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Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Grant Agreement Between the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways and the City of Alameda by and through the Alameda Police Department; and
Adoption of Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Police Grants Fund (Fund 221) Increasing Appropriations by $100,000 for the Surrendered and Abandoned Vessel Exchange Grant.
This action is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guideines sections 15061(b)(3) (common sense exemption) and 15321 (law enforcement activities). (Police 22131101)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Alameda Police Department (APD) has been awarded a $100,000 reimbursement grant from the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation, Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW). The terms and conditions of the Surrendered and Abandoned Vessel Exchange (SAVE) grant are contained in an agreement between DBW and APD (Exhibit 1). The term of the grant is through September 30, 2026.
The grant is made available to qualifying law enforcement agencies for the purpose of removing and disposing abandoned, surrendered, wrecked or dismantled vessels, or parts thereof, or any other partially submerged objects, which are likely to cause environmental degradation or pose a substantial hazard to navigation within the agency's jurisdiction. The average cost to remove and dismantle a vessel is approximately $9,000.
BACKGROUND
APD has successfully received and used funds from this grant several times since 2013. The SAVE grant allows verified titleholders the ability to surrender their recreational vessels free of charge to participating agencies. To be accepted, the title of the vessel must be free of any loan balances, liens, and/or taxes. The owner must ...
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