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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: December 6, 2021 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:21-601 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.C. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Fran Robustelli <br />City Manager <br />BY:Keith Cooke <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Susan Hsieh <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve a <br />Consulting Services Agreement with CSG Consultants, Inc. for Engineering Plan <br />Checking Services for the San Leandro Shoreline Development for an Amount <br />Not-to-Exceed $78,689 <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a <br />consulting services agreement with CSG Consultants, Inc. (CSG) that provides for plan checking <br />services associated with the multiple Shoreline Development projects. <br />Staff recommends the following action: <br />·Approve a consulting services agreement with CSG for a not to exceed amount of <br />$78,689; <br />BACKGROUND <br />In the 1960’s, San Leandro constructed a new marina on the shore of San Francisco Bay that <br />included a harbor master’s office, boat docks, a fueling station, parking lots, restrooms for the <br />public and for boaters, and three restaurants: Blue Dolphin, El Torito, and Horatio’s. A golf course <br />was across the street and shortly thereafter an expanded golf course with driving range, Marina <br />Park, and the Marina Inn were added to the neighborhood. While the San Leandro Marina <br />operated successfully for more than thirty years, by the year 2000, the Blue Dolphin was vacant <br />and the Army Corps of Engineers had reduced their dredging to just the shipping channel in the <br />San Francisco Bay. Dredging from the harbor to the shipping channel, and in particular the <br />disposal of the dredged material, proved to be prohibitively expensive for the City and the last <br />dredging of the harbor was performed around 1997. <br />As the Marina silted in and the water became shallower and less navigable, the conversation <br />eventually turned to options for redevelopment of the area. The City solicited development <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/2/2021 <br />28