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CIC Resolution 00-88COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 0 0-8 8 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO A DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH CATELLUS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR THE SALE AND DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY AT THE FLEET INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CENTER AND THE EAST HOUSING PORTION OF THE NAVAL AIR STATION WHEREAS, In accordance with the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq., as it may be amended from time to time) ( "Redevelopment Law "), the City Council of the City of Alameda (the "City ") approved and adopted (I) the Community Improvement Plan (the "APIP Community Improvement Plan ") for the Alameda Point Improvement Project (the "APIP Project ") on March 3, 1998, by Ordinance No. 2754, (ii) the Community Improvement Plan (the `BWIP Community Improvement Plan ") for the Business and Waterfront Improvement Project (the `BWIP Project") on June 18, 1991, by Ordinance No. 2559, and (iii) the Community Improvement Plan (the "WECIP Community Improvement Plan ") for the West End Community Improvement Project (the "WECIP Project ") on July 5, 1983, by Ordinance No. 2141; and WHEREAS, The property subject to the APIP Community Improvement Plan is referred to herein as the "APIP Project Area." The property subject to the BWIP Community Improvement Plan is referred to herein as the `BWIP Project Area." The property subject to the WECIP Community Improvement Plan is referred to as the " WECIP Project Area." The only portion of the WECIP Project Area that is subject to this Agreement is the portion of Atlantic Avenue between 5th Street and Main Street. The APIP Project Area, the BWIP Project Area and the WECIP Project Area are collectively referred to herein as the "Project Areas "; and WHEREAS, The purpose of the Disposition and Development Agreement is to effectuate the Community Improvement Plans by providing for the disposition and development of certain portions of the Project Areas (collectively, the "Property"). The Property consists of (I) the approximately seventy -two (72) acres of real property commonly known as East Housing (the "East Housing Site "), which is a portion of the former Alameda Naval Air Station ( "NAS Alameda ") and is presently owned by the United States Navy (the "Navy "), and (ii) the approximately one hundred forty-six (146) acres of real property ( the "FISC Site "), which is the former Fleet Industrial Supply Center, Alameda (the "FISC ") and is presently owned by the Navy; and WHEREAS, NAS Alameda closed in April 1997 and the FISC closed in September 1998. The Navy initiated the disposition process for NAS Alameda pursuant to the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, which is anticipated to result in the economic development conveyance of NAS Alameda (including the East Housing Site) to the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority ( "ARRA "). Special legislation authorized the transfer of the FISC Site to the City independent of the NAS Alameda economic development conveyance. The Navy, ARRA and the City will enter into agreements relating to the conveyances of NAS Alameda and the FISC Site. Following the transfer of NAS Alameda and the FISC Site to ARRA and the City, respectively, and prior to the transfer of each portion thereof to Developer, ARRA and the City will transfer the East Housing Site and the FISC Site, respectively, to the CIC; and WHEREAS, The Property is included in the Alameda NAS Community Reuse Plan (the "Reuse Plan ") that was accepted by the City on January 31, 1996 after several years of public input. The Reuse Plan is a mixed -use, transit - oriented proposal that provides for an orderly transition of NAS Alameda and the FISC Site from military to civilian use, while advancing the community goals for new employment, economic development, environmental protection, provision of open space and preclusion of undesirable uses; and WHEREAS, This Agreement provides for a mixed -use development (the "Project ") that is in furtherance of and consistent with the Reuse Plan, the City of Alameda General Plan, the APIP and the BWIP; and WHEREAS, Developer has applied for certain environmental and land use approvals and entitlements related to development of the Project (the "Project Approvals "); and WHEREAS, As part of the Project Approvals, the City has undertaken, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code § 21000 et seq., hereinafter "CEQA "), the required analysis of the environmental impacts which would be caused by the Project and has determined those feasible mitigation measures (collectively, the "Mitigation Measures "), which will eliminate, or reduce to an acceptable level, the adverse environmental impacts of the Project. The City has completed and certified an Environmental Impact Report (the "EIR ") in connection with the Project. The City has also adopted statements of fact and findings of overriding considerations for those adverse environmental impacts of the Project that may not or cannot be