This agreement provides funding to the city of oakland to implement its project for the lake merritt healthy lake initiative as directed in the 2024 consolidated appropriations act or as identified in…

EPA Region 9 awarded the City of Oakland $959,757 in full federal funding on February 1, 2026, under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202) to implement the Lake Merritt Healthy Lake Initiative, a water quality protection project directed by the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act.

The City of Oakland will execute monitoring and evaluation, management planning, and project management activities to improve dissolved oxygen levels in Lake Merritt and protect aquatic life. Deliverables include consultant solicitation RFPs, consultant contracts, a monitoring plan with data analysis, installation plans for aeration or oxygenation strategies, a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) in draft and final form, documentation of installed devices, post-installation effectiveness reports, and outcome reports from the City's technical assistance consultant. Expected outcomes include keeping stakeholders informed of progress, implementing at least one strategy to improve dissolved oxygen levels to meet the water quality objective of greater than or equal to 5 milligrams per liter, developing a draft Lake Merritt Management Plan using effectiveness assessment results, and increasing the percentage of time dissolved oxygen levels meet the water quality standard.

The award carries no sub-awards. EPA approved the City's cost-share waiver on October 3, 2024. Preaward costs are approved back to February 1, 2026. Performance occurs in Oakland, California, through December 31, 2029. The intended beneficiaries are residents of the City of Oakland.

This agreement provides funding to the city of oakland to implement its project for the lake merritt healthy lake initiative as directed in the 2024 consolidated appropriations act or as identified in an approved technical correction if one has been approved for this project. This assistance agreement provides full federal funding in the amount of $959,757. Recipient's request for a cost share waiver was approved by EPA on 10/3/2024. Preaward costs are approved back to february 1, 2026. Activities:the activities to be performed include the execution and implementation of a water quality protection project. Workplan activities consist of: - task 1 - monitoring and evaluation - task 2 - management planning - task 3 - project management and control subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include consultant solicitation rfps, consultant contracts, a monitoring plan, and monitoring reports showing data analysis, installation plan for identified strategies including future costs to the city, a draft and final qapp, documentation of installed devices/strategies, post-installation reports showing effectiveness assessment, and required reports on outcomes achieved by the city's TAC consultant. The expected outcomes include: 1) stakeholders stay informed of progress to improve lake merritt dissolved oxygen levels; 2) monitoring results used to plan and implement at least one strategy (such as adding one or more aeration/oxygenation device) to improve dissolved oxygen levels in lake merritt to help protect aquatic life and prevent fish kills; 3) develop draft lake merritt management plan using effectiveness assessment results of strategies implemented to improve dissolved oxygen levels; and 4) increase percentage of time dissolved oxygen levels meet the water quality objective of GE; 5 MG/l for lake merritt. The intended beneficiaries include the residents of the city of oakland.