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Summary Title: Various Actions Related to Potential Sale of 13 Acres of Land in Enterprise District for Pacific Fusion Research and Demonstration Facility.
Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of Resolution Declaring up to 21 Acres of City-Owned Property at Alameda Point Bounded by West Pacific Avenue, Central Avenue, West Ticonderoga Avenue and Current and Future Orion Street to be Exempt Surplus Land under the Surplus Land Act; and
Introduction of Ordinance Approving a Purchase Option Agreement in Furtherance of the Purchase and Sale of City-Owned Property for Use as the Pacific Fusion Research and Development Facility Site, and Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Purchase and Sale Agreement and Deed Consistent with the Terms of the Purchase Option.
For purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the project is subject to streamlined environmental review, and no further environmental review is necessary, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 (Subsequent EIRs), 15168 (Program EIRs), and 15183 (Projects Consistent with a Community Plan or Zoning). (Base Reuse and Economic Development 29061822)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff seeks approval by the City Council of multiple actions authorizing the sale of approximately 13 acres in the Enterprise District of Alameda Point to Pacific Fusion and Hines for the development of a next-generation fusion energy research and development (R&D) facility. These actions include:
* Adopt findings under CEQA related to the project's streamlined environmental review based on consistency with prior certified Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs);
* Adopt a resolution declaring approximately 24 acres of property - including the site of this project and a potential future phase - exempt from the Surplus Land Act; and
* Approve an option for Pacific Fusion and Hines to purchase this site from the Ci...
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