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GRANT PROGRAM
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THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Morro Bay, California
WHEREAS, the Budget Act
Coastal Commission grants to local
planning that results in the reduction
impacts of climate change; and
of 2018 and 2019, respectively, provide $1,500,000 for
governments to support Local Coastal Program (LCP)
of greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to the
WHEREAS, the California Coastal Commission, under the authority of the
California Coastal Act, may provide financial assistance to support coastal planning and
has approved a competitive grant program to provide such financial assistance for LCP
planning; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the grant program is to develop new. or updated LCPs in
conformance with the Califomia Coastal Act and to reflect current circumstances and
new scientific information, including new understandings and concern for the effects of
climate change; and
WHEREAS, grant proposals submitted under this grant program must complete Local
Coastal Program (LCP) planning work with special emphasis on reducing greenhouse gases
and addressing the effects of climate change and sea -level rise; and
WHEREAS, the City of Morro Bay has an effectively certified LCP; and
WHEREAS, the City of Morro Bay desires to pursue a project that would result in
the completion and submittal for certification by the California Coastal Commission of an
Amendment to update the LCP in whole; and
WHEREAS, the City of Morro Bay commits to and agrees to fully support a
planning effort intended to complete a certified LCP pursuant to the provisions of the
California Coastal Act, with full public participation and coordination with the Coastal
Commission staff.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Morro Bay hereby:
1. Directs City of Morro Bay staff to submit the grant application package
attached hereto as Exhibit A to the California Coastal Commission to
provide financial and planning assistance, under authority of the California
Coastal Act, in the amount of $65,000 to fund the project more particularly
described in the grant application package.
2. Authorizes the Community Development Director of the City of Morro Bay to
execute, in the name of the City of Morro Bay, all necessary applications,
contracts and agreements and amendments thereto to implement and carry
out the grant application package attached hereto and any project approved
through approval of the grant application.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay at a
regular meeting thereof held on this 27th day of August 2019 by the following voter
AYES: Headding, Addis, Davis, Heller, McPherson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
SWANSON, City Clerk