved ADA accessibility
Programs and Services
Programs and services offered at the CRC Facility and/or Partner Sites must build community resilience and encourage year-round use of the CRC Facility, beyond emergency activations.

Programs and services funded by the CRC grant must be available to the public. Note for Tribal Applicants: For CRCs on Tribal land, requirements for “public” should be interpreted to apply to that Tribal community and not to the public beyond that Tribal community. All CRC Implementation Lead Grantees are required to enhance or expand their community engagement and programming, in addition to any existing community engagement and programming efforts.

Implementation Grant Project Requirements:

CRC Facility Requirements
All CRC Projects must involve a physical building. The CRC Program cannot fund upgrades only to an outdoor space, although improvements to an outdoor space may be eligible on Partner Sites or on the CRC Campus.

Not less than 90 days prior to the end of the Implementation Phase, all CRC Facilities must meet the required functions and features below. While CRC Partner Sites are not considered CRCs and do not need to fulfill the required functions below, they should aim to provide the listed features as possible.

A. Required Functions of Community Resilience Centers
All CRCs must be:
• Open and accessible to the public and offer programs and services year-round to community members
• Able to be activated seven days per week for heat waves and other climate emergencies that do not require overnight sheltering
• Able to be activated for overnight-shelter 24/7 during larger-scale climate emergencies OR able to coordinate transportation of community members to an identified nearby evacuation shelter All CRCs must provide the following functions:
• Space and supplies needed for people to sleep
• Pet-sheltering*
• Food distribution or space for food preparation and storage • Showers and ADA-compliant showers*
• Refrigeration for medicines
• Laundry*
• Portable restrooms in the event of water disruptions* These required functions can be met through:
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• Inclusion of these functions off-site, through pre-identified and planned local partnerships. These functions could be stationed at a site nearby or through portable means, brought in during an emergency. They may be funded through the CRC grant.
•
Generally, a single CRC Facility must meet all the required functions. However, in exceptional cases, some functions may be met through pre-identified, off-site partnerships. These will be approved on a case-by-case basis. All proposed CRC Project components will be subject to all applicable local, state and federal codes and regulations necessary to enable their use for the purposes listed above.

B. Required Features of Community Resilience Centers
By the end of the Implementation Phase, the CRC Facility must have capabilities and features that enable the site to be activated for a range of climate and other emergencies. Partner Sites should aim to have as many of these features as possible. These include:
• ADA-compliant facilities (See ADA Checklist for Emergency Shelters) • Gender-neutral restrooms
• Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) System • Air filtration system (MERV 13 at minimum)
• Broadband access*
• Backup power generation and/or battery storage and/or islanded microgrid with storage* • Device charging capabilities for cell phones, personal communications devices, medical devices, power wheelchairs, and other assistive devices and technology* • Drinking water stored on-site with a plan for re-supply C. Required Provision of Services and Use as Community Resilience Center The CRC Facility must remain dedicated to serve as a Community Resilience Center for a minimum of 15 years. All awarded applicants will be required to produce either a recorded deed restriction or a Memorandum of Unrecorded Grant Agreement by the end of the second year of the grant term; note that the grant term begins with the start of the Pre-Development Phase. This will apply to both leased and owned facilities. (See Section 8: Application and Scoring for more information) This may not apply to Partner Sites where no capital improvements are made.

Lead Grantees must offer programs and services during the Implementation Phase and may offer programs and services through the Evaluation Phase.

