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CITY OF REDDING
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application by the City of Redding Water
Utility to the State of California Department of Water Resources 2022 Urban Community
Drought Relief Grant Program in an amount not to exceed $31,000,000 for drought relief
projects and programs.
Fiscal Impact
The State of California Department of Water Resources (DWR) 2022 Urban Community
Drought Relief Grant (2022 UCDRG) Program requires a minimum cost share of 25 percent of
the total project costs. The City of Redding (City) is currently classified as a Disadvantaged
Community, and as such, will request the local cost share requirements be waived. If the cost
share waiver is not granted, the Water Utility would reassess and prioritize its projects and
programs and reallocate existing funds to fulfill the local match requirement. The projects align
with the existing Capital Improvement Plan and the expected revenue generated by the Water
Utility. Total project/program costs are estimated to exceed the minimum $3,000,000 award
requirement from DWR. Adoption of this resolution will have minimal fiscal impact, as the City
expects to receive the cost share waiver.
Alternative Action
The City Council may choose from the following alternative actions:
1. Not adopt the resolution and, therefore, not authorize an application to the DWR 2022
UCDRG Program. In this case, the City would not apply for the funding opportunity and
would not receive grant funding from this program. This alternative would result in
several of the proposed projects not moving forward and the Water Utility funding 100
percent of the remaining projects.
MEETING DATE: January 17, 2023
ITEM NO. 4.11(a)
FROM:
***APPROVED BY***
caukland@ci.redding.ca.us
btippin@cityofredding.org
SUBJECT: 4.11(a)--Adopt Resolution Authorizing Submittal of Grant Application to the
State of California Department of Water Resources 2022 Urban Community Drought Relief
Grant Program
Chuck Aukland, Public
Works Director
Report to Redding City Council January 6, 2023
Re: 4.11(a)--Authorize Grant Application - 2022 Urban Community Drought Relief Grant
Program Page 2
2. Provide staff with alternative project recommendations. This may require further analysis
to determine project eligibility or feasibility for implementation. Grant applications are
due January 31, 2023.
3. Provide alternative direction to staff.
Background/Analysis
In June 2022, the California legislature amended the Budget Act of 2021 (Stats. 2021, ch. 240, §
80) to allocate an additional $545 million to DWR to award grants for drought relief. These
grants are intended to provide water to communities that face the loss or contamination of their
water supplies, to address immediate impacts on human health and safety, and to protect fish and
wildlife resources.
The City’s Water Utility is responsible for providing customers with a reliable supply of high-
quality drinking water. The Water Utility s erves approximately 90,000 customers over a 60
square mile service area. The DWR 2022 UCDRG Program opportunity would enable the Water
Utility to leverage grant funding to provide additional drought relief and resources to the City of
Redding and its ratepayers.
The proposed DWR 2022 UCDRG Program application projects include:
• New production well installation in the southeast wellfield near the Stillwater Wastewater
Treatment Plant, estimated cost $8 million;
• Development of a turf replacement incentive program for residential customers to reduce
irrigation water demand. The cost of this program will be dependent on the State award,
if any;
• Development and implementation of recycled water projects utilizing treated water from
both wastewater treatment plants for irrigating parks and other open space, estimated cost
$11 million; and
• Rehabilitation of existing drinking water wells to increase their production and treatment
for removal of undesirable constituents, estimated cost $8 million.
The resolution has been approved as to form by the City Attorney.
Environmental Review
This action is not a project as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
and no further action is required.
Council Priority/City Manager Goals
• Government of the 21st Century – “Be relevant and proactive to the opportunities and
challenges of today’s residents and workforce. Anticipate the future to make better
decisions today.”
Attachments
^Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-___
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
AUTHORIZING THE GRANT APPLICATION, ACCEPTANCE, AND
EXECUTION FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
WATER RESOURCES 2022 URBAN COMMUNITY DROUGHT RELIEF
GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Redding proposes to implement the State of California Department of Water
Resources 2022 Urban Community Drought Relief Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding has the legal authority and is authorized to enter into a funding
agreement with the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding intends to apply for grant funding from the California Department
of Water Resources for the 2022 Urban Community Drought Relief Grant Program;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Redding as follows:
1. That pursuant and subject to all of the terms and provisions of Budget Act of 2021 (Stats. 2021,
ch. 240, § 80) as amended (Stats. 2022, ch. 44, §25), the City of Redding Public Works
Director, or designee, is hereby authorized and directed to prepare and file an application for
funding with the Department of Water Resources, and take such other actions necessary or
appropriate to obtain grant funding.
2. The City of Redding Public Works Director, or designee, is hereby authorized and directed to
execute the funding agreement with the Department of Water Resources and any amendments
thereto.
3. The City of Redding Public Works Director, or designee, is hereby authorized and directed to
submit any required documents, invoices, and reports required to obtain grant funding.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Redding on the 17th day of January, 2023, and was duly adopted at said meeting
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
_______________________________
MICHAEL DACQUISTO, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PAMELA MIZE, City Clerk BARRY E. DeWALT, City Attorney