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CityCouncil | 2009-12-02 | 12 | Commissioner Matarrese stated Target should be mindful of the City's past discussions on labor, big box and parking requirements; the laundry lists should be revisited; the City needs to clear the way and ensure people understand what is coming. Mr. Whiskeman stated people in the industry might be willing to come to the quarterly updates to provide additional information. COUNCIL REFERRAL (09-495 CC/ARRA/09-56 CIC) Discussion of Policies for Leases at the ARRA and Tidelands Leases under the City's Jurisdiction. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Matarrese made the referral because it dovetails on earlier discussions regarding the maritime industry in Alameda. He would like to have the Council/ARRA/CIC provide direction to the Interim City Manager to look at leasing policies and consider a few points: 1) look at terms of leases and the City's ability to have longer term leases with the goal of building a business community and a business sector out at Alameda Point that will be the future commercial occupants, so that the developer does not says there is no market for commercial at entitlement; 2) because we are an island and have a great seaside location, there need to be review of what can be done to support and make-healthy marine-related industries, whether it is ship building or the private boat sector, which throws off a significant amount of sales tax; 3) also look at protecting the waterfront - a lot of installations are on tidelands where there is potential for someone else to maintain the bulkheads and the shore side investments. The key issue is creating a leasing policy to grow a diverse commercial sector and not a monolithic commercial sector leasing strategies should include a diverse economic base to take advantage of potential, such as maritime industry, a growing specialty foods industry, a wine and distillation industry, entertainment production, and a potential for green businesses. If marketed correctly and the City can get some relief from the Navy on the provision of unilateral termination of leases, in order to build the sector that is going to be the future commercial tenants; risk will be spread in economic downtimes and benefit to the City will be maximized that will also relieve over-reliance on residential property taxes. He would like to get direction on giving these points to the City Manager and looking at revising lease policies that go back to 2007. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Gilmore stated that if the Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority and 12 Community Improvement Commission December 2, 2009 | CityCouncil/2009-12-02.pdf |