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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