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Memo from City Manager to City Council Regarding Executing Amendment to an Agreement with Carlson Barbee & Gibson for Civil Engineering and Surveying Consulting Services for Alameda Point..., January 4, 2012

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Carlson Barbee & Gibson , Inc. (CBG) has provided civil engineering and surveying
consulting services for the redevelopment of the Naval Air Station Alameda (Alameda
Point) on behalf of the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority (ARRAAlameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority. The City Council acts in this capacity.) and the
ARRA' s previous master developers for over ten years. CBG worked for the ARRA
directly during the ARRA' s previous predevelopment effort in 2004-2006 and was
retained most recently by the ARRA in November 2010 to assist the ARRA in its current
efforts. CBG maintains invaluable knowledge of the Alameda Point property and the

City of Alameda: Alameda Point Going Forward [website]

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

Status of Disposition and Development Strategy for Alameda Point, December 7, 2011

Presentation Outline
Disposition Issues under Evaluation
– Property
– Entitlement
– Transportation and Infrastructure
– Solicitation and Transaction
– Funding
Initial Findings

San Francisco Chronicle: Navy turns Alameda air station over to city, September 30, 2011

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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.

The Island: THE BIG STORY: History fades at Alameda Point, April 28, 2011

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Dick Rutter expertly guides his Jeep Grand Cherokee through the gray maze of streets on Alameda Point, and each turn yields fresh details that bring the silent, moldering buildings that line those streets back to life.

Here are the Bachelor Officers Quarters, where Rutter lived for three years in the early 1970s when he was a Navy navigator; further along the route is the control tower where he worked 24-hour watches, and enjoyed sunrises and sunsets. Another turn yields the base’s old church.

San Francisco Examiner: San Francisco's Treasure Island project moves forward with vote of approval, April 21, 2011

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San Francisco’s Planning Commission on Thursday advanced the massive redevelopment of Treasure Island by a 4-3 vote, approving the $1.5 billion project’s environmental impact report.

San Francisco Chronicle: Ex-Navy bases in Bay Area remain stuck in limbo, April 18, 2011

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When developers imploded the old Oak Knoll Naval Hospital last week, crowds cheered and veterans wept.

After all, the demolition appeared to be a major milestone in the grueling, exasperating, mind-numbingly complex transformation of the Bay Area's former military outposts.

It wasn't.