Title
Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Execute the Landing Rights Agreement License to Land at Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal by and Between San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority and Tideline Marine Group. (Base Reuse and Community Development)
Body
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: David L. Rudat, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Last year, the biotech company Exelixis moved from South San Francisco to the Harbor Bay Business Park. The company has been exploring alternative transportation options for its 300+ employees, many of whom live in the South Bay. The leading option is a reverse commute ferry service from Oyster Point in South San Francisco to the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal. The San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) recently started a limited pilot program to provide this service.
Exelixis has also been exploring a potential private ferry service serviced by the Tideline Marine Group (Tideline). Tideline has been working with WETA to obtain permission for small vessel private charter landings at the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal, which would be exclusively used by Exelixis employees. On September 6, 2018, the WETA Board authorized its Executive Director to grant a permit to Tideline for a conditional six-month trial program and subject to completion of final requirements and consent by both the City of Alameda (the City) and Harbor Bay Isle Associates (HBIA) to a Landing Rights Agreement to Land at Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal by and between WETA and Tideline. HBIA consented to the agreement on January 3, 2019.
This proposed action to consent to the Landing Rights License Agreement is consistent with City goals and policies to support alternate transportation modes and support a major employer within the City without negatively impacting the existing parking or operations at the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal.
BACKGROUND
Exelixis, a ...
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