mitigated to an acceptable level. The EIR adequately describes the Project for purposes of CEQA, and this Agreement is being entered into based on the CIC's determination that there are no significant environmental impacts which have not been analyzed pursuant to the EIR; and WHEREAS, The City has also adopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (the "MMRP "), to ensure that those Mitigation Measures incorporated as part of, or imposed on, the Project are enforced and completed; and WHEREAS, The CIC is responsible for implementing the APIP Community Improvement Plan and, in connection therewith, has adopted the Inclusionary Housing Compliance Plan approved and adopted by the CIC on February 17, 1998 (the "Inclusionary Housing Compliance Plan "). This Disposition and Development Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Inclusionary Housing Compliance Plan as well as the provisions of Redevelopment Law relating to inclusionary housing; and WHEREAS, The Property has a unique and special importance to the CIC and to the City because of its location, the nature of the improvements and the uses contemplated for the Property, the relationship of the Property to other land within the Project Areas, and the substantial expenditures of public funds that have been and will be made within the Project Areas. The CIC desires to advance the socioeconomic interests of the City and its residents by promoting the productive use of underdeveloped, former military base property and encouraging quality development and economic growth, thereby enhancing housing and employment opportunities for residents and expanding the City's property tax base. The CIC also desires to obtain the Public Benefits of the Project, which are in addition to those dedications, conditions and exactions required by laws or regulations, and which advance the redevelopment objectives of the CIC and provide benefits to the City and its residents; and WHEREAS, The CIC has determined that by entering into this Agreement: (I) the CIC will ensure the productive use of underdeveloped, former military base property and foster orderly growth and quality development of the Property; (ii) development will proceed in accordance with the goals and policies set forth in the Reuse Plan and the Community Improvement Plans; (iii) the City will receive substantially increased tax revenues; (iv) the City will benefit from increased employment opportunities for residents of the City created by the Project; and (v) the City will receive the Public Benefits for the residents of the City provided by the Project. The Project proposed pursuant to this Agreement and the fulfillment generally of this Agreement (A) are in the best interests of the City and the health, safety, morals and welfare of its residents; (B) are in accordance with the public purposes and provisions of applicable Federal, state and local laws and requirements; and © are consistent with, in furtherance of, and necessary to, the effectuation of the Community Improvement Plans and the Reuse Plan. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the CIC as a Responsible Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), having reviewed the Final Environmental Impact report for the Catellus Mixed Use Development and the entire record, and utilizing its own independent judgement, makes the Findings of Fact Regarding the Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures for the Catellus Mixed Use Project, labeled as Attachment A (on file in the City Clerks Office), makes the Findings of Facts Concerning Alternatives labeled as Attachment B (on file in the City Clerk's Office), adopts the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program labeled as Attachment C (on file in the City Clerk's Office),and the Statement of Overriding Considerations as Attachment D (on file in the City Clerk's Office); BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the CIC finds that proposed Disposition and Development Agreement with Catellus Development Corporation for the Sale and Development of Certain Real Property at the Fleet Industrial Supply Center and the East Housing Portion of the Naval Air Station is consistent with the APIP, BWIP, WECIP and the General Plan of the City of Alameda BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the CIC hereby authorizes the Executive Director to enter into a Disposition and Development Agreement with Catellus Development Corporation for the Sale and Development of Certain Real Property at the Fleet Industrial Supply Center and the East Housing Portion of the Naval Air Station. I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Community Improvement Commission of the City of Alameda in special meeting assembled on the 31st day of Mav , 2000, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Commissioners Daysog, DeWitt, Johnson, Kerr and Chair Appezzato - 5. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTENTIONS: None. IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said Commission this 1st day of June , 2000. fai� •p�zzto i Community Improvement Commission Diane Felsch, Secretary Community Improvement Commission