Resolution 14201CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.142 O 1
APPROVING A RIGHT OF WAY CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF
ALAMEDA AND THE PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR THE
STARGELL EXTENSION PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda's Stargell Avenue Extension Project
(Project), which involves construction of a new fully signalized intersection
at Webster Street and Stargell Avenue and an extension of Stargell
Avenue to Fifth Street, is critical to the redevelopment of the City's
Westside, including Alameda Landing and Alameda Point; and
WHEREAS, Caltrans has agreed to provide, $4 million in State
Transportation Improvement Project (STIP) funds for the Project
conditioned on Caltrans certification that the Project complies with
Caltrans regulations and the approval of the STIP grant by the California
Transportation Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Peralta Community College District
(District) have reached an agreement in the form of a Right, of Way
Contract under which the District will gift the right -of -way necessary for the
Project to the City; and
WHEREAS, on May 21, 2002, the City Council adopted Resolution
No. 13455 adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration (Negative
Declaration) for the Project and Findings Demonstrating that All Significant
Impacts Can Be Mitigated to a Level of Insignificance. On February 13,
2006, the City prepared an addendum letter to the Negative Declaration,
which concluded that the realignment of the Stargell Avenue /State Route
260 approximately 120 feet south of the location proposed in the 2005
design plans for the Project did not require subsequent environmental
review; and
WHEREAS, on December 5, 2006, the City Council adopted
Resolution No. 14047 certifying the Supplemental Environmental Impact
Report (SEIR) for the Alameda Landing Mixed Use Development Project
(Alameda Landing Project) and adopted Resolution No. 14048 Making
Findings Regarding Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures,
Making Findings Concerning Alternatives, Adopting a Mitigation
Monitoring and Reporting Program and Adopting a Statement of
Overriding Considerations in Accordance with the California
Environmental Quality Act for the Alameda Landing Project. The SEIR
identified the Project as a mitigation measure for the Alameda Landing
Project and analyzed the impacts of this mitigation measure in
conformance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality
Act. On May 16, 2007, the City Council adopted Resolution No 14092
finding, among other things, that the Negative Declaration, Addendum,
and SEIR adequately analyze the impacts of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the District's proposed gift of the right -of -way for the
Project to the City would not require revisions to the Negative Declaration,
Addendum, and SEIR. There have been no substantial changes in the
Project, substantial changes in the circumstances under which the Project
would be undertaken, or significant new information that would cause new
or substantially increased significant' environmental effects, and there is no
new information showing new mitigation measures or alternatives that
would substantially reduce significant effects but that the Project
proponent declines to adopt.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council
approves the Right of Way Contract between the City and the Peralta
Community College District, in the form on file in the City Clerk's Office,
and authorizes Debra Kurita, City Manager, to execute and implement the
Right of Way Contract and any other documents required to obtain
Caltrans certification of the Project.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during the Special
Joint Meeting of the City Council, Community Improvement Commission and the
Housing Authority Board of Commissioners on the 6th day of May, 2008, by the
following vote to wit:
AYES:
Councilmembers deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES:
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 7th day of May, 2008.
None.
Lara Weis ger, City
City of Alameda