CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. _______
APPROVING A FINAL MAP FOR TRACT 8570 TO SUBDIVIDE A
PORTION OF THE OAKLAND INNER HARBOR TIDAL CANAL (APN
71-289-8) TO CREATE SEVEN PARCELS
WHEREAS, on September 15, 2015, the City Council directed City staff to pursue a real estate transaction whereby the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Army Corps”) would transfer, at no cost, the Alameda side of the Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal (“Tidal Canal”) to the City and the City would then sell most of the parcels to ad jacent private property owners, maintaining ownership of the center open water parcel; and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2016, the City Council approved Final Map for Tract 8337 which subdivided the property into 99 individual parcels, but did not create parcels adjacent to three Public Access Pathways; and
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2019, the City Council provided final approval of the design concepts for the Public Access Pathways, and directed staff to create six parcels for the remaining six property owners on the estuary adjacent to the three public pathways at 3227, 3229, 3267, 3301, 3335, and 3341 Fernside Boulevard; and
WHEREAS, on September 26, 2022, the Planning Board unanimously approved Resolution PB-22-19 recommending City Council approval of the proposed Tentative Map to create seven new parcels - six as described above and one remainder parcel to be retained by the City; and
WHEREAS, on October 18, 2022, the City Council approved Resolution No. 15985 approving the proposed Tentative Map for Tract 8570; and
WHEREAS, on September 20, 2016, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City adopted an Initial Study/Negative Declaration (“IS/ND”) for the parcelization and acquisition of the Alameda side of the Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal which addressed all potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed transfer and subsequent trans fers into private ownership, amendments to the Estuary District Zoning, and the proposed subdivision map application. The IS/ND concludes t hat the proposed project would not cause any potentially significant environmental impacts, and accordingly, no mitigation measures would be required as part of the project. No further review is required pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 because the environmental effects of the project were considered and disclosed in the IS/ND and there have been no changes to the project or the circumstances in which it is undertaken that would result in new significant or substantially more severe environmental effects than was identified in the previously adopted IS/ND. Any proposed future improvements along the Tidal Canal will be subject to separate review and discretionary approval by the City; and
WHEREAS, on October 3 , 202 3, the City Council reviewed Tract Map 8570, (Portion) Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal , and all pertinent maps, documents, and exhibits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that the Final Map for Tract Map 8570, (Portion) Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal , conforms to all the requirements in Government Code sections 66410 et seq., AMC Article VI, and CEQA, and is hereby approved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all easements offered are accepted on behalf of the public for use in conformity with the terms of the offers of dedication; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Surveyor and City Engineer, and City Clerk are hereby authorized to endorse the Final Map for Tract 8570, (Portion) Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that upon said executions of the Final Map, the City Engineer is hereby authorized to release the Final Map for recording with the Alameda County Clerk – Recorder; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the security guaranteeing full and faithful performance of said public improvements, labor, and materials are hereby approved as sufficient in amount.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 3rd day of October 2023, by the following vote to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstentions:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 4th day of October 2023.
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
Approved as to form:
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Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda