1996-08-07 ARRA Minutes APPROVED
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
ALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Wednesday, August 7, 1996
The meeting convened at 5:36 p.m. with Chair Appezzato presiding.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Ralph Appezzato, Mayor, City of Alameda; Vice-Chair Sandré Swanson,
District Director, 9th Congressional District; Alternate Beverly Folrath-Johnson
(arrived at 6:15 p.m.) for Charles Mannix, Councilmember, City of Alameda;
Alternate Jay Leonhardy (arrived at 6:11 p.m.) for Henry Chang, Jr.,
Councilmember, City of Oakland; Alternate Tony Daysog (arrived at 6:07 p.m.)
for "Lil"Arnerich, Councilmember, City of Alameda; Alternate Gary Loeffler for
Ellen Corbett, Mayor, City of San Leandro; Albert DeWitt, Councilmember, City
of Alameda; Alternate Greg Alves for Karin Lucas, Councilmember, City of
Alameda; Alternate Mark Friedman for Wilma Chan, Alameda County Board of
Supervisors, District 3; Ex-officio Lee Perez, Chair, Base Reuse Advisory Group
(BRAG) and Alternate Ardella Dailey (arrived at 5:45 p.m.) for Ex-officio
Barbara Rasmussen, Alameda Unified School District.
Absent: None.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Alternate Friedman moved approval of the Consent Calendar. Member DeWitt seconded the motion,
which carried the following voice vote: Aye: 6. Noe: 0. Abstain: 0. Absent: 3 - Mannix, Chang,
Arnerich (their alternates arrived subsequent to this vote).
Items so enacted or adopted are indicated by an asterisk.
*2-A. Approval of Minutes - Regular Meeting of June 5, 1996. Approved.
*2-B. Report from the Executive Director Recommending the ARRA Approve a Four Month
No-cost Extension of the Economic Development Administration (EDA) Grant for the Alameda
Center for Environmental Technologies (ACET). Approved.
ACTION ITEMS
3-C. Authorization to Participate in Trip to Korea at Pan Pacific University Expense and
Selection of Attendees.
Mayor Appezzato announced that item 3-C would not be heard as the request for members of the
Authority to visit Korea had been withdrawn.
2-A
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ORAL REPORTS
4-D. Preliminary report on restricted use airfield operation at NAS Alameda by Mike
McClintock of PDD Engineering.
Mike McClintock of P&D Aviation [correct company name] made a preliminary report on the
feasibility of a restricted use airfield operation at NAS Alameda. The final report will be presented
at the September meeting.
Speakers:
Kurt Bohan, Kaylor Energy Products, strongly endorsed the airport, stressing the historic and
economic benefits it could provide.
Jon Rodgers, Alameda resident, spoke in favor of the airport and explained his proposal to operate a
glider ride.
Gratz Powers, a 60-year Alameda resident, endorsed the airport and explained his group’s interest in
having an area set aside to operate radio-controlled airplanes.
4-E. Preliminary Report on Interim Marketing Plan and Materials by John Guillory of
Guilltone Properties, Inc. and Jill Young of Mülhäuser and Young.
John Guillory provided an overview of the marketing goals and objectives, the challenges and
obstacles to be faced, and the marketing process. He then announced the position statement “Great
History. Greater Future.” and the alternate positioning statement “Alameda Advantage.”
Speakers:
Neil Patrick Sweeney, Alameda resident, suggested that volunteers answer phones, file, etc. at the
ARRA offices and emphasized the importance of the base conversion to the community.
Richard Nevelyn, Alameda resident and radio-controlled model builder/pilot, endorsed the use of
remote-piloted vehicles and radio-controlled airplanes on the runways to help revitalize the
community and form a transportation mecca.
Vice-Chair Sandré Swanson emphasized the potential for interim use of the piers by foreign Navys
as well as the U.S. Navy and MARAD ships.
4-F. Status Report on Science Center Feasibility Study by Jim Gollub, Bill Bennett, and Helen
Birss of Information Design Associates (IDeA).
Jim Gollub of IDeA outlined the preliminary findings of IDeA’s feasibility assessment of
planning/forming an economically-based science center (industrial cluster) at NAS Alameda.
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4-G. Presentation on Education/Technology and Business Consortium by Doug deHaan and
Andrea Safir.
Doug deHaan and Andrea Safir outlined the formation of a consortium of local educational and
technological institutions to help insure the successful conversion of NAS Alameda. A
Memorandum of Understanding will be submitted to ARRA at a future meeting after their Bylaws
have been formulated.
Speakers:
Neil Patrick Sweeney, Alameda resident, stated his concern that the U.C. San Francisco Research
Hospital be included in the Education/Technology and Business Consortium.
John Thayer Fee, Alameda resident, discussed many ideas for base reuse.
4-I. Oral Report from the BRAG Updating the ARRA on Current Activities.
Lee Perez, Chair of BRAG, reported on the success of BRAG Appreciation Day in the base museum.
He suggested that presentations (such as those given this evening) be videotaped so that they could
be seen by more people.
4-J. Oral Report from the Executive Director Updating the ARRA.
Ms. Miller gave the current status on the EIS/EIR; wildlife refuge discussions; the BCDC Container
Cargo Forecast Roundtable scheduled for September 17; the RFP issued by the City of Alameda to
locate an operator for the O’ Club; formation of a committee to help rename streets at NAS
Alameda; issuance of an RFP for port services; the RFQ for FISC redevelopment site; the Public
Trust appraisal; interim leasing status; efforts to explore leasing Navy housing for civilian use;
consultant work; and an invitation that has been extended to ARRA to participate in EURONAVAL 96.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)
Neil Patrick Sweeney, Alameda citizen, suggested that the Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation
furnish their plans to the USS Missouri and that Pan Pacific University use the internet for
marketing.
Bill Smith, Virtual Agile Manufacturing, endorsed the airfield concept to help promote tourism.
ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSIDER:
At 8:45 p.m., the meeting adjourned to closed session for Conference with Legal Counsel– Anti-
cipated Litigation: Initiation of litigation pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 54956.9: 1 case.
READJOURNMENT TO PUBLIC SESSION AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION
TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION, IF ANY
At 9:00 p.m. the meeting reconvened and it was announced that direction was given to staff.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM GOVERNING BODY
None.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by Chair Appezzato at 9:02 p.m.
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Respectfully submitted,
Margaret E. Ensley
Secretary
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