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Approved as to Form and Legality
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City Attorney’s Office
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. _______________ C.M.S.
INTRODUCED BY COUNCILMEMBER KALB
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO
ACCEPT PORTABLE AIR FILTERS VALUED AT TWO HUNDRED
SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE DOLLARS
($265,539) FROM THE BAY AREA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT (BAAQMD) TO PROVIDE RESPITE FROM WILDFIRE
SMOKE.
WHEREAS, California faces increasingly severe wildfire seasons due to climate change; and
WHEREAS, from 2016 to 2020 Alameda County experienced the highest number of days of any Bay Area county above the Environmental Protection Agency’s “unhealthy” category due to air quality impacts of wildfires; and
WHEREAS, in California, historic disinvestment in frontline communities has resulted in disproportionately harmful impacts across a range of climate disasters , including wildfire smoke exposure; and
WHEREAS, the health consequences of living in polluted neighborhoods , including higher incidences of asthma and cancer, are compounded by exposure to wildfire smoke; and
WHEREAS, The City’s unhoused residents are exposed to poor air quality because they lack access to indoor spaces with filtered air; and
WHEREAS, air filtration in public facilities can help prevent the spread of diseases like COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the Bay Area Air Management District (BAAQMD) Clean Air Centers for Vulnerable Population Grant Program (Program) helps purchase portable air cleaners to provide a network of clean air centers where people in vulnerable communities with high documented smoke burden can find respite from wildfires or other smoke events; and
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland was awarded 114 portable air filtration devices plus replacement filters through BAAQMD’s Program; and be it
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RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to accept air filtration equipment from BAAQMD for use at municipal buildings; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to execute on behalf of the City, by electronic signature or other method required by BAAQMD, the agreement with to participate in the Program; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized t o take any other action necessary consistent with this Resolution and its basic purposes.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST: ___________________________________
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California