27-0022: Subject: Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 Funds From: Office Of The City Administrator Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To Apply For Transformative Climate Communities Program Implementation (TCC) Grants As A Co-Applicant For Up To An Amount Of Fifty-Five Million Dollars ($55,000,000.00) To Implement Two TCC Implementation Projects, Administered By The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) Through The Governor’s Office Of Land Use And Climate Innovation, For Projects In Two Separately-Defined Frontline Communities In West And East Oakland; And (2) Accepting And Appropriating TCC Grant Funds (A) From SGC In An Amount Not To Exceed Twenty-Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($27,500,000) To Implement The West Oakland TCC Project (WOTCC) And (B) Through A Subgrant From The Black Cultural Zone (BCZ) Up To Two Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($270,000) For Staff Time To Support The Oasis Ecosystem: Life To Legacy Climate Prosperity Zone Project East Oakland TCC (EOTCC) Project; And (3) Authorizing The City Administrator To (A) Hire A Project Manager I Funded Entirely Through The WOTCC Grant, If Awarded; And (B) Commit A Maximum Of 20 Hours Of City Staff Time Per Month To Advise Project Co-Lead BCZ In Implementation Of The EOTCC Grant, If Awarded

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Subject: Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 Funds From: Office Of The City Administrator Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution (1) Authorizing The City Administrator To Apply For Transformative Climate Communities Program Implementation (TCC) Grants As A Co-Applicant For Up To An Amount Of Fifty-Five Million Dollars ($55,000,000.00) To Implement Two TCC Implementation Projects, Administered By The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) Through The Governor’s Office Of Land Use And Climate Innovation, For Projects In Two Separately-Defined Frontline Communities In West And East Oakland; And (2) Accepting And Appropriating TCC Grant Funds (A) From SGC In An Amount Not To Exceed Twenty-Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($27,500,000) To Implement The West Oakland TCC Project (WOTCC) And (B) Through A Subgrant From The Black Cultural Zone (BCZ) Up To Two Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($270,000) For Staff Time To Support The Oasis Ecosystem: Life To Legacy Climate Prosperity Zone Project East Oakland TCC (EOTCC) Project; And (3) Authorizing The City Administrator To (A) Hire A Project Manager I Funded Entirely Through The WOTCC Grant, If Awarded; And (B) Commit A Maximum Of 20 Hours Of City Staff Time Per Month To Advise Project Co-Lead BCZ In Implementation Of The EOTCC Grant, If Awarded

Summary

Oakland’s proposed resolution authorizes the City Administrator to apply as a co-applicant for up to $55 million in California Transformative Climate Communities Round 6 grants: $27.5 million each for projects in West and East Oakland. If awarded, West Oakland’s project, led with The Oakland Fund, would fund affordable housing, urban greening, clean mobility, electrification, and local economic development over six years. The City could hire a grant-funded Project Manager. East Oakland’s project, led by the Black Cultural Zone, would support affordable housing and safer active transportation; BCZ would administer the grant while the City provides up to 20 staff hours monthly, reimbursed up to $270,000. The legislation affects residents, businesses, community organizations, and City departments, particularly in disadvantaged areas, and aligns with Oakland’s climate, environmental justice, anti-displacement, and economic development plans without using the General Purpose Fund.