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Adopt the Draft Resolution recommending that the City Council Hold a Public Hearing and Adopt a Negative Declaration, Introduce an Ordinance Amending Chapter 30 of the Alameda Municipal Code Section 3-4.21 E, Estuary District, and approve Tentative Map #8337 (PLN16-0240) for a 105 lot subdivision Located along the Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal from approximately 1,800 Feet Northwest of the Park Street Bridge to approximately 2,300 Feet South of High Street Bridge.
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrico Q. Penick, Assistant City Attorney
BACKGROUND
On September 15, 2015, the City Council (by unanimous vote) directed the City Attorney to pursue a real estate transaction whereby the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ("Army Corps") would transfer, at no cost, the Alameda side of the Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal ("Tidal Canal") to the City of Alameda ("City") and the City would then immediately sell some of the property to adjacent private property owners. To minimize the City's potential liability and costs, the City Attorney determined that the best way to fulfill the conditions set by the City Council was to structure the transaction so that the City is in the chain of title for the shortest period possible. Thus, the City proposes to subdivide the Tidal Canal into 105 parcels while it is still in Army Corps ownership. Once the property is subdivided, the City plans to immediately transfer most of the 105 new parcels to the adjacent property owners, at fair market value.
The proposed Tentative Map #8337 subdivides the Army Corp land into 105 individual parcels. As proposed, the Army Corps will retain five parcels: the Oakland side of the canal (Parcel 1), property adjacent to the federally-owned Navy Operational Support Center (Parcel 3) and bridge footings for the High Street Bridge (Parcel 103), the Miller-Sweeney Bridge and the Fruitvale Rail Bridge (Parcel 104) and the P...
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