FILED
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
OAKLAND
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
22 MAR-3 PM M49
CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
8 9 08 1 'RESOLUTION NO. C.M.S.
RESOLUTION:
1) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO APPLY FOR,
ACCEPT, AND APPROPRIATE UP TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS
($10,000,000) IN HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS
FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
(FEMA) THROUGH THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
SERVICES (CALOES); AND
2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO APPLY FOR,
ACCEPT, AND APPROPRIATE UP TO THREE MILLION THREE
HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS ($3,333,333) IN PREPARE CALIFORNIA
PROGRAM FUNDS FROM CALOES TO CONTINUE THE SOFT
STORY APARTMENT SEISMIC RETROFIT GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on March 20,2020 President Trump issued a major disaster declaration, DR 4288, based on the Covid-19 Pandemic; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this federal disaster declaration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided funds to the State of California for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Emergency Assistance and Disaster Relief (Stafford Act); and
WHEREAS, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) has been delegated the responsibility of administering the HMGP in California, identifying program priorities, reviewing sub-applications, and forwarding the recommendations to FEMA, which has final approval of activity eligibility and funding; now, therefore, be it WHEREAS, applications for HMGP funding under disaster DR 4288, which provides grants of up to 75% of a project’s cost up to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) to sub-grantees within California to support long-term hazard mitigation measures in accordance with State and local priorities, requires the commitment of non-federal local matching funds of at least 25% of the total project cost up to Three Million Three Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($3,333,333); and
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WHEREAS, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) has announced an additional initiative called “Prepare California Match” (PrepCA-Match) to help socially vulnerable and high hazard risk communities move towards greater resilience by supplementing eligible HMGP awards with state-provided funds to cover the required 25% local cost share match (non-federal share); and
WHEREAS, City staff have identified residential seismic retrofits for multi-family homes as a local priority to mitigate the substantial risk of death and injury to occupants and of financial loss to property owners, as well as a loss of critically needed housing units in Oakland; and WHEREAS, on March 20, 2019, City Council passed Ordinance 13516 C.M.S. requiring mandatory seismic retrofit of the multi-unit soft story type of residential buildings covered under this proposed grant; and
WHEREAS, many owners of soft story multi-family apartment buildings could be encouraged to promptly complete seismic retrofits on their properties if funding was made available by the City to support the cost of the retrofits partially or fully; and WHEREAS, the majority of the soft story residential buildings covered under this proposed grant are in low- to moderate-income areas and funding assistance for soft-story retrofits will prevent the pass-through of capital improvement costs to tenants; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to submit one application to CalOES for the maximum amount of up to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) in HMGP funding for five-or-more unit buildings under the Safer Housing for Oakland, a “soft story” apartment seismic retrofit grant program (“Soft Story Program”); and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to include with the HMGP application to CalOES a request for PrepCA-Match funding to provide an additional Three Million Three Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($3,333,333) to cover the required 25% local matching funds for this additional HMGP award for five-or-more unit buildings under the Safer Housing for Oakland, a “soft story” apartment seismic retrofit grant program (“Soft Story Program”), resulting in no further commitment of City funds; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED: That the City Council authorizes the City Administrator to execute ancl file an application to CalOES and FEMA for a total of Thirteen Million Three Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($13,333,333) in combined funding from the HMGP and PrepCA-Match Program to support the Soft Story Program, to accept such funding if awarded, and to appropriate FEMA funding to the Safer Housing for Oakland Program, FEMA Fund (2124), Housing Administration (Org 89919), and Residential Lending (Org 89939), Project number TBD, and to appropriate PrepareCA Match funding to the Safer Housing for Oakland Program, California State Emergency Services Fund (2146), Housing Administration (Org 89919), and Residential Lending (Org 89939), Project number TBD; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That should additional funds be received for the Soft Story Program, the City Administrator is authorized to accept and appropriate the same for the purposes described above within the grant terms; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized on behalf of the City of Oakland to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents including, but not limited to applications, benefit-cost analyses, agreements, payment requests and related actions, which may be necessary for the completion of the aforementioned activities related to the Soft Story Program consistent with the Resolution and its basic purposes. 3148956v2
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
MAR 15 2022
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AND', KALB, KAPLAN, REID, TAYLOR,
PRESTD'ENT'FORTUNATO BAS
AYES - FIFE,
NOES-
ABSEN"
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ATTEST:
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California