REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the 2020 Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grant:
1. Approve a Sub-Grantee award to Saint Rest Baptist Church of up to $191,000 for the remediating of an existing building on the Saint Rest Campus from the City of Fresno's Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Fresno Metropolitan Ministry (Fresno Metro) has submitted a grant request for up to $191,000 to remediate a building on the Saint Rest Baptist Church campus. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the City of Fresno an $800,000 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grant to complement ongoing revitalization efforts in Downtown, Chinatown, and Southwest Fresno, specifically within the Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) project area. The TCC project area was targeted because of the number of planned investments, the economically and environmentally disadvantaged neighborhoods, and the most leverageable infrastructure, and has been the focus for multiple recent planning processes. Saint Rest Baptist Church in partnership with Fresno Metro received funding through TCC for the St. Rest + Food to Share Hub: Healthy Food Rescue and Redistribution. The project will improve the former Farmer John Meat Company Warehouse building for expanded capacities as a Healthy Food Rescue/Redistribution Hub, and a new building will be constructed that will include offices, a training center, and a commercial kitchen operations center. Phase I and II environmental site assessments and an Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup Alternatives were completed to identify the level of contamination and the cost to remediate them for the proposed project. The Property was identified as a catalyst site in the City's ap...
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