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New generation of Great Blue Herons born in cypress rookery - August 9, 2020
The cypress trees in the wetland near the proposed DePave Park at Alameda Point have served as a safe and secure nesting site for Great Blue Herons for many years. This year is no exception, despite the trees having died and barely standing...
Added: May 5, 2021 at 3:38 PM
Navy stabilizes shoreline at Alameda Point - April 4, 2020
The reinforcement of this Estuary shoreline, including several hundred feet on the Bay side, ensures that both shorelines remain stable. This area includes two cleanup sites, totaling nearly 100 acres.
Added: May 5, 2021 at 3:25 PM
Mystery rocket company goes public at Alameda Point - February 23, 2020
“Astra has raised more than $100 million from investors including Acme, Advance, Airbus Ventures, Canaan Partners, Innovation Endeavors, and Salesforce co-founder Marc Benioff,” reported Bloomberg News. Besides the commercial market for...
Added: May 5, 2021 at 3:20 PM
VA plans to use fuel oil for heating buildings - February 21, 2020
The heating system for the VA’s medical clinic and offices, as currently proposed, will utilize a boiler system heated by fuel oil. The VA Project Manager, Kelvin Slaton, recently confirmed that it will be installing an underground fuel oil...
Added: May 5, 2021 at 3:12 PM
Soil cover being installed at future park site - September 2, 2019
The Navy made significant headway in June and July of 2019 on its third and final environmental remediation soil-cover project on the Alameda Point airfield, with 7,289 truckloads of soil being hauled in from an East Bay Municipal Utility...
Added: May 5, 2021 at 2:57 PM
Planning Board Mtg, Dec. 9, 2019 - Site A, amendments to Block 11 and waterfront park...
Changes are proposed for residential unit size, amount of retail space and stormwater drainage on Block 11. Changes to landscaping and drainage are being proposed for the waterfront park.
Added: Dec 4, 2019 at 7:39 PM
City Council agenda item, October 15, 2019, regarding planning for DePave Park
The proposed shoreline ecological park is on the west side of the Seaplane Lagoon. It is highlighted in the 2019 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) as an adaptation measure for "Increasing Resiliency for Shoreline, Natural, and...
Added: Dec 4, 2019 at 5:09 PM
Alameda Magazine: DePave Park Remains a Nebulous Concept, December 2, 2019
The idea to turn a paved 14-acre western edge of Seaplane Lagoon into an ecologically-rich shoreline park has fans but nothing has been settled yet because of the looming cost. The concept, loosely known as DePave Park, was included in the...
Added: Dec 4, 2019 at 4:17 PM
Alameda Sun: Enviros Turn the Tide, June 25, 2019
Excerpt: On June 17, the City Council unanimously rejected a lease at Alameda Point for a digital data storage facility that would have been part of “the cloud.” Just six weeks earlier, four Councilmembers had voted to bring it back with...
Added: Jun 27, 2019 at 9:02 PM
Alameda Sun: Enviros Turn the Tide, June 25, 2019
Excerpt: On June 17, the City Council unanimously rejected a lease at Alameda Point for a digital data storage facility that would have been part of “the cloud.” Just six weeks earlier, four Councilmembers had voted to bring it back with...
Added: Jun 27, 2019 at 9:02 PM

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