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Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to 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 2023-24 Police Grants Fund (Fund 221) Estimated Revenue and Expenditures Budget by $200,000 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 Guidelines sections 15061(b)(3) (common sense exemption) and 15321 (law enforcement activities). (Police 10031130)
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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 $200,000 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 the agreement between DBW and APD (Exhibit 1).
The grant is made available to qualifying law enforcement agencies to remove and dispose of abandoned, surrendered, wrecked, or dismantled vessels, parts thereof, or any other partially submerged objects likely to cause environmental degradation or pose a substantial hazard to navigation within the agency's jurisdiction. It also includes a program for verified titleholders to surrender their vessel at no cost, within certain conditions, as a preventative program to keep boats from being abandoned. The average cost to remove and dismantle such a vessel is about $9,000.
BACKGROUND
APD has received and used funds from this grant several times since approximately 2013. The SAVE grant also allows verified titleholders to surrender their recreational vessels free of charge to participating agencies. The vessel's titl...
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