City Council

Item 120: Ready, Set, Grow San Diego IRA Urban and Community Forestry Grant Funding in\nan Amount of $10,000,000.\nTotal Estimated Cost of Proposed Action and Funding Source:\nThis action is for acceptance of grant funding from the USDA Forest Service Urban and\nCommunity Forestry Program in an amount of $10,000,000. This grant does not require a\nlocal match.\nCouncil District(s) Affected: 4, 7, 8, 9.\nProposed Actions:\n(R-2024-451)\nResolution authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to make an application to the U.S.\nDepartment of Agriculture Forest Service, and to accept, appropriate, and expend an\namount not-to-exceed $10,000,000 in Inflation Reduction Act Urban and Community\nForestry grant funding for the Ready, Set, Grow San Diego project and related actions.\nCommittee Actions Taken:\nThis item was heard at the Environment Committee meeting on March 14, 2024.\nACTION: Motion by Committee Member von Wilpert, second by Committee member\nCampbell, to recommend Council approval of staff’s proposed actions.\nVOTE: 3-0; LaCava-yea, Campbell-yea, von Wilpert-yea.\nTransportation Department: Chelsea Klaseus, (858) 541-4325\nCity Attorney Contact: Dominic Mark Guglielmo