Resolution 14621CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14621
APPROVING A RESIDENTIAL ANTIDISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION
ASSISTANCE PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED ISLANDER PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Community Improvement Commission of the City of
Alameda ( "CIC "), the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda, and Resources
for Community Development ( "RCD ") entered into an Owner Participation
Agreement dated March 2, 2011, as amended to date, which provides for the
acquisition and rehabilitation of the existing Islander Motel for development of
very -low and low income affordable housing (the "Project "); and
WHEREAS, as part of the financing for the Project, the City Council of the
City of Alameda ( "City Council ") provided a $1.3 million HOME loan; and
WHEREAS, the Project will result in the temporary or permanent
displacement of certain persons or families from their dwelling units; and
WHEREAS, Section 6038 of the Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Guidelines (Cal.Code Regs. §6000, et seq.) (the "State Relocation
Guidelines "), and the relocation guidelines adopted by the CIC by Resolution No.
83 -5 adopted pursuant to the State Relocation Guidelines (the "CIC Relocation
Guidelines "), require that a public entity prepare a relocation plan for all persons
to be displaced as a result of a project carried out by a public entity; and
WHEREAS, a draft Residential Antidisplacement and Relocation
Assistance Plan for the proposed Islander Project (the "Draft Relocation Plan ")
was prepared and a notice of the availability of the Draft Relocation Plan for
review was sent to all occupants within the boundaries of the Project at least 30
days prior to CIC's submission of the Draft Relocation Plan to the City Council;
and
WHEREAS, all comments received on the Draft Relocation Plan and
responses to those comments have been incorporated into the final proposed
Residential Antidisplacement and Relocation Assistance Plan for the Islander
Project (the "Final Relocation Plan "); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 6038(a) of the State Relocation
Guidelines, the CIC has submitted the Final Relocation Plan to the City Council
for approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council hereby approves the Residential
Antidisplacement and Relocation Plan for the Islander Project (the "Relocation
Plan "), attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Based on the Relocation Plan, the City Council hereby finds
and determines:
a. That fair and reasonable relocation payments will be provided to
eligible persons, as required by the State Relocation Guidelines and CIC
Relocation Guidelines (collectively hereinafter referred to as the "Relocation
Guidelines ").
b. That a relocation assistance program offering the services
described in the Relocation Guidelines has been established.
c. That eligible persons will be adequately informed of the assistance,
benefits, policies, practices and procedures, including grievance procedures,
provided for in the Relocation Guidelines.
d. That based upon a recent survey and analysis of both the housing
needs of persons who will be displaced and available replacement housing, and
considering competing demands for that housing, comparable replacement
dwellings will be available, or provided, if necessary, within a reasonable period
of time prior to displacement sufficient in number, size and cost for the eligible
persons who require them.
e. That adequate provisions have been made to provide orderly,
timely, and efficient relocation of eligible persons to comparable replacement
housing available without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status or
national origin with minimum hardship to those affected.
f. That a relocation plan meeting the requirements of Section 6038 of
the State Relocation Guidelines has been prepared.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting
assembled on the 20th day of September, 2011, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Bonta, deHaan, and Tam — 3.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Gilmore and Councilmember Johnson - 2
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said City this 21St day of September, 2011.
Lara Weisiger, City C
City of Alameda