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WITHDRAWN-Recommendation to: 1) Direct Staff to Conduct a Four-Week Request For Qualification Solicitation Process for the Development of the West Midway Project; 2) Appoint a City Council Ad Hoc Subcommittee to Work with Staff to Review Proposals and Make Final Recommendations to City Council; and 3) Approve Debbie Potter, Community Development Director; Michelle Giles, Base Reuse Manager; and Lisa N. Maxwell, Assistant City Attorney, as Designated Real Property Negotiators for West Midway Project. (Base Reuse 819099) [This item will not be heard at the January 7, 2020 meeting]
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff recommends that City Council direct staff to conduct a four-week Request for Qualifications (RFQ) solicitation process for development of the West Midway project (West Midway Project). The finalist from the previous solicitation process, Alameda Point Partners (APP), withdrew from the process to focus on the execution of Site A. The Collaborating Partners (as described in the RESHAP Disposition and Development Agreement) of the Rebuilding of the Supportive Housing at Alameda Point project (RESHAP Project), after exploring other funding options for the RESHAP Project, have requested that staff initiate a new RFQ process.
BACKGROUND
On July 10, 2018, City Council authorized staff to issue an RFQ for development of the West Midway Project at Alameda Point, comprised of a 22.8-acre area within the Main Street Neighborhood sub-district, located south of West Midway and bounded by Main Street on the east, Pan Am Way on the west and West Tower to the south (Exhibit 1). The selected developer of the site will construct the necessary backbone infrastructure for the RESHAP Project, the 267-unit affordable housing project that will replace the existing 200-unit Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) community.
On September 24, 2018, the City of Alameda ("City") received seven qualified responses in response to...
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