Resolution 16137 CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 16137
APPROVING APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA) BUILDING RESILIENT
INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITIES (BRIC) GRANT FUNDS
TOTALING $55 MILLION INCLUDING MATCHING FUNDS IN THE
AMOUNT OF $1,924,248, IF AWARDED
WHEREAS, the FEMA BRIC grant program supports states, local communities,
tribes and territories as they undertake hazard mitigation projects, reducing the risks they
face from disasters and natural hazards; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda has focused in recent years on implementing the
adaptation concepts developed in the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) for
priority flood locations, including State Route 61 (SR-61)/Doolittle Drive, Veterans Court
seawall and the Bay Farm Island Lagoon outfall; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda has been pursuing a sub-regional approach to
sea level rise adaptation through the Oakland Alameda Adaptation Committee (OAAC)
since 2021, which includes key stakeholders such as the Port of Oakland, the City of
Oakland, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and community-based
organizations (Community Partners); and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda, on behalf of OAAC, is submitting an application
to fund the Oakland Alameda Adaptation and Community Benefits Project (Project); and
WHEREAS, the Project will fund design and construction of flood mitigation
measures for Bay Farm Island, SR-61/Doolittle Drive, the Oakland Airport, and along San
Leandro Creek within east Oakland underserved communities; and
WHEREAS, the Project is within the FEMA designated Oakland Airport Community
Disaster Resilience Zone (CDRZ), which makes the project eligible for a 10 percent non-
federal match rather than the typical 25 percent match; and
WHEREAS, the Project totals $55,511,000 with a federal request for $49,959,900
and a non-federal share of$5,551,100; and
WHEREAS, the non-federal share will be split among the benefitting agencies of
City of Alameda, City of Oakland, and Port of Oakland on a pro-rata basis; and
WHEREAS, if the grant is awarded a budget appropriation will be brought to City
Council for final approval of the City of Alameda's pro rata share of$1,924,248.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Alameda hereby approves application for FEMA BRIC grant funds on behalf of OAAC
and commits to providing matching funds for Alameda's pro rata share in the amount of
$1,924,248, if awarded.
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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 February 2024, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Jensen, 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 21st day of February 2024.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda
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