Resolution 14654CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14654
ACCEPTING THE ALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY'S ASSIGNMENT OF ITS RIGHTS, ASSETS,
OBLIGATIONS, RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND CONTRACTS,
INCLUDING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONVEYANCE
AGREEMENT AND LEASE IN FURTHERANCE OF CONVEYANCE
WHEREAS, the former Naval Air Station Alameda ( "NAS Alameda ")
encompasses the former Naval facilities and grounds located within the City o
Alameda ( "City "); and
WHEREAS, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission
recommended the closure of NAS Alameda pursuant to the Defense Base
Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended ( "Base Closure Act "); and
WHEREAS, the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority ( "ARRA ")
was recognized by the Office of Economic Adjustment ( "OEA "), on behalf of the
Secretary of Defense, as the local redevelopment authority for Naval Air Station
Alameda; and
WHEREAS, the ARRA prepared and adopted a plan to guide the reuse
and redevelopment of NAS Alameda ( "Reuse Plan "), that was subsequently
approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development;
and
WHEREAS, NAS Alameda was closed by the Department of the Navy
pursuant to the Base Closure Act; and
WHEREAS, the ARRA and the Navy executed that certain 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 for Conveyance of Portions of the Naval Air
Station Alameda from the United States of America to the Alameda Reuse and
Redevelopment Authority dated June 6, 2000 (the "EDC Agreement "); and
WHEREAS, the EDC Agreement provided for the no -cost Economic
Development Conveyance of a portion of the former NAS Alameda to the ARRA
pursuant to Section 2905(b)(4) of the Base Closure Act; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the EDC Agreement, the ARRA and the Navy
executed the Lease in Furtherance of Conveyance between the United States of
America acting by and through the Secretary of the Navy, United States
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Department of the Navy, and the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority
for the Former Naval Air Station Alameda, dated June 6, 2000 ("LIFOC"); and
WHEREAS, the Community Improvement Commission, a member of the
ARRA joint powers authority, will cease to exist by operation of California State
law on or about February 1, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the ARRA, by Resolution authorized the assignment to the
City or the City's designee, of all of ARRA's rights, assets, obligations,
responsibilities, duties and contracts, including the EDC Agreement and LIFOC
("Assignment"), subject to (i) the City or the City's designee accepting such
Assignment, (ii) OEA's designation of the City or the City's designee as the local
redevelopment authority for NAS Alameda, and (iii) execution of documents with
the Navy necessary to implement the City as successor to ARRA; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to implement the Reuse Plan, the EDC
Agreement and the LIFOC and to accept ARRA's Assignment of ARRA's rights,
obligations, responsibilities, duties and contracts, including the EDC Agreement
and the LIFOC; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to seek (1) OEA's designation of the City as
the local redevelopment authority for NAS Alameda, and (11) execution of
documents with the Navy necessary to implement the City as successor to
ARRA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF ALAMEDA,
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: That the City authorizes the City Manager to accept ARRA's
Assignment of all of ARRA's rights, assets, obligations, responsibilities, duties
and contracts, including the EDC Agreement and LIFOC, subject to (i) OEA
designating the City as the local redevelopment authority for NAS Alameda, and
(ii) execution of documents with the Navy necessary to implement the City as
successor to ARRA.
Section 2: That the City shall apply to OEA for official recognition as the
local redevelopment authority for the former Naval Air Station Alameda.
Section 3: That the City shall execute documents with the Navy
necessary to implement the City as successor to ARRA.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a
regular meeting assembled on the 7th day of February, 2012, by the following
vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, Tam and
Mayor Gilmore — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said City this 8th day of February, 2012.
Lara Weisiger, CifY Olerk
City of Alameda