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Adoption of Resolution Approving the Acceptance of $800,000 Grant Funds from the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority for the De-Pave Park Planning Project and Allocate $50,000 of General Funds as Grant Matching Funds. (Recreation 10051400)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
De-Pave Park is a 12-acre ecological park in which all existing concrete (from the former Naval Base airfield/runway system) is planned to be removed to create tidal wetlands and wildlife habitat. The park adapts to sea level rise through inundation and includes public access and environmental education as shown in the approved De-Pave Park Vision Plan (Vision Plan), Exhibit 1. City of Alameda (City) was awarded $800,000 from the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority (SFBRA) Measure AA grant. The scope of the work funded by this grant includes a Master Plan process with broad community outreach using the Vision Plan as a starting point and finalizing the design through this public input process and development of 30% complete construction documents. The grant requires matching funds in the amount of $50,000 and these funds were approved by City Council provided that the grant was awarded.
BACKGROUND
On March 3, 2020, the City Council approved a list of Park and Recreation Facility Project Priorities which included and prioritized De-Pave Park. This park is located on the western side of Seaplane Lagoon at Alameda Point and was originally envisioned and described in the Alameda Point Town Center and Waterfront Precise Plan. The intent of this park is to convert the existing concrete surface (a remnant of the former Naval Base paved tarmac system) to passive parkland and a sustainable ecological area including tidal wetlands and wildlife habitat. De-Pave Park is designed to inundate over time with sea level rise and create a tidal ecology system, which has notable carbon sequestration benefits.
On September 15, 2020, the City Co...
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