1997-12-03 ARRA Minutes APPROVED
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
ALAMEDA REUSE AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Wednesday, December 3, 1997
The meeting convened at 5:39 p.m. with Chair Appezzato presiding.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Ralph Appezzato, Mayor, City of Alameda (departed at 6:47 p.m.)
Roberta Brooks, alternate to Sandré Swanson, District Director, 9th Congressional
District
Albert DeWitt, Councilmember, City of Alameda
Barbara Kerr, Councilmember, City of Alameda
Tony Daysog, Councilmember, City of Alameda (departed at 6:47 p.m.)
James Sweeney, alternate to Karin Lucas, Councilmember, City of Alameda
Mark Friedman, alternate to Wilma Chan, Alameda County Board of Supervisors,
District 3 (arrived at 5:47 p.m.)
Kathleen Ornelas, alternate to Ellen Corbett, Mayor, City of San Leandro
Absent: Henry Chang, Jr., alternate to Elihu Harris, Mayor, City of Oakland
Ex-officio: Lee Perez, Ex-officio, Base Reuse Advisory Group
Ardella Dailey, Ex-officio, Alameda Unified School District
CONSENT CALENDAR
2-A. Approval of the minutes of the special meeting and the regular meeting of November 5, 1997.
Member Kerr moved approval of the Consent Calendar. The motion was seconded by
Member DeWitt and passed by the following voice vote: Ayes: 7. Noes: 0. Absent: 2 -
Alternate Friedman arrived subsequent to the vote; Alternate Chang was absent.
ACTION ITEMS
3-B. Report from the Executive Director recommending endorsement of the proposed grant proposal
for the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority to the Office of Economic Adjustment for the
1998/1999 fiscal year.
Member DeWitt moved for approval. The motion was seconded by Alternate Brooks and
passed by the following voice vote: Ayes: 7. Noes: 0. Absent: 2 - Alternate Friedman arrived
subsequent to the vote; Alternate Chang was absent.
3-C. Report and recommendation by the Executive Director for approval of the proposed 1998
budget for ARRA lease revenue.
Following questions and discussion on the lease revenue budget, it was decided to break out and vote
separately on the $10,800 honorarium for attending board meetings from the remainder of the 1998
lease revenue budget.
2-A
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Alternate Friedman moved to approve the proposed 1998 ARRA lease revenue budget with the
exception of the $10,800 honorarium for attending board meetings. The motion was seconded
by Member Daysog and passed by unanimous voice vote: 8.
Member DeWitt asked that the amount of the honorarium be reduced from $100 to $50. Chair
Appezzato suggested that a vote first be conducted on whether or not to offer an honorarium and if it
was approved, then the amount would be voted on.
Member Kerr moved to approve an honorarium for meeting attendance with the privilege of
not accepting it or donating it back to the ARRA. The motion was seconded by Alternate
Sweeney and passed by the following voice vote: Ayes: 4 - DeWitt, Friedman, Kerr, Sweeney.
Noes: 3 - Appezzato, Daysog, Ornelas. Abstentions: 1 - Brooks. Absent: 1 - Chang.
Member DeWitt motioned that the meeting attendance honorarium fund be set up for $50 per
month in a fund that can be drawn on or not by the meeting attendee. Member Kerr made a
friendly amendment that the honorarium be $50 per meeting. Member DeWitt accepted the
amendment. Alternate Sweeney seconded the motion, which passed by the following voice
vote: Ayes: 4 - DeWitt, Friedman, Kerr, Sweeney. Noes: 2 - Appezzato, Daysog. Abstentions:
2 - Brooks and Ornelas. Absent: 1 - Chang.
3-D. Recommendation for ARRA acceptance of the Port of Oakland request for the inclusion of
Alameda Point for study as an alternative site for clean dredge spoils in the Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Proposed Oakland Navigation Improvement Project
(50-foot project).
Executive Director Kay Miller, ARRA Planner Elizabeth Johnson, and Rob Andrews, an engineer
from the Port of Oakland, answered questions from the governing body. Executive Director Miller
explained that voting to include Alameda Point in the Port of Oakland’s EIS/EIR in order to study it
as an alternative site for dredge spoils does not commit the ARRA to enter into negotiations with the
Port or to receive dredge spoils.
Alternate Friedman moved to accept the recommendation. The motion was seconded by
Alternate Brooks and passed unanimously: 8.
3-E. Recommendation from the Executive Director that the ARRA hire a consultant to assist in
conducting a marketing outreach effort for the campus area at Alameda Point.
Ardella Dailey of the BRAG Campus Task Force spoke on behalf of the marketing outreach effort.
Chair Appezzato stressed that all prospective tenants for the campus area should be treated equally.
Alternate Ornelas moved to accept the recommendation. The motion was seconded by
Alternate Brooks and passed unanimously: 8.
ORAL REPORTS
4-F Presentation by Lorraine Giordano on Workers to Business Owners Program.
Lorraine Giordano, EBCRC, gave a presentation on the WBO program, outlining its goals,
accomplishments, outreach activities, new business startup and financial outlook, and alliances with
the East Bay small business development community.
4-G Oral report from the BRAG updating the ARRA on current activities.
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BRAG Chair Perez voiced his appreciation for the board’s vote to hire a marketing consultant for the
campus area.
4-H. Written status report from the Executive Director on ARRA activities.
(1) Status of the ex-HORNET donation; (2) golf course feasibility study; (3) special ARRA meeting
scheduled on December 16. Executive Director Miller stated that she had nothing to add to her
written report.
4-I. Oral report from the Executive Director (non-discussion items). None.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT) – None.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE GOVERNING BODY – None.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by Member DeWitt at 7:03 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret E. Ensley
ARRA Secretary
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