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Recommendation to Provide Direction on an Outline for a Request for Qualifications and Form of Exclusive Negotiation Agreement for a New Development Site in the Main Street Neighborhood at Alameda Point. (Base Reuse 819099)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Provide Direction on an Outline for a Request for Qualifications from Developers and Form of Exclusive Negotiation Agreement for a New Development Site in the Main Street Neighborhood at Alameda Point
BACKGROUND
On March 21, 2017, the City Council adopted an ordinance approving the Main Street Neighborhood Specific Plan (MSN Plan). The MSN Plan fulfills the General Plan policy objectives for a transit-oriented mixed-use, mixed income neighborhood with diverse housing options, parks and open spaces, neighborhood serving businesses and transitional commercial uses. The City Council's action was a key milestone in that the MSN Plan's adoption is a required first step for development to occur as required in the 2014 Zoning Ordinance Amendment.
On April 4, 2017, the City Council approved an Implementation Term Sheet with Mid-Pen Housing, Alameda Point Collaborative, Building Futures with Women and Children, and Operation Dignity ("The Collaborating Partners") for the relocation and construction of new supportive housing facilities on a 10.4-acre parcel (Collaborating Partners Site) south of W. Midway, in the northeastern corner of the Main Street Neighborhood bounded by Orion Way and Main Street (Exhibit 1). One of the key business terms in the term sheet is the City's responsibility to make best efforts to enter into an agreement with a qualified developer to provide the backbone infrastructure for the Collaborating Partner's site consistent with the Master Infrastructure Plan (MIP) and their development plans.
Similar to the adoption of the Waterfront and Town Center Plan, which initiated the Request for Qualificatio...
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