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Citation: FEMA-1628-DR-CA; East Bay Regional Park District (Applicant)

Cross-reference: Landslides; Improved project; Hazard mitigation

Summary: Severe storms from December 17, 2005, to January 3, 2006, resulted in the failure of a slope in Alvarado Park. FEMA prepared PW 3571 to fund a geotechnical study to develop a recommendation for repair of the facility. The Applicant requested $256,484 to construct a wall at mid-slope, including $24,300 for hazard mitigation along the creek. FEMA concluded that the Applicant’s requested scope of work exceeded that which was necessary to repair the slope to its pre-disaster condition, and that a wall 50 feet long should be constructed along the top of the slope. FEMA prepared PW 3571 for an estimated total project cost of $63,382, which included the geotechnical study, a soldier pile wall along the top of the slope, and a guardrail adjacent to the wall. The hazard mitigation measure was denied in the first appeal. In the second appeal the Applicant is requesting $256,058 for a soldier pile wall at mid-slope and crib wall and installation of a culvert and rip rap as a hazard mitigation measure along the creek.
Issues: Is the Applicant’s proposed scope of work necessary to restore the facility to its pre-disaster function and capacity?

Finding No.
Rationale: 44 CFR §206.203(d)1, Federal Grant Assistance, Improved Projects and §206.226, Restoration of Damaged Facilities