Implementation Grant Application Requirements:

Implementation Grant applications require:

1. Applicant eligibility
o Must include at least two Partners in addition to the Lead Applicant. At least one of these Partners or the Lead Applicant must be a community-based organization and must be funded by the CRC grant.
o If the Lead Applicant is a public agency, a passed formal resolution authorizing the agency to apply, accept, and execute documents (if awarded) or documentation showing a delegated authority to bind the agency is required.
o If the Lead Applicant is a Tribal applicant, a Letter of Authorization or Resolution must be approved by Tribal Council and provided at the time of application. o Project Area address (if available) and coordinates of the CRC Site (location of the CRC Facility) and Campus Amenities, as well as the address and coordinates of Partner Sites (if relevant), are due at time of application.
o Supporting documentation confirming priority community status, if applicable

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2. Applicant capacity
o A detailed work plan and budget (Application Workbook) that identifies the Lead Applicant or Partner responsible for leading each grant activity o Signed Letters of Commitment from Lead Applicant and Partners (See Section 7.3 Applicant Capacity)
o If Lead Applicant’s Project Area crosses municipal boundaries, federally recognized Tribal territory boundaries, or similarly relevant jurisdictional boundaries, they must submit a Letter of Commitment from each relevant public agency at the time of application if these jurisdictions are not represented in the CGA Worksheet. (See Appendix I: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Multiple Jurisdictions) o Documentation that demonstrates the Lead Applicant’s financial capacity at time of application. (For information about requirements for Tribal Applicants, see Tribal Applicants in Section 7.3 Applicant Capacity)
o Documentation that demonstrates the Lead Applicant and Partners’ management capacity at time of application.
o Responses to narrative questions about Lead Applicant and Partner capacity, including management and financial capacity. (See Section 7.3 Applicant Capacity)

3. Community engagement
o Tribal notification about the project application
o Prior Community Engagement Worksheet
o Responses to narrative questions that provide a summary of community engagement to date, including descriptions of type, quality, depth, methods, and previous data or work developing a Community Engagement plan
o Draft Community Engagement Plan

4. Collaborative Governance
o Completed CGA Worksheet that addresses all requirements of the Collaborative Governance Agreement (See Section 7.5 Collaborative Governance) o Responses to narrative questions about the working history of Lead Applicant and Collaborative Governance Structure Partners

5. Site control
o Demonstrate the ability to gain site control by the end of Pre-Development Phase, if awarded
o Facilities owned or operated by public agencies must include the public agency as a Partner on the application or provide a Letter of Commitment from the public agency, if awarded, by the time the Grant Agreement is signed
o Documentation of consultation with local emergency service providers about the primary CRC Facility location
o Project Site Analysis and a Land-use Analysis
o Draft Floor Plan for the proposed primary CRC Facility o For applications with existing facilities, submission of a Facility Condition Assessment is optional at time of application. (See Section 7.6 Site Control and Readiness)

6. Permitting and environmental compliance
o Responses to narrative questions to identify all permits required to implement all components of the proposed project as described in the application work plan and budget, and they must verify the required permit(s) can be obtained before the end of the Pre-Development Phase
o Demonstration that environmental review, necessary to comply with CEQA, is already completed or can be completed during the Pre-Development Phase if awarded o Information on projects’ CEQA status and demonstrate that any pending environmental review will be completed during the Pre-Development Phase if awarded

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7. Project financial feasibility
o Completed work plan and budget (using the Application Workbook template provided by SGC) with clear timelines, activities, line-item costs, cost categories, funding sources, and deliverables. Lead Applicants must submit sufficient documentation to support the work plan and budget.
o Draft procurement schedule and approximate timeline for construction completion (See Section 7.8 Project Financial Feasibility)
o Construction cost estimates

8. Operations and maintenance
o Responses to narrative questions about long-term operations and maintenance

9. Long-term use of the CRC Facility
o Commitment to dedicating the site’s use as a community-serving facility for a minimum of 15 years after project implementation is complete
o For projects which include leased facilities, Lead Applicant must provide both a copy of the lease and a signed Letter of Commitment from the landowner giving the Lead Grantee permission access, occupy, and develop the proposed project for the full grant term, and provide long-term maintenance.

