Housing

Excerpt:

Following the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (LBNLLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ) rejection, city staff is wasting no time in moving forward with Alameda Point planning. At a special joint meeting of the city council and Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority (ARRAAlameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority. The City Council acts in this capacity.) on Tuesday, Feb. 7, staff will present a zoning ordinance and general plan amendment aimed at clearly establishing the guidelines for future development.

Excerpt:

Welcome to Alameda Point Going Forward, the community's source of information about the City's process for redevelopment of Alameda Point.

Excerpt:

he agreement the Navy and the city of Alameda struck last month over the terms of the transfer of a 918-acre parcel at the former Naval Air Station Alameda was the direct result of the city’s decision to return to the base’s original reuse plan, one that emphasized job growth over housing.

Excerpt:

It all comes down to jobs. In a ceremony at Alameda Point on Thursday, Sept. 29, the Navy officially presented the city with the terms for transferring 918 acres of the former Naval Air Station Alameda, known as Alameda Point, into city hands. Though the Navy had been asking for $108.5 million for this property throughout most of the last decade, it recently decided that it was in the best interest of economic development to transfer the property to the city under a no cost conveyance.

Excerpt:

After 14 years of dickering over price, Navy officials said Thursday they'll turn over the former Naval Air Station to Alameda for free.

The long-awaited property transfer is a happy milestone for Alameda, which has seen several developments at the base collapse in part because the Navy held title to the 918-acre shoreline property.

Excerpt:

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Fourteen years after the Alameda Naval Air Station was closed due to budget cuts, city of Alameda and U.S. Navy officials announced Thursday that the Navy has agreed to transfer the 918-acre site back to the city at no cost.

Speaking at a news conference at the site, which is now known as Alameda Point, Mayor Marie Gilmore said, "This is a momentous occasion" and "is truly a watershed day for the city."

Excerpt:

n what Alameda officials say will help jump-start the redevelopment of Alameda Point, the U.S. Navy has agreed to drop the $108 million price tag for the property and convey it at no cost to the city.

The Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority, the body under which the City Council meets to oversee the former Alameda Naval Air Station, is expected to approve the deal on Wednesday.

City Manager John Russo called the deal "unconditionally good news."

"There's not a hint of bad news about it," Russo said.

OVER A DECADE OF FAILURE:
WHY MILITARY BASE REUSE AT THE NAVAL AIR STATION, ALAMEDA (ALAMEDA POINT)
HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL

Nicholas Stephen Kosla
B.A., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1999

THESIS

Submitted in partial satisfaction of
the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
at
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO

FALL
2010