HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 2025-081 N.C.S. 06/16/2025
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Resolution No. 2025-081 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PETALUMA TO ACCEPT FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION FISCAL YEAR 2025 AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
GRANT FUNDING AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
(CALTRANS) DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS 5% GRANT MATCH
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma and the Federal Aviation Administration are parties to the federal Airport
Improvement Program (AIP) for the Taxiway A Rehabilitation and Taxilane B Reconstruction at the Petaluma
Municipal Airport; and,
WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded the City of Petaluma Airport
Improvement Program (AIP) grant funding for the Taxiway A Rehabilitation and Taxilane B Reconstruction
projects for Federal Fiscal Year 2025, in the total amount of $2,147,490, which includes $1,174,297 for Taxiway
A and $973,193 for Taxilane B; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Division of Aeronautics offers a 5%
state matching grant to support FAA AIP-funded projects, and the City is eligible to receive $107,375 in state
matching funds; and
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma has structured its bid packages for both projects with a base bid aligned to
pre-allocated FAA funding and included additive alternates in the event additional discretionary FAA funding
becomes available; and
WHEREAS, City staff will continue to pursue additional discretionary funding from the FAA to restore the
original scope of the projects, while accepting current pre-allocated funding to ensure timely delivery of critical
pavement improvements; and
WHEREAS, approval of this resolution is a prerequisite for acceptance of FAA and Caltrans grant funds and
will allow the City to proceed with project advancement.
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 that 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.
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3. Authorizes the City Authorizes the City Manager or her designee to execute all grant-related documents,
including agreements, certifications, and reimbursement requests, and to take all actions necessary to
implement the grant awards.
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 16nd day of June 2025,
by the following vote:
Approved as to
form:
__________________________
City Attorney
AYES: McDonnell, Barnacle, Cader Thompson, DeCarli, Nau, Quint, Shribbs
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: ______________________________________________
City Clerk
______________________________________________
Mayor
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