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 GRANT FUNDS FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT’S
(HUD) COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING FOR THE BROOKLYN
PLAZA PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000.00;
(2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ENTER INTO A
GRANT AGREEMENT, OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT, WITH
ZARSION-OHP I, LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000; AND
(3) ADOPTING APPROPRIATE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS
WHEREAS, in 2006, the City Council approved the Brooklyn Basin Planned Unit Development, associated land use entitlements, and Development Agreement between the City of Oakland (City) and Zarsion-OHP I, LLC (ZOHP); and
WHEREAS, the approved project included construction of up to 3,100 residential units, 200,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, a minimum of 3,950 parking spaces, 32.17 acres of parks and public open space, and restoration to existing wetlands area; and WHEREAS, Brooklyn Plaza, a 3.20 acre park, is one of four parks to be developed by ZOHP in the Brooklyn Basin development project; and
WHEREAS, in early 2025, Oakland’s mayor’s office applied for Congressionally/Directed Spending through the federal budget for the Brooklyn Basin Removal and Shoreline Improvements project and received Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) to be administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in its Community Project Funding Program (the Community Project Funding Program); and RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator to apply for, accept and appropriate grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00); and be it 2 FURTHER RESOLVED: That the grant funds will be appropriated in HUD-EDI Grants Fund (2105), Grant Support Team Organization (30123), Project (to be determined), and Administration Program (AD01); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to negotiate, enter into, execute and deliver any and all agreements, contracts, certifications, and other documentation required to accept the Community Project Funding Program grant; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to enter into a grant agreement or similar agreement with ZOHP in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) to provide funds for the development of Brooklyn Plaza consistent with the terms and requirements of the Community Project Funding Program; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council finds and determines that the proposed transactions would not result in any significant effect that has not already been analyzed in the original Brooklyn Basin Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and all subsequent addenda and supplemental EIRs in connection with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), there will be no significant environmental effects caused by the funding transactions that have not already been analyzed, and no additional CEQA review is required in connection with the Community Project Funding Program grant and related transactions; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to take any other action with respect to the Community Project Funding Program grant consistent with this Resolution and its basic purpose; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That, prior to execution, all agreements will be reviewed for form and legality by the City Attorney’s Office and executed copies of each agreement will be filed with the Office of the City Clerk.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, FIFE, GALLO, HOUSTON, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND
PRESIDENT JENKINS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California