HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 2025-004 N.C.S. 01/06/2024 Docusign Envelope ID:23BOCOCB-DB99-4124-8287-2DE7DEBOCDC1
Resolution No. 2025-004 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PETALUMA TO ACCEPT A FEMA FISCAL YEAR
2024 EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER GRANT PROGRAM SUBAWARD
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma plans to build a new Public Safety Center, including an Emergency
Operations Center(EOC), at the Petaluma Fairgrounds; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) maintains an Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) grant program, through which State Administrative Agencies (SAA) apply for funding on behalf
of state and local units of government; and
WHEREAS, California's SAA is the Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES); and
WHEREAS, in October 2024, Cal OES notified the City of Petaluma of a grant subaward of up to $637,195
for pre-construction activities related to the new EOC.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,by the City Council of the City of Petaluma as follows:
1. Declares the above recitals 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 applying for a grant does not meet
CEQA's definition of a"project,"because the action does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct
physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment,
and because the action does not commit the City to a definite course of action(See City of Irvine v. County of
Orange(2013) 221 Cal 4th 846, 865 (County's decision to apply for state funding for potential jail expansion
was not project approval). Further CEQA analysis will be performed once the City obtains the grant funds
and determines how to use the funds.
3. Authorizes the City Manager or her designee to execute all documents necessary to accept the Fiscal Year
2024 Emergency Operations Center grant subaward.
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 Approved as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 61 day of January form:
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2025,by the following vote: n
5EFF•85AT Iftomey
AYES: McDonnell,Barnacle,Cader Thompson,DeCarli,Nau,Quint
NOES: None
ABSENT: Shribbs
ABSTAIN: None
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DocuSigned by: Signed by:
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ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
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