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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-29 - Authorizing the Submittal of an Application for the Watersmart: Water and Energy Efficiency Grant for 2018 for the City's Advanced Meter Infrastructure Solution ProjectRESOLUTION NO. 2018-29 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE WATERSMART: WATER AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY GRANT FOR 2018 FOR THE CITY'S ADVANCED METER INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTION PROJECT WHEREAS, the United States Bureau of Reclamation is currently offering grant opportunities through the WaterSMART: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for Fiscal Year ("FY") 2018 program; WHEREAS, the WaterSMART: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for FY 2018 program is a cost -shared grant program emphasizing water and energy efficiency; WHEREAS, the City Council supports the submission by the City of Newport Beach ("City") of a grant application, prepared and approved by the City, to the WaterSMART: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for FY 2018 program, for the City's Advanced Meter Infrastructure Solution Project ("Project"); WHEREAS, under the WaterSMART: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for FY 2018 program, the United States Bureau of Reclamation may award up to One Million Dollars and 00/100 ($1,000,000.00) towards the maximum 50/50 cost sharing to pay for the Project costs and the City is capable of providing an additional Eight Million One Hundred Eighty -Eight Thousand Nine Dollars and 00/100 ($8,188,009.00) in cash and/or in-kind contributions specified in the grant application's funding plan to pay for all remaining Project costs; and WHEREAS, if selected to receive funds for the WaterSMART: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for FY 2018 program, the City will work with the United States Bureau of Reclamation to meet established deadlines for entering into a cooperative agreement regarding funding for the Project. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: The City Council does hereby approve the submission of the application for the WaterSMART: Water and Energy Efficiency Grants for FY 2018 program by the City for fiscal year 2018-19 for the Advanced Meter Infrastructure Solution Project. Section 2: In the event grant funding is provided by the United States Bureau of Reclamation, the City Council does hereby authorize the City Manager or his or her designee to accept the grant and sign any contract for administration of the grant funds. The City Council does hereby delegate the City's Finance Department Director to act as a fiscal agent for any grant funding received. Resolution No. 2018-29 Page 2 of 2 Section 3: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Section 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 5: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 6: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution. ADOPTED this 22nd day of May, 2018. ti Marshall "Duffy" Duffi Id Mayor ATTEST: RN% APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Aaron C. Harp City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven, the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2018-29 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 22nd day of May, 2018; and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Member Herdman, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Scott Peotter, Council Member Brad Avery, Mayor Pro Tem Will O'Neill, Mayor Duffy Duffield NAYS: None RECUSED: Council Member Kevin Muldoon IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 23rd day of May, 2018. r Leilani I. Brown City Clerk Newport Beach, California