To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
Date: January 21, 2025
Supplemental Memo regarding Item 5-E (2025-4608) at the January 21, 2025, City Council Meeting:
Recommendation to Authorize the Continued Action to Address Declaration of Unsafe Building and Notice to Vacate, Case Number X24-0470, for the City-Owned Building Located at 2450 Saratoga Street, Alameda, California.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
This memo is being provided to supplement the staff report published for the January 21, 2025, City Council meeting, to provide the most current information on recent action taken by City Staff and the City’s contractor, Silverado Construction Inc.
Abatement and Demolition:
• The abatement and demolition of all structures
has been completed ahead of
schedule by Silverado, including B114, B191 and sheds.
• Terraphase Engineering, the City’s Environmental Consultant for Alameda Point, have also concluded monitoring activities and final r eporting will be submitted this week.
• Required air sampling at the work site was concluded and results were below EPA clearance criteria.
• One metal drum, uncovered during demolition, remains on site and the contents are scheduled to be tested prior to its removal.
• Silverado has completed site clean- up and perimeter of the site remains fully fenced and secured.
• Final Building Inspections were completed by the Building Department. • Bay Area Air Quality Management District has acknowledged the project completion.
• Silverado is waiting on final documentation of materials recycling to complete required reporting for Green Halo program compliance.
• Silverado is demobilizing and removing equipment from the site. Once fully demobilized, and all required reporting and payments are processed, staff will request Council to terminate the emergency authorization of the project. • Photographs of current site conditions are included below.
Respectfully submitted,
Abigail Thorne-Lyman, Base Reuse and Economic Development Director
Photos taken January 15, 2025, looking south and east from Site.