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File Number: 19-601 <br />BACKGROUND <br />Both the Port of Oakland and the City of San Leandro have been working on individual projects <br />along the jurisdictional boundary that separates Oakland from San Leandro. The Port of <br />Oakland’s project will upgrade the earthen dike that surrounds the Oakland International Airport, <br />including the portion that extends onto the San Leandro’s Water Pollution Control Plant property. <br />The City of San Leandro’s project involves improvements to Eden Road, which relies on <br />acquisition of a sliver of land from the Metropolitan Golf Links course within the City of Oakland. <br />The schedules for both projects have been progressing along similar timelines. As such, staff <br />from both agencies have been working cooperatively together for the past several years. <br />The Port of Oakland’s project is being undertaken in response to Federal Emergency <br />Management Agency (FEMA) requirements for certification of the perimeter dike at the airport for <br />100-year flood protection and to reduce the vulnerability of the dike to seismically induced <br />deformation during an earthquake. The main improvements to the dike include raising its height <br />approximately 3 feet to provide 2 feet for freeboard (protected clearance) and approximately 1 <br />foot for anticipated sea-level rise. <br />The City’s project for Eden Road is described in the 2035 General Plan which reads, “As funding <br />becomes available, complete the Eden Road improvement project including paving and <br />sidewalk improvements....” Improvements to Eden Road will make development opportunities <br />within this industrial zone more attractive for property owners. This will fulfill another General Plan <br />goal which reads, “Improve Eden Road/West Davis area in a manner that attracts higher value <br />industrial land uses and improves the appearance and image of this area. This should include <br />paving of Eden Road and frontage improvements on adjacent properties.” <br />Analysis <br />The Port’s project requires the City to dedicate a 1.31 acre easement for flood protection <br />purposes (Exhibit 1) along the western edge of the Water Pollution Control Plant property. The <br />easement overlays an access road that encircles a decommissioned polishing pond. The <br />easement will allow the Port to maintain the upgraded dike in perpetuity, as required by FEMA. <br />Although the Bay Trail crosses the easement area, the dike will not obstruct the trail. <br />Access to the easement will be granted to the Port from the western end of Davis Street through <br />the Water Pollution Control Plant property’s secured gate. This access will be granted via a <br />License Agreement (Exhibit 3). The License guarantees the Port’s use of the access roads <br />within the Plant property to maintain the dike, but allows the City to reconfigure the property due to <br />changes in Plant infrastructure. As consideration for granting the License, the Port will pay the <br />City $500,000 in unrestricted funds. <br />Eden Road requires a 14-foot wide (0.37 acre) easement for roadway purposes across land <br />controlled by the Port within the southern edge of the Metropolitan Golf Links course (Exhibit 4). <br />Upon acquisition of the easement, the City will control a 64-foot wide right-of-way. This width <br />allows construction of a two-lane industrial road with western terminus at the Water Pollution <br />Control Plant perimeter fence. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/27/2019 <br />79