Infrastructure

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State finance officials are questioning nearly $370 million in payments city officials say they owe on their former redevelopment projects, more than a third of the amount they say their remaining redevelopment obligations will cost.

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A deeply divided Alameda City Council may end up walking away from the city’s latest proposal to prepare Alameda Point for development, with some council members saying they think the city should focus on existing tenants and forget about moving forward with new development plans for a few years. The development strategy has been in the works since the council fired former master developer SunCal in July 2010.

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On January 4, 2012, the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority (ARRAAlameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority. The City Council acts in this capacity.) and the United States Navy (Navy) entered into a second amendment to the 2000 Economic Development Conveyance Memorandum of Agreement (EDCEconomic Development Conveyance MOA), authorizing a no-cost conveyance of the 918-acre portion of the former Naval Air Station Alameda (NASNaval Air Station Alameda), commonly referred to as Alameda Point. Pursuant to the EDC MOA, it is expected that conveyance of significant portions of the Alameda Point property will occur during 2012.

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The city’s commitment to proceed with a less-intensive development plan than the one proposed by former Alameda Point developer SunCal could face a major hurdle: The amount of development now being contemplated for the former Naval Air Station may not pencil out financially.

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BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda is scheduled to become the owner of significant parts of the
Alameda Point property by the end of this year. As a result, the next logical step is for
the City to decide how to facilitate the development of the property. Staff presented
some initial thoughts and findings regarding a Disposition and Development Strategy
(Strategy) to the City at its December 7, 2011 meeting, and made a presentation on
staff' s proposed Strategy to the City Council on February 7 2012. On March 20 2012

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City leaders eager to move forward with plans to revitalize Alameda Point are pinning their hopes on new legislation that could allow them to use future property tax dollars to pay for roads, schools and other new public facilities at the Point and other defunct military bases.

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The City Council is set tonight to consider a proposed development strategy for Alameda Point, most of which is expected to be in the city’s hands by the end of this year.

City officials want to divide the Point property into three separate areas – two commercial, one residential – that they would prepare for reuse and development, a departure from earlier efforts to get developers to do that work instead. They’re saying the new strategy would offer the city more certainty and control over development at the Point, and could expedite development efforts there.

Alameda Point Rezoning Public Workshop The Planning Board will hold a public workshop to consider a initial proposals for zoning amendments at Alameda Point to conform the zoning regulations for the property to the policies, objectives, and standards for the property included in the City of Alameda General Plan and the City of Alameda Community Reuse Plan. The purpose of the meeting is to solicit public comments on the proposals. No final actions will be taken by the Planning Board on the proposals at this meeting.

Presentation Outline

Summary of Recommendations
Entitlement Process
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation of Options
Next Steps