Resolution 15964CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15964
APPROVING EDEN HOUSING, INC. AS THE QUALIFIED AFFORDABLE
HOUSING DEVELOPER FOR DEVELOPMENT OF BLOCK 10B OF SITE
A AT ALAMEDA POINT, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, OR
DESIGNEE, TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AGREEMENTS AND ALL
OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO EFFECT SAID
DEVELOPMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda ("City") and Alameda Point Partners, LLC
("Developer") entered into a Disposition and Development Agreement for Alameda Point
Site A dated as of August 6, 2015 ("Original DDA"), authorized by City of Alameda
Ordinance No. 3127, whereby the City agreed to convey to the Developer Property
described in the Original DDA and located at the former Naval Air Station Alameda under
certain terms and conditions and Developer agreed to develop the Project described in the
Original DDA and on the Property all in accordance with a Milestone Schedule incorporated
into the Original DDA; and
WHEREAS, the City and Developer entered into that certain First Amendment to
Disposition and Development Agreement dated as of February 8, 2017, and authorized by
City Ordinance No. 3174 (the "First Amendment"), that certain Second Amendment to
Disposition and Development Agreement dated as of July 19, 2017, and authorized by City
Ordinance No. 3185 (the "Second Amendment"), that certain Third Amendment to
Disposition and Development Agreement dated as of March 7, 2018, and authorized by City
Council Resolution No. 15352 (the "Third Amendment"), that certain Fourth Amendment to
Disposition and Development Agreement dated as of October 2, 2018 and authorized by
City Council Resolution No. 15437 (the "Fourth Amendment"); and
WHEREAS, the Developer and Eden Housing, Inc. ("Eden") entered into that certain
Partial Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of March 7, 2016, whereby the
Developer assigned to Eden certain obligations with respect to the DDA including the
obligation to construct 130 units of the very low- and low-income housing included within
the Site A Project (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, the City and Eden entered into that certain Fifth Amendment to
Disposition and Development Agreement dated as of October 2, 2018 and authorized by
City Council Resolution No. 15438 (the "Fifth Amendment"; and together with the Original
DDA, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment, the Fourth
Amendment, and the Fifth Amendment, the "DDA"); and
WHEREAS, in March 2018, the City transferred Phase 1 of the Property covered by
the DDA to the Developer including Block 10B; and
WHEREAS, on February 4, 2014, by Resolution No. 14891, the City Council certified
the Final Environmental Impact Report ("FEIR") (State Clearinghouse No. 201312043)
under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), California Public Resources Code
Section 21000 et seq. and adopted written findings and a Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program ("MMRP") for the Alameda Point project, including the Town Center
Plan area, which contains the project site (Alameda Point EIR); and
WHEREAS, on November 30, 2021, by Resolution No. 15841, the City Council
certified a FEIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2021030563) under CEQA, and adopted written
findings, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a MMRP for the General Plan
Amendment to update the Alameda General Plan (General Plan EIR), which evaluated the
environmental impacts of 12,000 additional housing units in Alameda over 20 years,
including 5,353 housing units to accommodate the RHNA between 2023 through 2031; and
WHEREAS, the City has prepared an Environmental Checklist for Streamlined
Review, which documents the application of the criteria for streamlining in Public Resources
Code Section 21083.3 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 and concludes, based on
substantial evidence, that no further review under CEQA is required; and
WHEREAS, the DDA contemplates development of a 68 -acre area within Alameda
Point that extends generally from the Main Street entrance of Alameda Point to the eastern
edge of the Seaplane Lagoon and includes 800 housing units (200 affordable), 600,000
square feet of commercial development, and extensive parks and utility infrastructure ("Site
A Project"); and
WHEREAS, on July 25, 2022, the Planning Board approved an amended
Development Plan, which includes the following components:
a. Approximately 1,300 residential units, of which 25% will be affordable units as
more specifically defined in the DDA;
b. A minimum of 300,000 square feet and up to 360,000 square feet of permitted
and conditionally permitted non-residential uses (including but not limited to, retail,
commercial, civic and other commercial space) and, which may include the adaptive reuse
of some of the existing structures on the Property; and
WHEREAS, Developer has proposed redevelopment of Block 10B of the Site A Project to
contain no fewer than 91 units of affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, the Affordable Housing Implementation Plan (Exhibit M of the DDA),
requires that the Developer propose, and the City approve, the Qualified Affordable Housing
Developer for development of Block 10B of the Site A Project; and
WHEREAS, the Developer has proposed Eden to serve as the Qualified Affordable
Housing Developer for development of Block 10B of the Site A Project; and
WHEREAS, Eden is a highly experienced and qualified affordable housing developer
that constructs and manages thousands of units of affordable housing throughout the Bay
Area, including the 130 units previously developed on Block 8 of the Site A Project; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that selection of Eden as the Qualified
Affordable Housing Developer for Block 10B of the Site A Project is in the best interest of
public because it will further the City's goal of developing high-quality affordable housing
units at Alameda Point built by a developer with a strong reputation and reliable track record
in this field.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Eden is hereby approved as the
Qualified Affordable Housing Developer for Block 10B of Site A at Alameda Point; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Interim City Manager, or designee, is
authorized to negotiate and execute agreements and all other necessary documents with
Eden for the development of Block 10B of Site A at Alameda Point and to take such other
actions as are contemplated and consistent with the DDA.
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 6th day of September 2022, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Vella and Mayor Ezzy
Ashcraft — 4.
NOES: Councilmember Herrera Spencer - 1.
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 September 2022.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:.
Yibin Shen, Ci Attorney
City of Alameda