CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. ________
ADOPTING THE 2026 CITY OF ALAMEDA CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AS THE CITY’S LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, AS REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL DISASTER MITIGATION ACT OF 2000, AND INCORPORATING BY REFERENCE THE 2026 CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN INTO THE ALAMEDA GENERAL PLAN SAFETY ELEMENT, AS REQUIRED BY AB 2140 (2006) WHEREAS, due to the City of Alameda’s (City) proximity to major earthquake faults, our geography as a low-lying island community with older building stock, Alameda faces risks from several climate and natural hazards that have the potential to significantly disrupt daily life and cause damage to people and property; and WHEREAS, earthquakes, floods and sea level and groundwater rise pose the greatest risk to people and property in Alameda; and WHEREAS, the City also faces risks from tsunamis, heat, drought, wildfire-related hazards of smoky air and power outages, and dam breach inundation; and WHEREAS, climate change is exacerbating the frequency, duration, extent, and consequences of many of the hazards Alameda faces; and WHEREAS, some members of the community will be more significantly impacted by natural disasters and may have a more difficult time recovering than others due to a lack of stable housing, financial resources, and zoning laws that have historically disproportionately placed people of color into areas of the city more vulnerable to natural hazards; and WHEREAS, the success of the Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation rests not only on our ability to implement the strategies laid out in this plan, but also on our ability to implement the City’s Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 and become carbon neutral as soon as possible. By taking strong actions to reduce our GHG emissions, the City will do its part to achieve a climate-safe path and avoid some of the most extreme climate effects we could face; and WHEREAS, the City seeks to be prepared for future hazards and climate impacts by reducing the potential loss of life, property damage, and environmental degradation from natural disasters, while accelerating equitable economic recovery from those disasters; and WHEREAS, given the interconnectedness of our ecosystems and the shared watershed of San Leandro Bay and the Oakland-Alameda Estuary, the City must work collaboratively with key stakeholders across the region to help ensure uniform protections for all communities, especially for under-resourced communities, and speak with a unified voice to expedite collective hazard mitigation and climate adaptation goals; and WHEREAS, the Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000) requires all cities, counties, and special districts to have adopted a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) to receive disaster mitigation funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and WHEREAS, the LHMP for the City of Alameda planning area was developed in accordance with DMA 2000 and followed FEMA’s 2025 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan guidance; and WHEREAS, the LHMP incorporates a process where hazards are identified and profiled, the people and facilities at risk are analyzed, and mitigation actions are developed to reduce or eliminate hazard risk; and WHEREAS, the implementation of these mitigation actions, which include both short and long-term strategies, involve planning, policy changes, programs, projects, and other activities; and WHEREAS, the FEMA approved the City’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2026, pending City Council adoption of the plan on July 31, 2026; and WHEREAS, Government Code section 65300.5 requires the City to maintain a General Plan that is an “integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency”; and WHEREAS, the General Plan establishes the local development and conservation policies necessary to guide the long-term plan for the physical development of the City and protect the general health, safety, and welfare of the community and the environment; and WHEREAS, on November 30, 2021, the City Council adopted the General Plan 2040, and on June 7, 2022, amended the Safety Element to align with the LHMP.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Alameda adopts the Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan, 2026, as Alameda’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan is incorporated into the City of Alameda General Plan Safety Element by reference; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council finds that on November 30, 2021, by Resolution No. 15841, the City Council certified a Final Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2021030563) in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act, and adopted written findings, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the General Plan Amendment to update the Alameda General Plan. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15163, none of the circumstances necessitating further CEQA review are present. Further, this project is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies) and Section 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment). * * * * *
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 15th day of September 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 16th day of September 2026. __________________________
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
Len Aslanian, Acting City Attorney
City of Alameda