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CITY OF REDDING
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
Recommendation
Approve and Authorize the following:
(1) Authorize staff to submit a California Strategic Growth Council’s Community Resilience
Centers Program planning grant application for a day resource center in an amount not to
exceed $500,000;
(2) Adopt Resolution to authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents
necessary to apply for the grant, appropriate funds, and if awarded, execute any
agreements necessary to implement the award;
(3) Find that applying for funding is not considered a project under the California
Environmental Quality Act; and
(4) Find that administrative activities such as applying for funding is exempt under the
National Environmental Policy Act.
Fiscal Impact
California Strategic Growth Council’s (SGC) Community Resilience Centers (CRC) Program
planning funds are grant funds with no match obligation. There is no fiscal impact to the General
Fund.
Alternative Action
The City Council may choose not authorize the Housing Division to submit a CRC application or
provide staff an alternative direction.
MEETING DATE: September 5, 2023
ITEM NO. 4.2(a)
FROM:
***APPROVED BY***
sbade@cityofredding.org
btippin@cityofredding.org
SUBJECT: 4.2(a)--Authorize the submission of a California Strategic Growth Council's
Community Resilience Centers Program application.
Steve Bade, Assistant City
Manager
Report to Redding City Council August 28, 2023
Re: 4.2(a)--Authorize application - California Strategic Growth Council's CRC Grant Page 2
Background/Analysis
The SGC brings together a multitude of California State agencies to coordinate activities that
support sustainable communities emphasizing strong economies, social equity, and
environmental stewardship. As a Cabinet-level interagency organization located within the
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, SGC advances the State’s key policy priorities
through four main categories: investment programs, collaborative policy initiatives, integrated
policy and planning, capacity building, and technical assistance. The newest SGC program is the
CRC Program, which is aligned with other statewide efforts to build resiliency across California
communities.
SGC published a Notice of Funding Availability, making available a maximum of $500,000 in
CRC Planning Grants, each ranging from $100,000 to $500,000 to eligible communities in the
initial stages of plan development, community engagement, coordination and other activities
necessary for projects that provide shelter and resources during climate and other emergencies
such as extreme heat events and poor air quality days. The program also funds ongoing year-
round community services and programs that build overall community resiliency.
CRC planning efforts focus on engaging key stakeholders and supporting project readiness as
well as exploring ideas and potential locations for local community centers . Funds can be used to
identify community partners, conduct community needs assessments, design a community
engagement plan, identify and prepare potential project sites, complete a fiscal analysis of
development and construction costs, and build community capacity in preparation for
implementation of the proposed Center.
Staff’s application will focus on planning for a community-wide, day resource center.
Community advocates have long-expressed a need for a one-stop location to encompass
supportive services for disadvantaged citizens. This CRC will provide shelter and resources
during climate and other emergencies as well as fund ongoing year-round community services
and programs that build overall community resilience such as social services, showers, laundry
facilities, storage, various life skills training, pet care, and connection to local employment and
housing resources.
CRC grant applications are due by September 18, 2023, with award announcements by
December 2023. If awarded a CRC grant, staff anticipates that within a 24-month period of time,
the planning process and site selection will be completed. Furthermore, it is anticipated that
future CRC grants will provide access to funding for project development and implementation
grants for the acquisition and construction of the future Day Resource Center.
Environmental Review
Applying for grant funding is not considered a project under the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA). Any project that is developed will be reviewed for CEQA compliance once
the details are known.
Under National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), administrative and management activities
such as applying for grant funding are considered exempt activities and no further action is
required. Any construction projects will be reviewed for NEPA requirements if the City is
awarded funding by the State.
Report to Redding City Council August 28, 2023
Re: 4.2(a)--Authorize application - California Strategic Growth Council's CRC Grant Page 3
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.”
Economic Development- “Facilitate and become a catalyst for economic development in
Redding to create jobs, retain current businesses and attract new ones, and encourage
investment in the community.”
Attachments
^Resolution
RESOLUTION NO. 2023–____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL
TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES (TCC) PLANNING
GRANT APPLICATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE CENTERS PROGRAM AND ADOPTING AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO APPLY,
ACCEPT, AMEND AS NEEDED, AND IMPLEMENT THE COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE CENTERS PROGRAM FOR THE GRANT TERM
WHEREAS, The California Strategic Growth Council Transformative Climate
Communities (“TCC”) Planning Grant was established by Assembly Bill 2722 in 2016 and since
then has allowed 18 communities across the State to fund the development and implementation of
neighborhood-level, climate-resilient community projects that provide economic, environmental,
and health benefits to the state’s most disadvantaged communities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding (“Applicant”) desires to apply for Community Resilience
Centers Program grant funds in the amount of $500,000 that would allow the City of Redding to
identify potential projects and a Collaborative Stakeholder Structure for a Community Day
Resource Center in the City of Redding; and
WHEREAS, Program funding allocations are subject to the terms and conditions of the
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), the Application, the Standard Agreement (“Standard
Agreement”), and all other legal requirements of the Community Resilience Centers Program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
1. Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to submit a Planning Application to the
Department in response to the NOFA, and to apply for Community Resilience Centers
Program planning grant funds in a total amount not to exceed $500,000.
2. If the Application is approved, Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to enter into,
execute, and deliver a Standard Agreement in a total amount not to exceed $500,000, any
and all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to secure the
Community Resilience Centers Program funds from the Department and to participate in
the Program, and all amendments thereto (collectively, the “Community Resilience Centers
Program Documents”).
3. Applicant acknowledges and agrees that it shall be subject to the terms and conditions
specified in the Standard Agreement, and that the NOFA and Application will be
incorporated in the Standard Agreement by reference and made a part thereof. Any and all
activities, expenditures, information, and timelines represented in the Application are
enforceable through the Standard Agreement. Funds are to be used for the allowable
expenditures and activities identified in the Standard Agreement.
4. The City Manager or designee is authorized to execute the Application and the Community
Resilience Centers Program Documents for participation in the Community Resilience
Centers Program.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Redding at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of September, 2023,
by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
____________________________________
MICHAEL DACQUISTO, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_______________________________ ____________________________________
SHARLENE TIPTON, City Clerk BARRY E. DeWALT, City Attorney
CERTIFICATE OF THE ATTESTING OFFICER
The undersigned, Sharlene Tipton, City Clerk, does hereby attest and certify that this Resolution
is a true, full and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of the
City of Redding which was duly convened and held on the date stated thereon, and that said
document has not been amended, modified, repealed or rescinded since its date of adoption and is
in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
ATTEST:
Signature of Attesting Officer