10. Draft plans
o If the County in which the CRC Facility is located is not a Lead Applicant or Partner, applicants must submit a copy of their communication of a Notice of Intent to Apply to the relevant County Office of Emergency Services, or they must provide alternate documentation confirming consultation.
o Draft CRC Emergency Plan (using the template provided by SGC) at time of application o Draft Community Resilience Plan (using the template provided by SGC) at time of application. (See Section 7.9 CRC Emergency Plan and Community Resilience Plan)

11. Lead Applicants must provide responses to narrative questions, including but not limited to:
o Information on community and residents, especially priority communities, priority populations, and other vulnerable residents
o Summary of local climate hazards and resilience measures o Summary of local community resilience
o Vision statement, including how the CRC Planning activities will meet all CRC Planning Grant Program objectives
o At least four CRC Strategies within the Project Area and how they will advance community-identified priorities, especially for priority populations and other vulnerable residents

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Grant Reporting Requirements
- Progress Reports
In addition to regular check-ins, Lead Grantees willsubmit regular (quarterly or bimonthly) Progress Reports throughout the entire grant term, with invoice package submissions Progress Reports willdescribe
- work completed during the invoicing period
- deliverables completed during the invoicing period.

Lead Grantees and Partners may need to comply with additional reporting requirements to comply with Climate Bond requirements. . Annual Regorts Implementation Grantees must submit Annual Reports on the overall status of the grant.

Annual Reports contain the following:
- Annual summary report
- Equipment inventory record
- Leverage Funding Report . Indicatortracking (evaluation) report Detailed work plans and budgets willbe updated on a regular basis. T - Annual Summag Report
Annual summary reports include high-level questions that are not captured in the Progress Reports submitted by Lead Grantees as part of the invoicing process.

Lead Grantees willbe required to provide progress on speci?c bene?ts of the project. - Eguigment Inventory Record
The equipment inventory record tracks all grant-funded equipment and supplies costing more than $5,000 or that are prone to theft, loss, and misuse (e.g., computers, printers, smartphones, tablets, camera, etc).

Itwill track information such as equipment type, quantity, cost, and identifying information (serial number, registration) . Leverage Funding Report Lead Grantees utilizingleverage funding willbe required to complete a Leverage Funding Report to track funding provided by other sources for expenditures on CRC deliverables.

This report captures amount, source, and use of all leverage funding. - Indicator Tracking (Evaluation) Regort
Implementation Lead Grantees are required to report annually on, at minimum, indicators and data requests that willcontribute to the ?nal Evaluation Phase. . Final Regorts Lead Grantees are required to submit a Final Report prior to close out of the grant term.

For Planning Lead Grantees, the Final Report is due at the end of the grant term.

For Implementation Lead Grantees, the Final Report is due at the end of the Implementation Phase.

The Final Report includes high-level questions regarding successes, barriers, and lessons learned for the entire Project.

Implementation Lead Grantees must also submit the Equipment Inventory Record, Leverage Funding Report, and Indicator Tracking (Evaluation) Report.

Planning Lead Grantees are also required to submit an Equipment Inventory Record and a Leverage Funding Report at the end of their grant term. (if applicable) DEFINITIONS:

I CRCs are required to be publicly available and offer year-round programs and services, which willvary based on local context.

Publicly available means the CRC invites or serves the community on equal terms.

CRCs activated during an emergency or climate event must ensure access to the public. . are the ongoing, regularly occurring (daily, weekly, monthly) services and amenities that the CRC provides to strengthen community health, well-being, social cohesion, and resilience during normal, non-emergency periods

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Publicly available, year-round
Year-round offenngs

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Examples of ongoing communig needs and services (year-round servicesz . Workforce development, education, and training opportunities Small business incubation
Community garden
Community meetings and celebrations
ln-Ianguage (community language) programs
Youth programming
Senior services
Service provision, such as healthcare services
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The information below includes the grant requirements of the lead applicant. It is broken down by Implementation Grants and Planning Grants, and the reporting requirements are at the end. I listed the “application requirement“ in red. These are reguirements at the application stage.

IMPLEMENTATIONGRANTS
Site Control / Site Requirements
0 Site requirements must be completed by the end of the Pre-Development Phase (within one year of grant agreement execution)
Applicant must demonstrate site control withinone year (Long-term use agreement) Allcapital pro ects must align with applicable local/regional plans and regulations.

