APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION:
1) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO APPLY FOR,
ACCEPT, AND APPROPRIATE UP TO TEN MILLION DOL LARS
($10,000,000) IN HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS
FROM THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
(FEMA) AND 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
MATCH PROGRAM FUNDS FROM CALOES T O CONTINUE
THE SOFT STORY APARTMENT SEISMIC RETROFIT
GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on January 14, 2023, President Biden issued a major disaster declaration, DR 4683, based on severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides (see https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4683); and
WHEREAS, as a result of this federal disast er declaration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided funds to the State of California for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) under the author ity 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 u nder disaster DR 4683, 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-fe deral local matching funds of at least 25% of the total project cost up to Three Million Thre e Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dollars ($3,333,333); and
2 WHEREAS, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) has announced an additional initiative called “Prepare California Matc h” (PrepCA-Match) to help socially vulnerable and high hazard risk comm unities 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 January 22, 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-fa mily apartment buildings could be encouraged to promptly complete seismic re trofits on their propertie s 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 a pplication to CalOES for the maximum amount of up to Ten Million Dollars ($10,00 0,000) in HMGP funding for five-or-more unit buildings under the Safer Housing for Oakland, a “soft story” ap artment 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 prov ide an additional Th ree Million Three H undred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty -Three Dollars ($3,333,333) to cove r the required 25% local matching funds for this additiona l 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 and file an application to CalOES and FEMA for a total of Thirteen Million Three Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Three Dolla rs ($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 FE MA funding to the Safer Housi ng for Oakland Program, Grant Fund to be determined (TBD), Housing Administration Organi zation (89919), and Residential Lending Organization (89939), Project number to be determined (TBD), and to appropriate PrepareCA Match funding to the Safer Hous ing for Oakland Program, Grant Fund to be determined (TBD), Housing Administration Organization ( 89919), and Residential Lending Organization (89939), Project number (TBD); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That should additional funds be received for the Soft Story Program, the City Administrator or their designee is authorized to accept and appropriate the same for the purposes described above within the grant terms; and be it 3 FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator or their designee is authorized on behalf of the City of Oakla nd to conduct all negotiations, execu te and submit all documents including, but not limited to applications, benefit-cost an alyses, agreements, including administrative extensions, payment requests and related actions, wh ich may be necessary for the completion of the aforementioned activities related to the Soft Story Program consistent with the Resolution and its basic purposes.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, KALB, KAPLAN, REID, JENKINS, RAMACHANDRAN AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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