ARRA Resolution 29ALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
RESOLUTION NO. 29
ADOPTING FINDINGS AND A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING
CONSIDERATIONS, MITIGATION MEASURES, AND A MITIGATION
MONITORING PROGRAM FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF PORTIONS OF
NAVAL AIR STATION ALAMEDA
WHEREAS, in 1993, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
recommended the closure of the former Naval Air Station Alameda ("NAS Alameda which
encompasses the Naval facilities and grounds comprising the western end of the City of Alameda
and consists of 1,546 acres of real property, together with the buildings, improvements and
related and other tangible personal property located thereon and all rights, easements and
appurtenances thereto; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990,
as amended, the authority of the Administrator of General Services under the Federal Prop
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and Administrative Services Act of 1949., .as amended, with respect to the disposal of. surplus real
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property at installations closing thereunder has been delegated to the Secretary of Defense and
further delegated to the Secretary of the Navy; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the power and authority provided by section 2905.(b)4 of the
Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended, and the i
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regulations of the Department of Defense (32 CFR Part 175), the Secretary of the Navy may
convey surplus property at a closing installation to the local redevelopment authorit y at no cost
for economic development purposes. By application dated October 1997 and amendments to that
application dated December 1995, the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authorit
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applied for a No -Cost Economic Development Conveyance of NAS Alameda the "EDC
Application to be. used and developed in accordance with the NAS Alameda Community
Reuse Plan dated January 1996, as amended in September 1997
prepared by and
approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on April 23, 1996; and
WHEREAS, the United States, acting by and through the Department of the Navy
("Navy has approved the 's EDC Application; and
WHEREAS, portions of NAS Alameda will be conveyed directly to the United States
Fish and wildlife Service and to the City of Alameda pursuant to a Public Benefit Conveyance
by the Navy; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the. provisions of the Community Environmental
Response Facilitation Act, the Navy has performed Environmental Baseline Surveys for NAS
Alameda, copies of which have been provided to AR.RA. The Navy has prepared or will prepare
Findings of Suitability to Transfer and Findings of Suitability for Early Transfer for the various
parcels that comprise NAS Alameda, as applicable; and
WHEREAS, the ARRA desires to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement Between the
United States of America Acting By and Through the Secretary of the Navy United States
Department of the Navy and the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority or Conveyance
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of Portions of the Naval Air Station Alameda From the United States of America to the Alameda
Reuse and Redevelopment Authority; and
WHEREAS, the ARRA desires to enter into a Lease in Furtherance of Conveyance
Between the United States of America and the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority for
the Former Naval Air Station Alameda; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act,
the Navy has prepared an Environmental Impact Statement ("ETS") for the disposal of NAS
Alameda. A Record of Decision regarding the disposal of FISC Alameda was issued by the
Navy on February 29, 2000; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act,
the Navy has determined that the disposal of NAS Alameda will have an effect upon those
portions of the property that are eligible for listing in the National Register of historic Places. A
Memorandum of Agreement among the Navy, the California State Historic Preservation Officer
and the Advisory Council on historic Preservation was executed on October 5, 1999, and sets
forth in full the ARRA's obligations under the National Historic Preservation Act and
implementing regulations; and
WHEREAS, on March 21, 2000 the City Council certified the Final Environmental
Impact Report ("ETR") for the Reuse of Naval Air Station Alameda and the Fleet and Industrial
Supply Center, .Alameda Annex and Facility (State Clearinghouse #95022105), consisting of the
Draft EIR and EIR Response to Comments Addendum, and adopted Findings and a Statement of
Overriding Considerations, adopted and incorporated into the project all of the mitigation
measures within the responsibility and jurisdiction of the City, and adopted a Mitigation
Monitoring Program.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVER that the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment
Authority having independently considered the environmental effects of the project as shown in
the certified Final EIR for the Reuse of Naval Air Station Alameda and the Fleet and Industrial
Supply Center, Alameda Annex and Facility, the ARRA hereby:
1. Adopts the Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations, attached hereto
as Exhibit "A for the Project, and
2. Adopts and incorporates into the Project all of the mitigation pleasures within the
responsibility and jurisdiction of the ARRA which are identified in the Findings,
and
3. Adopts the Mitigation Monitoring Program, attached hereto as Exhibit "B, for
the Proj ect, for all of the mitigation measures within the responsibility and
jurisdiction of the ARRA.
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
AB S ENT 0
ABSTENTIONS: 0
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Lucretia Aril, Secretary
Alameda Reuse Redevelopment Authority
Date: Tune 5, 2000
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