To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Jacques R. LaRochelle, Public Works Director
Prepared By: John Ferons, Senior Civil Engineer
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FEMA Funding for Repairs of Damage from January 2017 Storms
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
(1) Designate the City Manager, the Finance Director, the Assistant to the City Manager, or the Public Works Administrative Services Manager to serve as the City's Authorized Designated Agent to implement funding requests submitted to, and funding received from, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA") and the California Office of Emergency Services ("Cal OES"); and
(2) Authorize the City's Authorized Designated Agent to prepare and submit FEMA Form 90-49 (Request for Public Assistance) to request funding for the City's response to the damage incurred during the January 2017 Storms (FEMA 4301-DR-CA); and
(3) Determine that the actions authorized by this item are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
As the City Council is aware, the greater Bay Area (including Napa County) was subject to a series of atmospheric river storm events for the duration of January 2017, resulting in damage to City property at multiple Napa River and tributary creek banks and adjacent top-of-bank.
As a result, the County of Napa, on behalf of the County and local agencies within the County, proclaimed the existence of a local emergency on January 18, 2017, and requested the State provide aid pursuant to the California Disaster Assistance Act. In response the Governor of the State of California issued a state of emergency January 23, 2017 that includes Napa County. The President of the United States declared a major federal disaster February 14, 2017, making federal aid available to 34 counties, including Napa, for the January 2017 Storms. Since the local emergency declaration by the County of Napa was based on conditions in both the incorporated territory of the City and the unincorporated territory of the Co...
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