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Consider Establishing an Implementation Plan for Creating the Shoreline Ecological Park on the West Side of Seaplane Lagoon at Alameda Point, Commonly Known as De-Pave Park. (Councilmembers Oddie and Daysog)
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item.
3) Take dispositive action if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Councilmember Oddie
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): 9/26/2019
Council Meeting date: 10/15/19
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
Consider Establishing an Implementation Plan for Creating the Shoreline Ecological Park on the West Side of Seaplane Lagoon at Alameda Point.
Request that the City Council direct the City Manager to start preparing an implementation plan for the shoreline ecological park on the west side of the Seaplane Lagoon, commonly known as "De-Pave Park."
The park concept is described in the Alameda Point Town Center and Waterfront Specific Plan, approved in 2014. It is highlighted in the 2019 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) as an adaptation measure for “Increasing Resiliency for Shoreline, Natural, and Recreation Areas.” The CARP also references the greenhouse gas sequestration benefits of projects like De-Pave Park in Chapter 3, page 38, where it states, “Support and fund the vision of coastal dune, grassland, and wetland/marsh habitat enhancement and creation at Alameda Point to support sea level rise adaptation and carbon sequestration, among other benefits such as wildlife habitat and creation.”
The park itself, along with offshore floating wetlands shown in the plan, will serve as a green infrastructure contribution to the San Francisco Bay Estuary.
The implementation plan should consider including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Phasing to maximize grant opportunities. Phases could include: (a) Removing the majority of the paved surfaces, while leaving sufficient roadway surface for existing businesses and public access to southern shoreline; (b) Seeding de-paved area with native grass seed to provide bird habitat and other benefits during the interim period prior to complete build-out, i.e., carbon sequestration, storm water filtration, studying and collecting native plant seeds, visual enhancement; (c) Demolition of Building 29; and (d) Final landscaping.
2. Issuing a request for proposal (RFP) for hiring an engineering consultant to prepare a preliminary design, with community input, that would include cost estimates for the various phases, a necessary first step in seeking funding;
3. Assigning staff, or hiring a grant writer, to seek funding for the various phases;
4. Budgeting Base Reuse funds for #2 and #3;
5. Working with the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and/or other entities performing construction at Alameda Point to recycle the pavement as base rock on Alameda Point project sites;
6. Finding suitable relocation sites at Alameda Point for the Building 29 tenants, if possible, since the Town Center and Waterfront Specific Plan calls for demolition of Building 29 at such time as funding is available to construct the park.
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