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| AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority | 2007-12-05 | 2 | The entire land mass that the VA hopes to have transferred to them by the Navy is approximately 597 acres. They envision developing about 113 acres concentrated in the north east area of the property. Mr. Hutchison further explained that the VA is still in negotiations with the USF&W because of the Lease Tern and California Brown Pelican whose habitat is within the area they hope to control. Mr. Jaynes concluded the presentation with an overview of the property area, stating that Alameda Point is strategically located to serve the Veterans of the greater Bay Area, and in addition, it is ideally and centrally located to serve the Veterans of northern Alameda County. He indicated on the map which area was the federal-to-federal parcel at the far west end of Alameda Point. It primarily consists of what was the airfield and landfill for NAS. The parcel does not include the Northwest Territories, which is still going to the City of Alameda. It also does not include any submerged lands. The 579-acre parcel runs from the west side of hangar row all the way down to the bay, and follows the perimeter shoreline all the way around the tip. When it gets to the Northwest Territories, it comes back down to hangar row. Mr. Jaynes presented the VA's site development plan which they have been working on for 18 months. They plan to only develop 113 acres, and the remaining 466 acres will be left undeveloped. The VA's planned development is a circumference of about 1900 feet from the Lease Tern colony, based on the closest structure on hangar row, to assure the protection of the Lease Tern and the Brown Pelican and so the VA and these endangered species can co-exist on the site. Their plans include an outpatient clinic on the far east end which would replace the two facilities currently in Oakland. The clinic will be approximately 80-90,000 sq. ft. and be a full-service ambulatory care clinic which will not have any beds. The VA would like to develop an above- ground cemetery on the 50+ acres on the far west end of the parcel. There are approximately 390,000 Veterans in the greater Bay Area that would use the cemetery services, and for the clinic, they envision that it would serve approximately 7,000 of the 40,000 northern Alameda County Veterans. Also included in the clinic would be a small clinic that is run by the Air Force (David Grant Medical Center) that would treat active duty and active duty dependents in the Bay Area. The third development plan includes land reserved for "enhanced use", a public-private partnership where a developer comes in and builds a facility on under-utilized VA land. The VA was envisioning as their enhanced use partner a civilian in-patient hospital, which they believe is a compatible need with their outpatient clinic. Chair Johnson asked how many in-patient hospital beds the VA would anticipate be used by Veterans. Mr. Jaynes replied that approximately 10 - 20 would be used for Veterans. Member Matarrese mentioned that there is already a hospital here in Alameda that can be partnered with the VA. Mr. Jaynes explained that the plans for the civilian hospital are still conceptual. The enhanced use plans also include two structures for medical office buildings, which would house civilian doctors and administration. Also included is a small nature center which the VA would build to house fish and wildlife services and employees on the site to work with the Lease Terns, as well as EBRPD rangers if an agreement can be worked out with them. The VA would also build a bay trail on the property, limited to the far west side of the parcel in order to protect the endangered species. Mr. Jaynes presented the VA's timeline for development. They have been in consultation with USF&W for almost two years, and are currently in negotiations with the Navy to develop an MOU which will lay out the transfer terms. It is the VA and Navy's plan that the final transfer, including the transfer documents, will be complete by Fall of 2008. In addition, the VA is currently conducting a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental assessment for transfer, and a biological assessment. They have plans to do a NEPA environmental impact study which is funded and ready to go. | AlamedaReuseandRedevelopmentAuthority/2007-12-05.pdf |