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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT DATE: TO: VIA: FROM: October 20, 2008 Steve Hollister, Interim City Manager APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL Stephen L. Hollister Interim City Manager Luke Sims, Community Development Director Cynthia Battenberg~''Business Development Manager SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION RESOLUTION APPROVING AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING RIGHTS AGREEMENT WITH CAL COAST DEVELOPMENT, LLC. RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHORELINE-MARINA AREA RECOMMENDATION In response to a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a Master Developer, Cal Coast Development, LLC (Cal Coast) is being recommended to master develop 40-acres of the City of San Leandro's shoreline. Staff has been negotiating an Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement (ENRA) with Cal Coast for the past few months. This ENRA sets the stage for negotiating a development project which will likely include restaurants and a hotel and may also include a conference center, office and/or residential development. Staff recommends City Council adoption of the Resolution approving an ENRA with Cal Coast for development of the Shoreline-Marina Area. BACKGROUND In November 2007, the City released a RFQ for a Master Developer for the Shoreline-Marina Area with a February 1, 2008 deadline. Six responses were received from development teams interested in the opportunity site, and five of the six teams were found to meet the qualifications. Staff interviewed the five teams and in April 2008 provided a two member Ad Hoc Committee, established by the Shoreline-Marina Committee, with a detailed report on the teams' backgrounds and experience. The report included details on how the four teams scored on the evaluation criteria approved by the Shoreline-Marina Committee, and information on one team's decision to withdraw from consideration. The Ad Hoc Committee, consisting of Councilmembers Prola and Starosciak, reviewed the proposals and staff report and decided to interview two development teams -Cal Coast Development LLC. (Cal Coast) and The Innisfree Companies. Although both teams were well qualified, Cal Coast had experience developing a similar project in partnership with the Port of Los Angeles -the Cabrillo Marina, which includes a hotel, conference center, office and restaurants. Additionally, Cal Coast's partner, Withee Malcolm Architects, LLP, offered experience building attractive, LEED-certified commercial buildings. At the June 10, 2008 Shoreline-Marina Committee meeting, the Ad Hoc Committee recommended staff negotiate an