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Public Workshop on Initial Site A Development Concept at Alameda Point
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Public Workshop on Initial Site A Development Concept at Alameda Point
BACKGROUND
On November 18, 2014, the City Council approved an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) with Alameda Point Partners (APP), the preferred developer for a 68-acre mixed-use development site at Alameda Point (Site A) consistent with the Waterfront Town Center Plan (Attachment 1). The ENA requires that APP complete a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) and a Development Plan for Site A before the end of the 6-month ENA period. As a result, this evening's meeting is part of an extensive community process that is anticipated to include a monthly hearing before the City Council and Planning Board, meetings with other boards and commissions, stakeholder meetings and community open houses (outlined in greater detail in Attachment 2).
The terms in the ENA already agreed to by APP focus on providing near-term funding of sports fields and waterfront park amenities for the entire Alameda community; including upfront transit infrastructure such as dedicated bus rapid transit lanes and a new ferry terminal before any new development in Alameda Point occurs; and constructing utilities that will serve the entire Alameda Point property and will catalyze employment uses in the adjacent adaptive reuse and enterprise areas. The staff report this evening also provides significant background information regarding the status of Site A, including the planning process leading up to Site A, the ENA and APP.
The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process for Site A that commenced in April 2013 and the selection of APP as the preferred developer for Site A is the culmination of an extensive community planning process. Over the last two years, the Alameda community, City C...
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