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Resolution No. 2021-097 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PETALUMA AND THE
SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGARDING THE
HOMELESS EMERGENCY AID PROGRAM (HEAP)
WHEREAS, the City applied to the Sonoma County Community Development Commission for Homeless
Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) funds; and
WHEREAS the Sonoma County Community Development Commission, Continuum of Care Committee
awarded a grant of HEAP funds in the amount of $45,000 to the City for the purchase of the Petaluma CAHOOTS
program Van; and
WHEREAS the Sonoma County Community Development Commission, Continuum of Care Committee
awarded a grant of HEAP funds in the amount of $50,000 to the City for the purchase of a Pick-Up Truck for the
Downtown Streets Team; and
WHEREAS, the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, in that approving the contract between The County
of Sonoma Community Development Commission for the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) and
authorizing the City Manager to execute all contracts related to the HEAP funding Agreement does not meet
CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action does not have the potential for resulting either a direct physical
change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, and because the
action constitutes organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect
physical changes in the environment; and
WHEREAS, the CAHOOTS program was already analyzed for environmental compliance with CEQA on
May 3, 2021, when City Council approved a resolution authorizing execution of a professional service agreement
with Petaluma People Services Center to implement the CAHOOTS model crisis response and intervention services
program and similarly with the Downtown Streets Team program on January 27, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and acknowledges the urgency in responding to the State HEAP funding
deadline of June 30, 2021, and for the City to quickly administer the grant funds and purchase the City vehicle in
accordance with the City Purchasing Ordinance, and further invest and support in our City sponsored Homeless
Services Programs, which contribute to the well-being and improvement of the lives of our low and moderate
income residents and the quality of life in our community, and satisfies the requirements of 24 CFR 91.200-230,
as required by 24 CFR 91.200(a).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Petaluma City Council hereby:
1. Declares the above recitals are hereby declared to be true and correct and are incorporated into this resolution
as findings of the City Council.
2. Finds the proposed action is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15378, in that approving the contract between The County of
Sonoma Community Development Commission for the Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) and
authorizing the City Manager to execute all contracts related to the HEAP funding Agreement does not meet
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CEQA's definition of a “project,” because the action does not have the potential for resulting either a direct
physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment,
and because the action constitutes organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result
in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. Moreover, the CAHOOTS program was already
analyzed for environmental compliance with CEQA on May 3, 2021, when City Council approved a resolution
authorizing execution of a professional service agreement with Petaluma People Services Center to implement
the CAHOOTS model crisis response and intervention services program and similarly with the Downtown
Streets Team program on January 27, 2020 when City Council approved a resolution authorizing execution of
an agreement Downtown Streets Team.
3. Approves the HEAP contract between the Sonoma County Community Development Commission and the
City of Petaluma.
4. Authorizes the City Manager to execute the Sub-Recipient Agreement between the City and the Downtown
Streets Team.
5. Authorizes the City Manager to execute all documents associated with the CAHOOTS van purchase, as stated
in the staff report.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 14th day of June
2021, by the following vote:
Approved as to
form:
__________________________
City Attorney
AYES: Mayor Barrett; Vice Mayor Barnacle; Fischer; Healy; King; McDonnell; Pocekay
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: ______________________________________________
City Clerk
______________________________________________
Mayor
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