Resolution 16063CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 16063
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL
NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO ACCEPT $1,000,000 IN
GRANT FUNDS FOR THE ALAMEDA-OAKLAND ESTUARY WATER
SHUTTLE TWO YEAR PILOT PROGRAM (2024 THROUGH 2026)
AND TO APPROPRIATE THE $1,000,000 GRANT AND THE $150,000
MATCHING FUNDS IN FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 TOWARDS THE
WATER SHUTTLE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Alameda County Transportation Commission ("Alameda CTC")
administers funding programs for projects and programs that benefit the Alameda County
transportation system, consisting of 2000 Measure B, 2010 Vehicle Registration Fee
("VRF"), 2014 Measure BB, CMA -TIP, and Transportation Fund for Clean Air Programs,
and such funding is collectively defined as and shall be referenced herein as the "Alameda
CTC Administered Funds"; and
WHEREAS, City of Alameda ("Fund Recipient") submitted a funding application
("Application") to the Alameda CTC for the Alameda -Oakland Estuary Water Shuttle Pilot
Program ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Project will launch and operate a new, free water shuttle service
across the estuary between west Alameda and Oakland's Jack London Square, as a two-
year pilot with private and public investment and support; and
WHEREAS, in June 2022, the leadership of CIM Group (Jack London Square's
property management company), Blue Rise Ventures (owners of the Marina Village
Business Park), Jack London Improvement District, the West Alameda Transportation
Management Association, the Alameda Transportation Management Association
(Alameda TMA), Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) and Fund Recipient
signed a joint letter stating that "Our partnership is committed to funding the remaining
75% of the two-year pilot program costs, totaling $1,500,000 per year, for each of the two
pilot years"; and
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2022, the Fund Recipient's governing body, the Alameda
City Council, endorsed Fund Recipient's grant application to the Alameda CTC's 2024
Comprehensive Investment Plan Call for Projects for grant funds for the PROJECT which
included $150,000 for two years ($75,000 per year) in Measure BB Local Streets and
Roads Funds in support of the pilot program; and
WHEREAS, in June 2022, in addition to signing the joint letter from the
private/public partnership working on the Project, WETA stated that the agency would
provide $190,000 in in-kind funding for administering and marketing the pilot program, as
its contribution towards the $3,000,000 local matching funds; and
WHEREAS, by action of the Alameda CTC at its meeting held on May 25, 2023,
Alameda CTC awarded $1,000,000 in Alameda CTC Administered Funds to the Fund
Recipient for two years of operations ("Awarded Phase") of Project; and
WHEREAS, prior to receipt of any Alameda CTC Administered Funds, Fund
Recipient shall be required to enter into a Project Funding Agreement with Alameda CTC
for the Project ("Agreement") based on Alameda CTC's form therefor, which Agreement
shall set forth certain project -specific requirements applicable to the Project; and
WHEREAS, as part of the requirements to receive Alameda CTC Administered
Funds awarded to the Project, Alameda CTC requires a resolution accepting the awarded
funding to be adopted by the Fund Recipient's governing body confirming the following:
1. Fund Recipient's commitment to secure matching funds against the awarded
Alameda CTC Administered Funds; and
2. Fund Recipient's commitment to provide any additional funding required to
deliver the Awarded Phase of Project, with an understanding the same shall
not be funded with additional Alameda CTC Administered Funds; and
3. Fund Recipient's commitment to implement the Awarded Phase of Project as
described in the funding application and the subsequent funding agreement
between Alameda CTC and the Fund Recipient; and
4. Fund Recipient's commitment to comply with the Agreement; and
5. Fund Recipient's commitment to comply with the applicable requirements set
forth in Alameda CTC's Local Business Contract Equity ("LBCE") Program for
professional services and construction contracts funded with Measure B,
Measure BB, and/or VRF funds, and abide by the LBCE procedures in the
applicable solicitations and contracts.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Fund Recipient agrees to accept
award of $1,000,000 in Alameda CTC Administered Funds; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Fund Recipient, by adopting this resolution,
does hereby state that:
1. Fund Recipient will provide a minimum of $3,000,000 in matching funds
anticipated to be from private companies and business associations, Measure
BB and WETA; and
2. Fund Recipient understands that Fund Recipient shall be responsible to
provide any additional funding required to deliver the Awarded Phase of
Project, and the same shall not be funded with additional Alameda CTC
Administered Funds; and
3. Awarded Phase of Project will be implemented as described in the Application,
Agreement, and in this resolution; and
4. Fund Recipient will comply with the Agreement; and
5. Fund Recipient will comply with the applicable requirements set forth in
Alameda CTC's LBCE Program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Fund Recipient hereby confirms that there is
no pending or threatened litigation that might in any way adversely affect Fund Recipient's
ability to implement and deliver the proposed Project; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Fund Recipient authorizes its City Manager, or
designee, to execute the Agreement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Fund Recipient shall provide ALAMEDA CTC
with a fully -executed copy of this Resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council authorizes the City Manager,
or designee, to appropriate the $1,000,000 award of ACTC funds and $150,000 in
Measure BB Local Streets/Roads matching funds in FY 2023-24 in a project for the Water
Shuttle 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 20th day of June 2023, 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 June 2023.
Lara Weisiger, Cil Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda