To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Grant application to the Bay Area Air District from their Local Community Benefits Fund for Benicia and Surrounding Communities
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to apply for and accept, if awarded, a grant of up to $5 million from the Bay Area Air District Reinvesting Penalties for Air Improvement and Resilience grant program to perform with partner, a range of projects and programs benefiting designated eligible communities from Rodeo to Pittsburg.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Opportunity grant has a maximum award of $5,000,000. These funds will be allocated between the County and co-applicants as described in detail below. The allocation to the County is $750,000 and includes administrative costs, with the remaining funds allocated among partner agencies. No County matching funds are required.
BACKGROUND:
This grant application, if successful, will enable the County and partner agencies to make major investments in improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from residential buildings occupied by low and moderate income households throughout the region eligible for funding, which extends from Rodeo to Pittsburg. The application also includes training for local contactors seeking to provide home energy retrofit services and expand the County's existing efforts to provide all-electric building retrofits to childcare facilities within the County. All these services further the goals of the County's Climate Action and Adaption Plan.
The Bay Area Air District (Air District) adopted the Community Benefits Penalty Funds Policy to directly support communities disproportionately impacted by air pollution. Penalty funds and other funds from enforcement actions are administered through the Bay REPAIR (Reinvesting Pena...
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