Ordinance 2803CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 2803
New Series
APPROVING A.1\ AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF TEMPORAY
CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS BETWEEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION , AS GRATEE AN THE CITY OF
ALAMEDA , AS GRANTOR , FOR THE SEISMIC RETROFIT PROJECT FOR
THE POSEY AND WEBSTER STREET TUBES
BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Alameda that:
WHEREAS , the State of California, Deparment of Transportation (CaItrans) has scheduled
a seismic retrofit project for the Posey and Webster Street Tubes , which connect the cities of
Alameda and Oakland by passing beneath the Oakland Estuary; and
WHEREAS, five parcels located within the seismic retrofit project area and owned by the
City of Alameda (Parcel Numbers 55781-, 55781-, 55782-, 55790-, and 55790-2) require
temporary construction easements , to provide for access to the outside of the tubes and for storage
and moving of construction equipment; and
WHEREAS , the traffc management plan and the public information campaign related to the
night closure of the tubes have been reviewed by City staff and the West End Business Association
and found to be acceptable; and
WHEREAS ,. CaItrans has determined that the project is statutorily exempt from the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Section 21080(b)(4) of the State Public
Resource Code , on the basis that the project is a "Specific action necessary to prevent or mitigate
an emergency," and the Notice of Exemption has been filed.
NOW , THEREFORE , BElT ORDAID by the Council ofthe City of Alameda that:
Section 1 . The City Council of the City of Alameda hereby approves and authorizes the City
Manager to execute the Temporary Construction Easements between the State of California
Department of Transportation as Grantee , and the City of Alameda, as Grantor , for the Seismic
Retrofit Project for the Posey and Webster Street Tube; as described in the Staff Report presented
to the City Council at the August 17 , 1999 City Council meeting.
Section 2 . This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the expiration of
thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage.
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Attest:
City Clerk
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, the undersigned , hereby certifY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted
anc; passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on th e 7th day of
September 1999 , by the following vote to wit:
AYES:Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt , Johnson , Kerr and
Mayor Appezzato - 5.
NOES:None.
ABSENT:None.
ABSTENTIONS:None.
IN WITNSS , WHREOF , I have hereunto set my hand and affxed the offcial seal of said City this
8th day of September , 1999.
Diane Felsch City Clerk
City of Alameda