Resolution 14897CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14897
AUTHORIZATION TO APPLY FOR HOUSING RELATED PARKS
GRANT FOR ESTUARY PARK ATHLETIC FIELDS
WHEREAS, The State of California, Department of Housing and Community
Development (Department) has issued a Notice of Funding Availability dated October
2, 2013 (NOFA), under its Housing - Related Parks (HRP) Program; and
WHEREAS, The City of Alameda (Applicant) desires to apply for a HRP
Program grant and submit the 2013 Designated Program Year Application Package
released by the Department for the HRP Program; and
WHEREAS, The Department is authorized to approve funding allocations for
the HRP Program, subject to the terms and conditions of the NOFA, Program
Guidelines, Application Package, and Standard Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda will apply for these funds for partial funding of
the construction of the Estuary Park Athletic Fields.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Alameda hereby:
1 Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to apply for and submit to the
Department the HRP Program Application Package released October 2013 for
the 2013 Designated Program Year. If the application is approved, the
Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to enter into, execute, and deliver
a State of California Standard Agreement (Standard Agreement), and any and
all other documents required or deemed necessary or appropriate to secure
the HRP Program Grant from the Department, and all amendments thereto
(collectively, the "HRP Grant Documents"); and
2. Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the
Standard Agreement. Funds are to be used for allowable capital asset project
expenditures to be identified in Exhibit A of the Standard Agreement. The
application in full is incorporated as part of the Standard Agreement. Any and
all activities funded, information provided, and timelines represented in the
application are enforceable through the Standard Agreement. Applicant
hereby agrees to use the funds for eligible capital asset(s) in the manner
presented in the application as approved by the Department and in
accordance with the NOFA and Program Guidelines and Application Package.
3. That the City Manager, John Russo, or his designee, is authorized to execute
in the name of Applicant the HRP Program Application Package and the HRP
Grant Documents as required by the Department for participation in the HRP
Program.
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 18th day of February, 2014, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Chen, Daysog, Ezzy Ashcraft, Tam and
Mayor Gilmore — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this 19th day of February 2014.
Lara Weisiger, Cit
City of Alameda
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