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City of San Leandro <br />City Council <br />Meeting Date: June 16, 2025 <br />Agenda Number: 5.d. <br />Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />File Number: 25-258 <br />File Type: Staff Report <br />Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Accept a Governor’s Office of Land <br />Use and Climate Innovation- Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program Grant, to Execute a <br />Grant Agreement, and to Appropriate $244,545 into a Newly Created Grant Account for the Project. <br />COUNCIL PRIORITY <br />·Quality of Life <br />SUMMARY <br />The Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation - Extreme Heat and Community <br />Resilience Program awarded the City and its partners a $244,545 planning grant to develop a <br />Western Alameda County Tree Partner Network. The project aims to foster resilience to extreme <br />heat through community-led tree planting and other greening efforts in San Leandro and <br />surrounding unincorporated areas. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to: <br />·Accept the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program grant; and <br />·Authorize the City Manager to execute the related grant agreement; and <br />·Appropriate $244,545 into a newly created grant fund account to implement the project. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In April 2024, the City submitted a grant proposal to the Governor’s Office of Land Use and <br />Climate Innovation - Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program for funding to support the <br />development of a Western Alameda County Tree Partner Network. A grant in the amount of <br />$244,545 was awarded. The project’s goal is to establish a diverse coalition within San Leandro <br />and unincorporated Western Alameda County to expand urban forestry efforts through <br />collaboration, education and planning efforts. <br />Analysis <br />The project is a regional collaboration among the City of San Leandro, the Student Conservation <br />Association, Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, and Alameda County. A facilitator will <br />be contracted to produce a comprehensive community partner map identifying organizations <br />involved in tree planting, workforce development, education, maintenance, and outreach. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/4/2025