From: Liz Taylor
To: Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft; Malia Vella; Tony Daysog; Trish Spencer; John Knox White; Manager Manager; Lisa Fitts; Nanette Mocanu
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Agenda item 5-N File # 2022-2191 Building 41 Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022 7:21:02 PM
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Dear Honorable Mayor Ashcraft, City Council Members and Staff Please find attached a letter regarding Agenda item 5-N File 2022-2191 regarding Building 41 and the years long efforts to exercise the purchase option, hampered directly by the Surplus Lands Act.
Many of you have recently had the opportunity to visit DOER by way of meeting with one of our clients, Rain. I think that our position as a Blue Tech, for public benefit, woman owned small business is fairly well understood in the community. I am glad some of you had the chance to see the breadth of our work into climate change mitigation and environmental restoration dovetailing so nicely with our engineering expertise. Rain is just one of the many clients DOER has attracted to the area yielding economic benefit and public recognition to Alameda.
Thank you for your continued work and kind attention.
Liz Taylor
President
DOER Marine
650 W Tower Ave
Alameda CA 94501
From: Liz Taylor
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2022 7:50 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Nanette Mocanu <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; Liz Taylor <[email protected]> Subject: File # 2022-1705 Building 41
Dear Honorable Mayor Ashcraft, City Council Members and Staff
I am writing in regard to the closed session meeting on February 14 about Building 41 at 650 W Tower Ave where Wrightspeed is the master tenant. Reading the agenda item, I noticed that there was no mention of DOER Marine Operations, the City approved sub tenant to Wrightspeed. DOER respectfully requests that our sublease be carried forward as part and parcel of the Wrightspeed lease holdover/extension request and/or any other form of lease instrument.
In addition to providing essential services to the Navy, NOAA, Universities, telecom, and first responders (including Alameda Fire), DOER has a number of major contracts under build which would be severely impacted by any change to the current lease arrangement between Wrightspeed and the City.
DOER has been in regular contact with Nanette Mocanu regarding both building 41 and other spaces at Alameda Point. We have also been trying since June of 2021 to schedule a meeting with Lisa Maxwell. Our most recent request from December was forwarded to Annie Cox for action but we still have not been able to secure an appointment.
State encumbrances on other sites have also made it impossible for DOER to pursue any other options. Between ongoing Covid impacts and the procedures involved with other potential sites, It seems unlikely that space will be made open to existing Alameda small business interests at Alameda Point for at least the next five years. These elements again point to the rationale for extending the existing Wrightspeed lease/sublease as is for another five year term.
Thank you for your time and consideration
Liz Taylor
President
DOER Marine Operations
www.doermarine.com
650 W Tower Ave
Alameda CA 94501
Office: 510-530-9388
Mobile: 209-482-1020