Title:
Title
California Resilience Challenge, Request for Proposals, 2020 Grant Program
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00160
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or City Manager's designee to: 1) apply for grant funding from the Bay Area-California Resilience Challenge, 2020 Grant Program, for an amount up to $200,000 with no match requirement; 2) execute the funding agreement and all documents related to the grant if awarded; 3) if awarded, establish the California Resilience Grant Program (G14200100); and 4) if awarded, establish revenue and expenditure budgets for an amount up to $200,000 in the California Resilience Grant Program (G14200100) in the Storm Drainage Grant Fund (Fund 6211).
Contact: Bill Busath, Director, (916) 808-1434; Gary DeJesus, Division Manager, (916) 808-5173; Chuong (Ryan) Pham, Business Services Manager, (916) 808-8995, Roshini Das, Sustainability Program Manager, (916) 808-6270; Department of Utilities.
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Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description Analysis
2-Resolution
3-FOA-Grant Funding Opportunity
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: The California Resiliency Challenge Grant Program (CRC) is a 2020 grant program provided by the Bay Area Council for planning projects targeted at improving resilience to climate challenges.
The City of Sacramento, Department of Utilities (DOU) is seeking approval to apply for up to $200,000 in grant funding from the CRC 2020 Grant Program to conduct Climate Adaption Planning for the Wastewater and Stormwater Infrastructure utilizing a tool from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) called CREAT (Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool). The CREAT tool helps utilities understand and adapt to climate change by:
* Discerning which extreme weather events pose significant challenges to the utility and building scenarios to identify potential impacts;
* Identifying the critical assets and actions that c...
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