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of the near-term concept. Here is a link to the conceptual project design: https://tinyurl.com/mryva4p5 Please see the links here and the images below for project design and information. • Bay Farm Island Adaptation Project: https://tinyurl.com/2wrdkm6t • Bay Farm Island Boards: https://tinyurl.com/35ffvz87 The initial project budget is $2 million ($1.5 million from FEMA and $530,000 from the City of Alameda). Grant funding expires in September 29, 2025. The City has submitted an additional $55.5M FEMA BRIC grant request on behalf of OAAC to ensure continued funding for the project to complete environmental clearance, permitting, design and construction. FEMA has since recommended the project for further review and a final determination is expected by Spring 2025. The City’s share of the local match is $1.9 million, which is expected to come from grants. In October 2024, the City of Alameda submitted an additional application to the Alameda County Transportation Commission (CTC) 2026 CIP for $937,000 of additional funding to build on the existing vulnerability analysis and preliminary conceptual design work underway via the FEMA BRIC grant and to fund further development of design and implementation strategies.

The grant can only fund up to 30% of the applicant’s matching funds for the overall project. The 2026 CIP would provide $937,000 in funding for the City to use towards the City’s portion of the BRIC grant required local match. The City’s required local match for this grant is $737,000 and is anticipated to be allocated from Measure BB, General Fund and Local Stormwater Fees, per City Council action on February 20, 2024, when it approved the City’s BRIC grant submittal. The City does not intend to raise taxes to support these projects, but does need visible community support at board and council meetings and letters of support for the grant applications. ALAMEDA CLIMATE ACTION & RESILIENCY PLAN (CARP) UPDATE PUBLIC DRAFT FEEDBACK FORM The CARP Update Public Draft was released on December 10th and will be available for community review and comments through January 17th. Visit surveymonkey.com/r/DKVLSY6 to complete the survey which allows you to provide a general comment about the Update and/or a comment on a specific Section and Subsection. A PDF of the CARP Update is available at: alamedaca.gov/CARP

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