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Urban Shield, a training exercise for emergency response teams, sparked controversy when it held its operations in September on a bird nature reserve at Alameda Point that is home to endangered species.
According to John Lindsay...
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The Daily Californian: Environmentalists criticize Urban Shield for operating on nature...
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Added: Nov 8, 2018 at 9:47 AM
San Francisco Business Times: These five megaprojects promise to transform chunks of...
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4. Alameda Point
Description and size: Alameda is looking for a developer to build up to 291 homes and commercial/light industrial space at the West Midway portion of the former Alameda Point naval air station.
Status: Seven...
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Added: Nov 2, 2018 at 10:00 AM
East Bay Express: Guns Versus Birds at the Point, October 31, 2018
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On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 6, an armored vehicle trundled up the dirt road of the Alameda Point Nature Preserve, a protected area of land owned by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The truck stopped, a loud explosion...
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Added: Oct 31, 2018 at 8:55 PM
Memo Regarding Resolution Amending Previous Authorization of a Portion of the City...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On October 2, 2018, the City Council approved a Fifth Amendment to the Site A Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) with Alameda Point Partners (APP), for a 68-acre area within Alameda Point. The Fifth...
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Added: Oct 25, 2018 at 8:25 PM
CBS SFOcean Cleanup Clears Open-Sea Trial, Heads to Great Pacific Garbage Patch,...
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ALAMEDA (CBS SF) — An ambitious effort to corral and remove plastic from the ocean cleared an open-ocean trial this week and is now headed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit...
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Added: Oct 7, 2018 at 11:45 AM
Public Hearing Regarding Public Hearing to Facilitate a Tax-Exempt Bond Financing for...
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1. Project Funding Sources
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BACKGROUND
In June 2015, the City Council approved the Site A Development Plan and a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) with Alameda Point...
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Added: Oct 4, 2018 at 10:53 PM
Memo Regarding Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of Resolution Calling a Special...
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BACKGROUND
On March 21, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 15249 pursuant to which it formed CFD 17-1 (Alameda Point Public Services District) in connection with the development of Alameda Point. CFD 17-1 was...
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Added: Oct 4, 2018 at 10:47 PM
Memo Regarding Ordinance Authorizing the Interim City Manager to Execute Documents...
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1. Premises
2. Draft Form Lease
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SpinLaunch is a spaceflight technology development company working on catapult technology to move payloads to space....
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Added: Oct 4, 2018 at 10:33 PM
Memo Regarding Resolution Amending the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Base Reuse Fund Budget to...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda’s Façade Grant Program (the “Program”) provides matching grants to businesses and property owners for the completion of façade improvements. Under the current Program, eligible commercial...
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Added: Oct 4, 2018 at 10:21 PM
East Bay Times: Alameda to press feds on stalled veterans clinic, cemetery project,...
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The Alameda project stalled after Congress approved a bill in February 2016 that requires the V.A. to allow the Army Corps of Engineers or other federal agencies to manage projects that cost more than $100 million.
The action —...
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Added: Oct 2, 2018 at 11:39 AM