Project Site and Land Use Analysis . Lead Applicants must conduct a Project Site Analysis for the CRC Site (especially for emergency ingress and egress, as required by California BuildingCode including Section 503) and demonstrate that road capacity around the proposed primary CRC Site can function as proposed in the application.

The Project Site Analysis must be completed in consultation with emergency service providers
Lead Applicants must conduct a Land-use Analysis for land-use/zoning compatibility to demonstrate land-use/zoning suitability for the proposed CRC Project.

Lead Applicants willneed to identify exrsting land uses, verify zoning requirements for the proposed primary CRC Site, and provide additional information about coordination with emergency service providers. . Lead Applicants must provrde draft CRC Facility ?oor plans that detail space for the features identi?ed in the application (e.g., seating, storage of emergency supplies, potential battery storage, overnight sheltering capacity).

This is also a requirement for any Partner Site that willcarry out CRC functions, such as overnight shelter, or willrequire CRC-funded improvements. . Lead Applicants with an existing facility are strongly encouraged to conduct and submit a Facility Condition Assessment (FCA) prior to application.

The FCA must be no more than ?ve years old and must be completed by a licensed professional.

Permitting . Lead Applicants must identify all permits required to implement the proposed Project as described in the application work plan and budget and verify that the required permit(s) can be obtained before the end of the Pre-Development Phase. . Before submitting an Application, Lead Applicants and Partners must consult with the public agency or agencies that have permitting authority over the Project Area in the application to determine what is required to comply with CEQA.

Construction Cost Estimates . Lead Applicants must provide draft estimated construction and Project Costs in the application work plan and budget.

To ensure all costs are considered and the correct grant amount is being requested, HE construction cost estimate must be prepared bx or reviewed by an architect engineer or another reputable California based source.

The cost estimate shall contain the estimated cost of construction, architectural/engineering fees, and related costs, as a breakdown of the total project cost by activity and funding source, iffunds other than the CRC funds will cover a portion of the project’s construction costs.

Operations and Maintenance Plan

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Strategic Growth Council: Community Resilience Program (Round 2) Summary
. Lead Applicants must explain the long-term operation and maintenance of the proposed CRC Facility, including:

Identify the party responsible for the long-term operations, maintenance, and ownership of all components of the grant beyond the CRC grant term.

Describe anticipated funding sources to support operations and maintenance costs which should be suf?crent to cover all phases of the project through the grant term and the 15-year use requirement.

Anticipated costs should include, but are not limitedto the operation and maintenance of:
- Facrlities and Partner Sites
- Equipment
- Vehicles . Infrastructure
- Programs and services
The entity responsible for long-term operations, maintenance, and ownership of each component must attest to this at application.

Long-term Use of the CRC Facility . Lead Applicants must commit to the CRC Site's dedicated use as a community-sewing facrlityfor a minimum of 15 years after proiect implementation is complete.

CRC Ememency Plan . Lead Applicants must submit a draft CRC Emergency Plan that demonstrates the CRC Facility s ability to serve the community during emergencies, with speci?c attention to priority populations.

Itshould also address what role if any, Partner Sites will have during activation (if applicable). The Draft Emergency Plan must, at minimum, contain the following details:
- Policres and procedures for' . Activation of the CRC Facility in response to an emergency, including weather respite and/or overnight emergency sheltering (if applicable) 0 Evacuation of the CRC Facility in case of imminent emergency or hazard 0 Activation and evacuation of Partner Sites, ifapplicable . Alignment with relevant local emergency planning documents including the General Plan Safety Element, Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, and/or County Emergency Operations Plan . Consistency with the Site and Land Use Analysis developed in consultation with emergency service providers and local permittingauthorities
Community Resilience Plan . Lead Applicants must submit a draft Community Resilience Plan The draft plan should demonstrate the CRC Facility’s ability to provide programs and services year-round, with speci?c attention to priority populations.

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