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Final Passage of Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to: (1)Execute a Memorandum of Understanding, Quitclaim Deed and All Other Necessary Documents Between the City of Alameda and the United States of America Acting By and Through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Acquire 94 Parcels of Semi-Submerged and Submerged Land On the Alameda Side of the Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal ("Tidal Canal"); (2) Execute Purchase and Sale Agreements, Quitclaim Deeds and All Other Necessary Documents Between the City of Alameda and Various Purchasers to Sell Approximately 92 Parcels on the Tidal Canal at Fair Market Value. A Draft Negative Declaration has been prepared for the proposed actions consistent with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). (Requires 4 affirmative votes) (Community Development)
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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. ____
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AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO: (1) EXCUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, QUITCLAIM DEED AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO ACQUIRE 94 PARCELS ON THE ALAMEDA SIDE OF THE OAKLAND INNER HARBOR TIDAL CANAL ('TIDAL CANAL") AND (2) EXECUTE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENTS, QUITCLAIM DEEDS AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF ALAMEDA AND VARIOUS PURCHASERS TO SELL APPROXIMATELY 92 PARCELS ON THE TIDAL CANAL AT FAIR MARKET VALUE
WHEREAS, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the "Corps") excavated, dredged, and created the Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal (the "Tidal Canal") between 1882-1905, which is a waterway approximately 1.8 miles long and 400 feet wide and connects the Oakland Estuary with the San Leandro Bay from approximately 1,800 feet northwest of the Park Street Bridge to approximately 2,300 feet south of High Street Bridge. The Corps has retained fee title ownership of the Tidal Canal since its creation. The southern edge of the Alameda side of the Tidal Canal now inclu...
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