Title
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 2019-20 Police Grants Fund Estimated Revenue and Expenditures by $75,000 Each for the Surrendered and Abandoned Vessel Exchange Grant. (Police 3112)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Alameda Police Department (APD) has been awarded a $75,000 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.
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 such a vehicle is about $10,000.
BACKGROUND
APD has successfully received and used funds from this grant several times since approximately 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 also provide proof of ownership and completion and payment of paperwork and fees to transfer ownership, as required by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The agency would then have the vessel demolished before submitting proper notification to the DMV, and provide a reimbursement request to DBW for the costs incur...
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