5G Consent - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

File Number: 24-021 signed an exclusive negotiating agreement with Cal Coast Companies (Cal Coast) to redevelop the area. That same year, the City formed the Shoreline Citizens Advisory Committee (SCAC) to provide input and guide the design of the development. Over the next three years, dozens of public meetings were held and the community developed goals for the project. In 2012, the project scope was well defined, the SCAC was dissolved and a subgroup consisting of a portion of the original committee formed the Shoreline Advisory Group (SAG) to continue to provide input on the project. Cal Coast developed an initial project concept in 2015, but subsequent conversations with the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) revealed that significant work would be required to protect the proposed improvements against sea level rise, rendering the plan financially infeasible. Cal Coast developed a second concept in 2017 that included a public park on the Marina jetties rather than hotel and conference facilities. Public meetings were held in 2017 to get input on the park and negotiations began on an agreement with Cal Coast to entitle the project. The negotiations culminated in a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) that was executed in 2020. As described in the agreement, Cal Coast purchased a portion of the 9-hole golf course for construction of a new neighborhood of approximately 200 homes and has leased land at the Marina for an apartment building consisting of approximately 285 units as well as for a hotel consisting of approximately 210 rooms. Cal Coast will reconfigure the 9-hole golf course and improve Monarch Bay Drive. The City will receive about $29,000,000 for the land sale and, depending on the cost of improvements constructed by the developer, may also receive park development fees. The City will also receive annual revenue from the lease of the property and hotel occupancy tax. As part of the agreement, the City is obligated to deconstruct the Marina, construct a park along the Marina jetties, and construct a new Mulford-Marina branch library. On behalf of the City, BKF Engineers developed the 2017 park concepts into schematic drawings and received approval for the project from the BCDC Design Review Board, which is an important step toward receiving permits. With this approval the City is ready to complete the design and develop construction drawings. At the City’s direction, BKF split the project into two phases. Phase 1 was originally defined to cost around $35,000,000, which was thought to be an achievable funding level in the short term; however, BCDC objected to the spartan nature of Phase 1 and the fact that the City could not commit to a definite schedule for the full build out of Phase two. As a result, BCDC required that Phase 1 be expanded to its current scope and cost. Phase 1 includes all deconstruction and demolition, raising the grade to protect against sea level rise, complete build out of improvements on Pescador Point including a boat launch, docks, and new building with public restrooms, and much of the pathways and landscaping of the park to be built on Mulford Point. Phase two will add restrooms and amenities to the portion of the park on Mulford Point. Analysis The City solicited design services for preparation of construction documents and in May 2023 received five proposals. Three firms were invited for interviews and a panel of City staff selected Gates and Associates, Inc. (Gates) as the team deemed most advantageous for the project. Gates is a Bay Area landscape architecture firm that has been in business for 46 years. They Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/14/2024