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Adoption of Resolution Declaring Five Project Sites at Alameda Point, including the Enterprise District, Residential Parcels Both Market Rate and Collaborative (Package K), Building 92, Building 11 and Building 19, and Building 25 Exempt from the Surplus Land Act and Authorize the City Manager to Comply with Surplus Lands Act Procedures Related to the Properties Notwithstanding Their Exempt Status. (Community Development 858)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The State of California amended the Surplus Land Act (SLA), effective January 2020. The SLA, as amended, prescribes a process for local governments and agencies to dispose of surplus property. Although staff believes that the recently amended SLA may not be applicable to property that was transferred to the City of Alameda (City) pursuant to the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act of 1990 (BRAC) process as explained below, staff is recommending, in an abundance of caution, that City Council proceed with issuing Notices of Availability to Sell for five project sites at Alameda Point, including the Enterprise District; Residential Parcels both Market Rate and Collaborative (Package K); Building 92; Building 11 and Building 19; and Building 25, under the Surplus Land Act (collectively, the Available Sites). Set forth on Exhibits 3-8 is a depiction of each Project Site.
BACKGROUND
Broadly speaking, the SLA, as amended by Assembly Bill ("AB") 1486 of 2019, is intended to make public lands available for certain public uses such as open space or affordable housing, before it is disposed of to private parties. AB1486 expands the reach of the SLA and emphasizes the use of surplus property for affordable housing. The bill is considered to be a legislative response to the housing crisis, and defines surplus land to mean land owned in fee simple by the local agency that the local agency declares to be surplus and that is not necessary for agency use.
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