1998-10-07 ARRA Minutesn
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APPROVED
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
ALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Wednesday, October 7, 1998
ROLL CALL
Present:
Absent:
Chai'r Ralph Appezzato, Mayor, City of Alameda
Albert DeWitt, Councilmember, City of Alameda
Barbara Kerr, Councilmember, City of Alameda
James Sweeney, alternate to Councilmember Karin Lucas, City of Alameda
Mark Friedman, alternate to Wilma Chan, Alameda County Board of Supervisors,
District 3
Kathleen Ornelas, alternate to Shelia Young, Mayor, City of San Leandro
Tony Daysog, Councilmember, City of Alameda (present for special session only)
Sandre Swanson, District Director, 9th Congressional District
Jay Leonhardy, alternate to Elihu Harris, Mayor, City of Oakland
Ex-officio: Lee Perez, Base Reuse Advisory Group (BRAG)
Gail Greely, Alameda Unified School District
CONSENT CALENDAR
2-A. Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of September 2, 1998. -.
2-B. Recommendation to adopt plans and specifications and authorize call for bids for
roofrepair of Building 9, and authorization for Executive Director to enter into all
agreements for award of the construction contract (No. P.W. 09-98-23).
2-C . Authorization for additional allocation of funds in the amount of $118,764 for Building
530 upgrades (No. P.W. 11-97-29).
Speakers: None.
Alternate Friedman moved approval of the Consent Calendar. The motion was seconded
by Alternate Ornelas and passed by the following voice vote: Ayes: 6. Noes: 0.
Abstentions: O; Absent: 3.
ACTION ITEMS
None.
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ORAL REPORTS
4-A. Oral report from the BRAG updating the ARRA on current activities.
BRAG Chair Lee Perez reported that there was no BRAG meeting in September. Discussions
about the restructuring of the BRAG are ongoing, and a progress report will be made shortly.
4-B. Written report from the Executive Director updating the ARRA on:
1. Alameda Point Open House on November 14, 1998.
Executive Director Miller indicated that the date of the Open House was moved from October 24
to November 14, 1998 to allow more time for publicity and preparations. There has been a
meeting with some of the Alameda Point tenants, who are looking forward to publicizing their
· businesses and bringing people out to view their facilities. The BRAG Community Involvement
Committee is organizing th~ ev~nt.
4-C. Oral report from the Executive Director (non-discussion items).
Executive Director Miller noted that the USS Hornet Museum will have its grand opening on
October 17, and there will be an Electric Vehicle (EV) Expo on October 24-25 at Alameda Point.
The Northwest Territory will be opened forthe EV Expo.
Also, the City Engineering and Public Works Departments will be moving out to Building I on
October 16-17. As a result, the ARRA Facilities staff will be moving into the west wing of
Building 1. The ARRA office will be closed October 16 due to the moves.
Member De Witt remarked that, according to the leasing status report, Buildings 5 and 5-A are to
be leased, although the master plan had marked them for demolition. He questioned why the
master plan is not being followed regarding these two buildings. Executive Director Miller stated
that the ARRA-Board had previous_ly approved the lease for Building 5 and that the tenants are in
the process of obtaining their use permit. The prospective tenants for Building 5-A may have some
problems obtaining a use permit (due to parking), so they are going through the permit process
before coming to the ARRA Board. These buildings were marked for demolition because it was
not thought that they were Jeasable; however, it would cost more to demolish them than the rent to
be obtained from leasing them.
ORAL COMMUNICATI ONS. NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)
None.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE GOVERNING BODY
None.
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The general meeting was adjourned by Chair Appezzato at.5:45 p .m., at which time the Board
entered into closed session.
Respectfully submitted,
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Patti Van Mark
ARRA Secretary
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