Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Accept a Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation- Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program Grant, to Execute a Grant Agreement, and to Appropriate $244,545 into a Newly Created Grant Account for the Project.
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Quality of Life
SUMMARY
The Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation - Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program awarded the City and its partners a $244,545 planning grant to develop a Western Alameda County Tree Partner Network. The project aims to foster resilience to extreme heat through community-led tree planting and other greening efforts in San Leandro and surrounding unincorporated areas.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to:
* Accept the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program grant; and
* Authorize the City Manager to execute the related grant agreement; and
* Appropriate $244,545 into a newly created grant fund account to implement the project.
BACKGROUND
In April 2024, the City submitted a grant proposal to the Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation - Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program for funding to support the development of a Western Alameda County Tree Partner Network. A grant in the amount of $244,545 was awarded. The project's goal is to establish a diverse coalition within San Leandro and unincorporated Western Alameda County to expand urban forestry efforts through collaboration, education and planning efforts.
Analysis
The project is a regional collaboration among the City of San Leandro, the Student Conservation Association, Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, and Alameda County. A facilitator will be contracted to produce a comprehensive community partner map identifying organizations involved in tree planting, workforce development, education, maintenance, and outreach.
Deliverables include:
? A mapped network o...
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