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2005-07-14 Special ARRA MinutesAPPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Thursday, July 14, 2005 The meeting convened at 6:25 p.m. with Member Gilmore presiding. 1. ROLL CALL Present: Beverly Johnson, Chair, City of Alameda (arrived at 6:45 p.m Marie Gilmore, Boardmember, City of Alameda Doug deHaan, Boardmember, City of Alameda Tony Daysog, Boardmember, City of Alameda Frank Matarrese, Boardmember, City of Alameda 2 -A After the Pledge of Allegiance Member Matarrese motioned to move the Closed Session (Item 3 -A) to the end of the agenda. The motion was seconded by Member deHaan and passed by the following voice vote: Ayes — 4; Noes — 0; Abstentions — 0. 2. Public Comment on Non - Agenda Items Only None. 3. ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION OF THE ARRA TO CONSIDER: 3 -A. Property: Alameda Naval Air Station Negotiating parties: ARRA, U.S. Navy and Alameda Point Community Partners Under negotiation: Price and Terms This item was moved to the end of the agenda. 4. PROCLAMATION 4 -A. Proclamation to members of the APAC for their dedication and unwavering commitment to the reuse and redevelopment of Alameda Point. Member Gilmore addressed the audience and APAC members. She spoke about how APAC has helped the community understand the challenges and issues regarding Alameda Point. Member Gilmore then read the proclamation and handed one out to each of the APAC members. APAC Chair Lee Perez thanked the ARRA Board for the opportunity to serve over the last several years — he spoke about how pleased they (the APAC) were with the response to the Reuse Plan & the participation from the community. He also mentioned that it's been a long haul over the last 12 years since they first started and they were pleased with the outcome so far. Member deHaan, expressed his gratitude for the leadership and dedication that Chair Perez and all the other members of APAC contributed toward the planning efforts of Alameda Point. Members Daysog, Matarrese, and Chair Johnson (who just arrived at this point) also expressed their gratitude. 5. CONSENT CALENDAR 5 -A. Approval of the minutes of the Regular meeting of March 2, 2005. 5 -B. Approval of the minutes of the Special meeting of April 6, 2005. 5 -C. Approval of an Amendment to Agreement with Russell Resources extending the term for 90- days and adding $54,000 to the budget for environmental consulting services. 5 -D. Report from the Acting Executive Director recommending the approval of Subleases at Alameda Point. 5 -E. Recommendation to amend the approved FY 2005 -2006 ARRA Budget to include $225,000 for repairs to the Al Dewitt O'Club. Member Gilmore motioned to approve the Consent Calendar. The motion was seconded by Member Matarrese and passed by the following voice vote: Ayes — 5; Noes — 0; Abstentions — 0. 6. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 6 -A. Presentation of the Preliminary Development Concept (PDC) for Alameda Point establishing land use goals, transportation strategy and historic preservation strategy. Steven Proud, Alameda Point Project Manager, discussed the updates on the Conveyance process with the Navy and the status of the budget. The key topic discussed was the progress with planning efforts regarding the PDC and introduced the document to the Board for their review. Mr. Proud advised that there are continuing discussions with the Navy on disposal strategies and constraints with the property; and that we're moving forward with the Navy regarding a conveyance agreement. He discussed the community meetings and the success in each of the workshops to tackle specific topics that helped produce this draft document (the PDC). He fiirther discussed issues at Alameda Point (AP) about Navy conveyance and the land planning process. Andrew Thomas, Supervising Planner, focused on the Community Reuse Plan and the draft PDC. He discussed what the community's expectations for the development of AP and what the real priorities are. He advised that the PDC was an integration of "new" with the "old" (Community Reuse Plan). Mr. Thomas explained the several Appendices of the PDC, which included the Transportation Strategy, specifically the Broadway /Jackson feasibility study; and the Historic Preservation element. 2 Regarding the Historic Preservation, Mr. Thomas discussed that there was a lot of community involvement with questions regarding which buildings and homes to keep and which to get rid of The residential portion of the plan included 3000 new units: homes for sale and rentals. There were several speakers who discussed various topics related to the PDC, including: - Conversion of the naval base - Measure A - Adequate school facilities at AP. - Transportation planning - Solar energy equipment - Keeping the BOQ building for Veterans or Senior Housing - Historic District Preservation - Housing for all income levels 7. ORAL REPORT 7 -A. Oral report from APAC. No oral report. 7 -13. Oral report from Member Matarrese, RAB representative. Councilmember Matarrese discussed topics from the last RAB meeting, including clean -up methods, and how petroleum is being extracted. He also gave an update on the BCT activities and the schedule for the site management program, which lists all the clean -up activities. 8. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON - AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) No speaker slips. 9. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE GOVERNING BODY None 10. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 10:21 P.M. Respectfiilly submitted, Irma Glidden ARRA Secretary