Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 03, 2022
Consent
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CONSIDER APPROVING RESOLUTION NO. 22-075 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND/OR DESIGNEE TO APPLY FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL (DTSC) EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES REVITALIZATION GRANT (ECRG) PROGRAM AND RATIFYING DTSC AGREEMENT ALREADY ENTERED INTO BY CITY (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
In 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation referred to as the Cleanup in Vulnerable Communities Initiative (CVCI), allocating $500 million to expedite the cleanup and beneficial reuse of contaminated properties, with priority given to properties in historically vulnerable and disadvantaged communities. A majority of the CVCI funding ($270.5 million) was allocated to State of California Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Toxic Substances Control's (DTSC) Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG) Program.
DTSC published ECRG Program guidelines earlier this year and provided eligible applicants (i.e., non-profits and local governments) a narrow deadline to file their ECRG application for competitive funding. In response to the tight application timeframe, the City reached out to several owners of "project ready" environmentally challenged properties and was able to submit one ECRG application (environmental site investigation) for the Sywest Development by the filing deadline of April 4.
By approving this item, the Council would ratify, via adoption of Resolution No. 22-075 (Exhibit No. 1), the City's submittal of the Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG) grant application to DTSC and authorize the City Manager and/or his designee to execute any documents related to the ECRG Program. While DTSC currently does not require any formal resolution to be adopted for the ECRG program, the adoption of Resolution No. 22-075 would expedite the application process by providing the City Manager and/or his designee the...
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