Resolution 077491 71
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO, 7749
PROVIDING FOR LOCAL COOPERATION BY THE CITY OF ALAMEDA IN
CONNECTION WITH THE PROJECT FOR THE IMPROVE ENT OF ESTUARY
CHANNEL (OAKLAND INNER HARBOR)
WHEREAS, the DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, San Francisco District, has requested
the City of Alameda to make assurances with respect to local cooperation required in connection with the
project for the improvement of the Oakland Inner Harbor consisting of increasing the channel depth from
thirty (30) feet to thirty-five (35) feet below mean lower low water;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that in connection with said project the City of Alameda does
hereby agree, but this agreement shall be effective only within the territorial ' its of the City of
Alameda as follows:
1. That at the proper time and upon receipt of appropriate written request therefor, it will
provide, to the extent the City of Alameda is permitted by law to so provide, without cost to the United
States, all lands, easements and rights-of-way necessary for construction and maintenance of the improve-
ment;
2. That it will hold and save the United States free and harmless from damages to wharves,
piers, tubes and other marine and submarine structures due to the initial dredging work and subsequent
maintenance dredging, provided, however, that this indemnity shall not apply where any such damage is
caused by any dredging work, initial or maintenance, below a depth of thirty-five (35) feet below mean
lower low water, plus two (2) feet of allowable overdepth dredging, or within fifty (50) feet of the
existing or future traffic tubes between the cities of Oakland and Alameda;
3. That it will accomplish without expense to the United States alterations as may be required
in sewer, water supply, drainage and other utility facilities;
4. That it will provide and maintain at local expense adequate marine public terminal and
transfer facilities open to all on equal terms;
5. That it will deepen and maintain slips and berths when and as required; and provided further,
that if it is determined in detailed studies that spoil-disposal areas are needed, local interests agree
to use their best efforts to furnish, upon request of the Chief of Engineers, and without cost to the
United States, the required spoil-disposal areas including necessary dikes, bulkheads and embankments for
the initial dredging and subsequent maintenance; and
6. That it will undertake all available administrative and/or legal efforts to support Federal
and State water quality standards in waterways associated with the channel improvement.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the
16th day of March, 1971, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Fore, Levy, Longaker, McCall and President La Croix, Jr., (5).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 17th day of March, 1971.
(SEAL) IRMA L. NELSON
City Clerk of the City of Alameda
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of "City of Alameda
Resolution No. 7749, PROVIDING FOR LOCAL COOPERATION BY THE CITY OF ALAMEDA IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PROJECT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ESTUARY CHANNEL (OAKLAND INNER HARBOR)," introduced and adopted by the
Council of the City of Alameda on the 16th day of March, 1971.
City'Clerk of the City of Alameda