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Introduction of Ordinance Approving a Real Estate Exchange Agreement between the City of Alameda ("City") and PUR Atlantic LLC ("PUR Atlantic") to Exchange Approximately 820 Square Feet of City Owned Property for Approximately 2,173 Square Feet of PUR Atlantic Owned Property in Order to Facilitate Construction of the Cross Alameda Trail Project along Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway between Main and Webster Streets and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Documents Necessary to Implement Its Terms. [Requires Four Affirmative Votes] (Transportation 91402)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Introduction of Ordinance Approving a Real Estate Exchange Agreement between the City of Alameda ("City") and PUR Atlantic LLC ("PUR Atlantic") to Exchange Approximately 820 square feet of City Owned Property for Approximately 2,173 square feet of PUR Atlantic Owned Property in Order to Facilitate Construction of the Cross Alameda Trail Project and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Documents Necessary to Implement its Terms. [Requires Four Affirmative Votes]
BACKGROUND
As early as 1991, the City Council began enacting policies, via the General Plan, to "Pursue opportunities to utilize the corridor of the former Alameda Belt Line railroad for transit, bicycle and pedestrian transportation." Since then, the City has worked to implement what is now called the "Cross Alameda Trail" (CAT) in this corridor. The entire CAT, when complete, will be a major east-west walking and bicycling corridor, connecting the entire island and stretching from the Seaplane Lagoon at Alameda Point to Tilden Way for a total of four miles. It will likely attract a large number and diversity of people, including children, seniors and people of all bicycling abilities.
In 2010, the City acquired the former railroad (Alameda Belt Line) property. Soon after, the City began to look for funding to construct a bicycle/pedestr...
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