Resolution 15953CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15953
APPROVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF $800,000 GRANT FUNDS
FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY RESTORATION AUTHORITY FOR
THE DE -PAVE PARK PLANNING PROJECT
WHEREAS, the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority Act, Government Code
§§ 66700-66706, establishes the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority ("Authority")
as a regional entity to generate and allocate resources for the protection and
enhancement of tidal wetlands and other wildlife habitat in San Francisco Bay and along
its shoreline, and authorizes the Authority to award grants to public and private entities to
achieve these purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Authority awards grants for eligible projects consistent with
Government Code § 66704.5, the Authority's Grant Program Guidelines, first adopted in
May 2017, and the Authority's San Francisco Bay Clean Water, Pollution Prevention and
Habitat Restoration Measure ("Measure AA"), passed by the voters in June 2016; and
WHEREAS, at its June 24, 2022 meeting, the Authority adopted a resolution
authorizing a grant to the City of Alameda ("grantee") for the De -Pave Park Planning
Project ("the project"). The resolution was adopted by the Authority pursuant to, and is
included in, the Authority June 24, 2022 staff recommendation, a copy of which is on file
with the grantee and with the Authority; and
WHEREAS, the Authority requires that governing body of the grantee certify
through a resolution that it approves the award of Authority grant funding and authorizes
the execution by a representative of the grantee of a grant agreement on terms and
conditions required by Authority Grant Agreement No. RA -033 (the "grant agreement").
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Alameda hereby;
1. Approves the acceptance of $800,000 in grant funding from the Authority for the
project.
2. Acknowledges that it has or will have sufficient funds to complete the project and
to operate and maintain, for the period set forth in the grant agreement, any
property acquired or improvements constructed as a part of the project.
3. Agrees to be bound by all terms and conditions of the grant agreement and any
other agreement or instrument as may be required by the Authority and as may be
necessary to fulfill the terms of the grant agreement.
4. Authorizes the person holding any of the following positions with the grantee to act
as a representative of the grantee and to negotiate and execute on behalf of the
grantee the grant agreement and all other agreements and instruments necessary
to complete the project: City Manager or Recreation and Parks Director.
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 6th day of September 2022, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White,
Vella and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said City this 7th day of September 2022.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
Approved as to form:
Yibin S • e ity Attorney
City,of ameda