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CityCouncil | 2013-09-24 | 5 | Reasonableness; stated that he looks forward to seeing said details. Mayor Gilmore stated Council needs to provide direction to staff; suggested separating Alameda Point from the rest of the Island; stated one agreement should cover regular maintenance and projects which come up in the City's regular course of business and Alameda Point would be treated as its own animal; recommendations should be provided on how to address existing tenants using their own capital to upgrade and expand businesses; the historic district is challenging in and of itself and may need to have special consideration; social justice aspects should be reviewed; people live at Alameda Point and there should be some mechanism to allow them to participate in the great and wonderful projects that are going to happen around them; the City should be mindful of ways to get Alameda Point residents to participate in the upside of whatever happens. Vice Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft concurred with the Mayor; stated the four items in the staff report [project category, project parameters, cost added to the project and impacts on public policy goals] need to be fleshed out; project parameters could be narrowed down; Berkeley has a $1 million minimum; leaseholders doing their own improvements and the historic core could be treated differently; regarding cost added to the project, perhaps some research could be provided regarding projects in the area; public policy goals include: historic preservation, marine preservation, competitiveness to attract new commercial users and to retain and expand existing companies, local hiring, and social justice issues, including apprenticeship opportunities; that she would like to hear some specifics about apprenticeship opportunities, especially with an eye to Alameda Point Collaborative residents. Councilmember Tam stated the City is actively engaging in discussions about the Master Infrastructure Plan (MIP), the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and the phasing and disposition strategy for Alameda Point; Alameda Point has some unique issues beyond a garden variety PLA or PSA; starting with Alameda Point might make sense; then, regular maintenance projects could be addressed down the line. Mayor Gilmore stated the staff report project category 1b, "City Project," represents more predictable, maintenance projects done on a schedule; said projects would be parked for a while and the City would start with Alameda Point based on the comments tonight; requested further information be provided to Council regarding having a construction dollar amount which would trigger a PLA, which seems really important to building trades; more information is needed about whether having a dollar amount be a triggering event is reasonable and what the amount should be; that she is not particularly concerned about project complexity because she assumes anything at Alameda Point is going to be fairly complex, involve multiple trades and take over six months; Vice Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft raised questions about the timeframe because projects could be entitled in early 2014. The City Manager stated the EIR comment period ends October 21st; staff is probably going to start bringing proposals early November; staff has been talking to the trades for Special Meeting Alameda City Council 5 September 24, 2013 | CityCouncil/2013-09-24.pdf |