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Home My WebLink AboutCC Resolution 15318 (Acceptance of Grant from Marin Community Foundation) RESOLUTION NO. 15318 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE GRANT OF FUNDS FROM THE MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR A TWO-YEAR CLIMATE JUSTICE AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $297,960 WHEREAS, the Marin Community Foundation is providing grant funding to local jurisdictions and nonprofit entities through their Climate Justice Initiative Spring 2024 Cycle for Advancing Equitable and Just Climate Resilience in Marin County; and WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael applied for and was notified on May 29, 2024 that it had been selected to receive grant funds in the amount of $297,960; and WHEREAS, the City of San Rafael has numerous projects in and around the Canal neighborhood that require extensive community engagement and planning; and WHEREAS, this grant funding will allow the City to hire a two-year Climate Justice and Engagement Manager to coordinate the various projects and ensure cross-departmental collaboration and prioritization of climate justice needs related to sustainability, social equity, community resilience, workforce development, and adaptive infrastructure. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Rafael hereby: 1. Accepts the award of grant funding from the Marin Community Foundation to hire a two- year Climate Justice and Engagement Manager to coordinate across departments. 2. Agrees to be bound by all terms and conditions of the grant agreement as may be required by the Marin Community Foundation and as may be necessary to fulfill the terms of the grant agreement and to complete the project. 3. Authorizes the City Manager or their designee to act as a representative of the City, to negotiate and execute on behalf of the City all agreements and instruments necessary to complete the project and to comply with the Marin Community Foundation grant requirements, including, without limitation, the grant agreement. 4. Appropriates funds in the amount of $297,960 from Project # 21173 to be spent on the grant work plan agreed upon with the funder. I, Lindsay Lara, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the San Rafael City Council held on the 15th day of July 2024, by the following vote to wit: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Bushey, Kertz & Mayor Kate NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Hill & Llorens Gulati LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk