1995-11-01 ARRA Minutes UNAPPROVED
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
ALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Wednesday, November 1, 1995
The meeting convened at 5:34 p.m. with Chair Mayor Appezzato presiding.
I. ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Mayor Ralph Appezzato, City of Alameda; Vice-Chair Sandré
Swanson, 9th Congressional District; Vice-Mayor Charles Mannix, City of
Alameda; Alternate Jay Leonhardy for Councilmember Henry Chang, Jr., City
of Oakland;Councilmember "Lil"Arnerich, City of Alameda (replaced by
Alternate Tony Daysog at 9:00 p.m.); Alternate Garry Loeffler (left at 9:00
p.m.) for Mayor Ellen Corbett, City of San Leandro; Councilmember Albert
DeWitt, City of Alameda; Alternate Greg Alves for Councilmember Karin
Lucas, City of Alameda; Alternate Mark Friedman (left at 6:40 p.m.) for
Supervisor Wilma Chan, Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 3;
Ex-officio Member Lee Perez, Chair, Base Reuse Advisory Group (BRAG);
Ex-officio Member Gail Greely, Alameda Unified School District (AUSD)
Absent: None.
II. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Approval of Minutes - Regular Meeting of October 5, 1995.
A motion was made by Vice-Mayor Mannix to approve the minutes. The motion
was seconded by Alternate Loeffler. The motion carried by the following voice vote:
Ayes: 8. Noes: None. Abstentions: 1 - Councilmember Arnerich
III. ACTION ITEMS
B. Report from the Executive Director Recommending Endorsement of the Introduction,
Goals and Objectives, and Disposition Strategies Elements of the Long-Range
Community Reuse Plan.
D. Paul Tuttle, ARRA Planner, stated that the BRAG had approved the Introduction,
Goals and Objectives, and Disposition Strategies elements with the following five
changes: (1) replace references to “Alameda West” with “the western portion of
Alameda”; (2) delete any reference to women as a minority or disadvantaged group in
the Goals and Objectives; (3) In sections on Goals and Objectives, Housing, and Jobs,
delete any reference to cultural and ethnic diversity and put it in the beginning as one
strong statement; (4) various editorial changes; and (5) add an implementation goal
that the plan would be a guide for future development and that no changes would occur
to the plan unless there was a full public review process. Staff has a sixth
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recommendation that the BRAG Vision Statement be added in the Introduction as part
of the Goals and Objectives.
The Governing Body asked the BRAG to bring back specific language for change (3)
above regarding statements on cultural and ethnic diversity. A motion was made by
Councilmember DeWitt and seconded by Vice-Mayor Mannix to reject the BRAG’s
requested change (2) to delete any references to women as a minority group. Women
will remain listed as a minority group. All other requested changes were accepted.
Chair Appezzato suggested that since the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD)
may acquire several public conveyances on the base, the School Board might consider
transferring the Mastick Senior Center to the City of Alameda. Ex-officio Greely
stated that the School Board had considered it at their last meeting. She felt the
request was “. . . that we should trade something we own that is valuable to which we
have clear title for something that you don’t own and for fees that you can’t charge us.”
Ex-officio Greely assured the Mayor that she would take the request back to the
Board for further consideration.
After fully discussing the Introduction and Goals and Objectives and agreeing on
specific minor changes, Dena Belzer of Bay Area Economics presented the Disposition
Strategy (Chapter 8). The Public Benefit Conveyances (PBCs) were thoroughly
debated and discussion was opened to the public.
Public Comment:
Don Peterson of the Jack London Soccer League discussed developing 50 acres of
badly needed soccer fields at NAS Alameda. Kay Miller urged them to work with the
Parks and Recreation Department to meet their needs. Vice-Chair Swanson suggested
that staff work with the Soccer League to explore an interim lease arrangement.
Bill Smith spoke on several issues, including manufacturing, the Bay Trail, and electric
vehicles.
John Brauer of the Homeless Collaborative stated that the Legally Binding Agreements
insuring adequate lease terms must be signed before the Homeless Collaborative will
endorse the final base reuse plan.
Ardella Daily, AUSD, expressed the District’s thanks to the BRAG for their work on
the public benefic conveyance process.
John Fee, Economic Subcommittee, requested an area for goats and ostrich rides and
voiced questions regarding different aspects of the plan.
It was decided to separate the AUSD and Parks and Recreation PBCs for voting
purposes. A motion was made by Alternate Leonhardy and seconded by Alternate
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Loeffler to approve the Public Benefit Conveyance to the AUSD. The motion carried
by the following voice vote: Ayes: 7. Noes: 1—Member DeWitt.
A motion was made by Member Arnerich and seconded by Vice-Mayor Mannix to
approve the Public Benefit Conveyance to the Alameda Parks and Recreation
Department. The motion carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: 6. Noes:
2—Member DeWitt and Alternate Alves.
A motion to accept the Introduction and Goals and Objectives was made by Alternate
Leonhardy and seconded by Alternate Loeffler. The motion carried by a unanimous
voice vote.
A motion to accept the remainder of the Property Disposal Strategy was made by
Member DeWitt and seconded by Vice-Mayor Mannix. Assistant General Counsel
McLaughlin asked that the motion be amended to delete the parcel numbers in Table 7
under Fish & Wildlife to ensure consistency. The motion was so amended and it
carried by the following voice vote: Ayes: 7. Noes: 1—Alternate Alves.
C. Report from the Executive Director Recommending Endorsement of a Proposal to
Lease Portions of the NAS Alameda Piers for Docking of the Hornet Aircraft
Carrier as a Private Museum. [Tabled from October 5, 1995 meeting.]
After discussion, a motion was made by Councilmember DeWitt and seconded by
Alternate Leonhardy to endorse the concept of the Hornet Foundation with the leasing
issue to be addressed at a future time when all the data is available. The motion
passed unanimously.
IV. ORAL REPORTS:
D. Oral Report from the Chair of the Base Reuse Advisory Group (BRAG) Updating the
ARRA on BRAG Activities.
BRAG Chair Perez stated they are working on the reuse plan elements as they
become available. The next community meeting has been moved to January so that
the community can view the complete plan.
E. Oral Report from the Executive Director Updating the ARRA on ARRA Staff
Activities.
1. The ARRA staff is working to address all the directives and questions on the
Plan expressed by both the ARRA Governing Body and the BRAG.
2. A letter has been sent to the three communities that participate in the ARRA
Governing Body(the cities of San Leandro and Oakland and the County of
Alameda) to solicit financial assistance to help fund an Urban Land Institute
(ULI) panel to evaluate the Long-range Community Reuse Plan.
3. Talks continue with BCDC on Port Priority Designation.
4. Discussions with State Lands Commission continue.
5. The Coast Guard housing request is being addressed in the Disposition
Strategy.
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6. While lease negotiations with AEG did not result in a lease, it was felt that we
“fought the good fight.” Within the next two weeks the CALSTART lease
will be signed and we are in active negotiation with UARCO, PIVCO, and
Francis Plating.
7. The MBE/WBE update requested by Vice-chair Sandré Swanson has been
completed and disseminated to the ARRA.
8. There is a formal request from the Maritime Administration to reopen the
federal screening process and allow a federal conveyance of the pier space at
the FISC Annex. They also plan to request all of the pier space at NAS
Alameda. The ARRA staff will be requesting that the ARRA Governing Body
not support reopening the screening because this property has a commercial
reuse value; however, we would like to continue negotiations on leasing them
the space.
V. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)
Barbara Baack, the Naval Air Museum, thanked the Governing Body for consideration of
their proposal and expressed the hope that they would receive a 50-year lease with a clause
for renewal.
Bill Smith discussed the fact that NAS is a very valuable base.
IV. COMMUNICATIONS FROM GOVERNING BODY
Tony Daysog requested that two items be agendized for the next meeting: (1) the McCain
Feinstein legislation, its status in Congress, and whether it should be applied to FISC; and
(2) an update on the capital impact fee and public service assessment fee and the legal
premises upon which they can be charged.
Vice-Chair Swanson announced that the ARRA and the BRAG and other groups working
on the conversion would be receiving invitations shortly for an event on November 10 to
celebrate CALSTART’s signing the first lease on the base. The celebration will include
an electric car demonstration.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by Chair Mayor Appezzato at 9:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret E. Ensley
Secretary
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