Resolution 15691CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15691
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT UP TO
$140,000 IN NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JAPANESE AMERICAN
CONFINEMENT SITES GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS
WHEREAS, the Alameda Free Library (City of Alameda) has applied for a grant
from the National Park Service Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program;
and,
WHEREAS, the Alameda Free Library proposes to gather materials currently
maintained by members of the Buddhist Temple of Alameda and Buena Vista United
Methodist Church to document, catalogue, digitize and preserve the World War II
evacuation and incarceration experiences of Japanese American residents of Alameda,
California, the first California community to be forcibly removed under Executive Order
9066;and
WHEREAS, this project will catalog, digitize and archive materials into several
repositories: the Alameda Free Library, Densho, and the Internet Archive, to ensure the
best possible chance of long term access and preservation; and
WHEREAS, this project creates a model for a community-wide, multi-generational
collaboration to document this crucial period of Alameda's local and national history;
expanding the multi-cultural collections of the Alameda Free Library and provide the
community with a fuller picture of their history, weaving the stories of marginalized
communities into the dominant narrative; and
WHEREAS, the Library's grant application was successful and the Library was
awarded $140,000 in grant funds from the National Park Service Japanese American
Confinement Sites Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires a $77,700 match of grant funds, which includes in-
kind services from the Library and partnering agencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Alameda ("Applicant") hereby authorizes and directs the City Manager to accept the NPS
JAGS grant funds; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, the Applicant shall be subject to the terms and
conditions as specified in the NPS JAGS grant, and the federal Grant & Cooperative
Agreement provided by the Department after approval. The Application and any and all
accompanying documents are incorporated in full as part of the Grant & Cooperative
Agreement. Any and all activities funded, information provided, and timelines represented
in the Application will be enforceable through the fully executed Grant & Cooperative
Agreement. Pursuant to the NPS JAGS grant and in conjunction with the terms of the·
Grant & Cooperative Agreement, the Applicant hereby agrees to use the funds for eligible
uses and allowable expenditures in the manner presented and specifically identified in
the approved Application.
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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 continued regular
meeting assembled on the 15th day of September 2020, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, 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 16th day of September 2020.
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Yibin Shen(C Attorney
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Lara Weisiger,
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