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CityCouncil | 2010-04-06 | 6 | The Interim City Manager stated the developer, through negotiations, could chose to build something; having facilities are wonderful, but maintenance is needed; a lot of creative solutions are coming forward; park and field maintenance could be done by a non-profit but the responsibility for calendaring and scheduling would remain with the City; staff is looking forward to bringing some solutions to Council in the spring; grant opportunities are limited without a Master Plan, the Urban Greening Plan grant is $250,000 can be used for a Master Plan; the City needs to have master plans that have a greening eco sustainable approach. Mayor Johnson stated impact fees are legal requirements if in place; negotiations are a whole different thing; the City would look for bells and whistles at the former Navy base through negotiations. Speaker: Dorothy Freeman, Estuary Park Action Committee. Vice Mayor deHaan stated the City is now the proud owner of the Beltline property; that he hopes the visioning process will be similar to the Estuary Park/Northern Waterfront Park; the matter was addressed almost a year ago and should be included. Councilmember Gilmore stated hopefully, money would be appropriated for the Master Plan in the next budget; many of the slides shown tonight deal with existing park needs; inquired whether the Master Plan would include proposed parks and if so, what would be the level of detail. The Interim City Manager responded the detail would not be at a level of architectural design but would include location, use, an analysis of projected build out, a needs assessment, and reuse of old parks; homework has been done to get the RFP ready; staff would come back with the scope of work. Councilmember Matarrese stated a scope is needed to find out what are the deliverables; Council gave direction to set up a community process to define what the Beltline would look like; that he sees a parallel to the Master Plan; direction has already been given to go forward regardless of when the Master Plan is finished; requested that staff research the matter. The Interim City Manager stated the City already has the [Beltline] site and needs to decide what to put on the site. Vice Mayor deHaan stated the Estuary Park/Northern Waterfront Park should be included [in the Master Plan], too. Councilmember Tam inquired whether the scope would include: 1) some broad concepts based upon demographics and changes within the City as a whole, 2) land and facilities owned by the City or those recently acquired, such as the Beltline, 3) privately owned land that the City might acquire, and 4) park lands controlled, operated, and maintained by the East Bay Regional Park District, including trails around the Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 6 April 6, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-04-06.pdf |