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County accepts $10 million state grant to retrofit Grass Valley and Nevada City Veterans halls as emergency resiliency centers
Summary
The Board accepted presentation of a $10 million Strategic Growth Council Community Resiliency Center (CRC) grant to fund seismic retrofits, accessibility upgrades and program partnerships at the Grass Valley and Nevada City Veterans halls and authorized staff to accept the grant agreement and proceed with design and stakeholder coordination.
Nevada County staff on April 22 briefed the Board of Supervisors on a $10 million grant award from the California Strategic Growth Council’s Community Resiliency Center (CRC) program to renovate the Grass Valley and Nevada City Veterans halls so they can serve as resilient community and emergency sheltering spaces.
Facilities Director Justin Drinkwater presented the grant award and project scope, and asked the board to authorize acceptance of the contract and delegate administrative authority to execute grant documents and amendments. Drinkwater said the award will fund structural upgrades, seismic retrofits and accessibility improvements; he noted the seismic evaluation now underway may change the eventual scope and timing and that design work will be competitively procured.
Why it matters: The CRC grant is intended to create resilient shelter and service resources in the county’s primary Western County community facilities. Drinkwater said the state allocated $100 million to the program and Nevada County was one of 10 awardees. The county’s award is $10,000,000, with approximately $7.8 million identified for structural upgrades, $1.4 million for administrative costs and the balance for programmatic activities and partners.
Partners and program uses: Elise Strickler, IGS chief fiscal and administrative officer, summarized partner roles. Project partners include Freed Center for Independent Living, Gold Country Senior Services and Interfaith Food Ministry; the partners will help deliver programming, outreach and emergency services such as food delivery and meal service during emergency activations. Partnership agreements will be brought to the board later for approval.
Schedule and risks: Drinkwater said design services will be solicited via RFP and that construction could take 18–30 months, depending on engineering for seismic stabilization. He warned the seismic analysis may require scope and budget adjustments and that staff will return to the board with impacts and final construction bids.
Board action and vote: The board accepted the presentation and the staff recommendation to accept the grant award and authorized delegated signature authority for the facilities director to execute grant documents. The action passed by voice vote.
Ending: Staff will proceed with the seismic study, prepare an RFP for design services and continue coordination with nonprofit partners and the community; supervisors asked staff to work to minimize program disruption during construction and to report back on timeline and impacts.
