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Rohnert Park pauses BRIC‑funded Copeland Creek basin work after federal Phase 2 funding rescinded
Summary
After FEMA rescinded Phase 2 BRIC construction funding, staff reported a $12 million funding gap and recommended pausing permitting and construction planning until alternative funding is secured; council directed staff to pursue state funding and draft a letter to FEMA.
Rohnert Park — City staff told the council on April 22 that a key federal construction award for the Copeland Creek Detention Basin has been rescinded, leaving a funding gap that makes near‑term construction infeasible. Vanessa Garrett, the city’s public works director, said the project had been planned in two BRIC phases: Phase 1 (design and environmental work, roughly $400,000) and Phase 2 (construction, originally budgeted at roughly $5.5 million). She reported that Phase 2 BRIC funding has been rescinded nationally, and that updated…
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