Recommendation to Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a One Year Agreement with BAR Architects, with the Option of Two One-Year Extensions for Time Only, for a Total Amount of $199,450 for Architectural and Urban Design Services for Evaluating the Potential for and Preparing Materials to Support the Adaptive Reuse of the Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) as a Technology Campus at Alameda Point. (Base Reuse 819099)
Recommendation. Authorize the city manager to enter into a one year agreement with bar architect. I pulled this one, too. I had a quick question on this one. I mean, if we approve this and we go down the path of spending almost 200,000 to prep for a technology campus, I mean, are we shutting the door to possible use of the BQ for any residential or dormitory or housing type purpose? That would be a decision. By the City Council. We'd come to you to do the RFP. We did have quite a few discussions during the Main Street. Specific plan about using the number of residential residential units up to the cap to be able to do the workforce housing. So that was one discussion that that broached. Where the housing might be and centralize again, centralizing it in the Main. Street neighborhood, but it doesn't preclude it. You could do pretty much whatever you like. Okay. Because I mean, I the way I understand it, if there's certain units like they don't have kitchens, for example, like a dormitory wouldn't have a kitchen and those wouldn't count against the cap. Right. I guess my concern is if we're doing this, are we shutting down the possibility of of using that for some type of housing purpose? And then if we if we aren't, then I just wonder, you know, why we're spending the money. So I think we're just exploring. What's out there. I think the bachelor list, of course, has been one of the chronically. Vacant buildings, has not been used since the Navy left 20 years ago. And so we're just starting to look at some of those other buildings out there that haven't been activated. And we've been really successful with some of the more low hanging fruit that the hangars. But at this point, we have to start looking at other options. And so it's something that could be incorporated into a. A tech campus that could. Go on its own. We're just we're exploring the tech campus because we have a tech cluster out there right now and it's something. That could bring a lot of jobs. Okay. I appreciate the clarification. We have a motion. So moved. That. All those in favor. All right. All right. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you. Five f2 someone? I did. All right. Recommendation to receive a status report on job creation efforts at Alameda Point, including an update on the enterprise marketing strength. I have a few comments on this staff report. I think it's a good thing to have to keep us abreast of what's going on in development. But there are certain things that seem to be remarkably the same as what the last report said, and especially when I look at the table that has the deliverable tasks and the results, the results basically that the tasks were, you know, what what was done, not the results. It talked about 65, 65 people or what does it say, inquiries. What were the results of of that? Do we have any anybody who has interests beyond inquiry? The other point that I wanted to make on here is that if we're doing the same thing and we're only getting 65 for the number of activities like broker presentations, mailers, phone follow ups. What do they call this email blast? If we keep doing the same thing and we're only getting a little response, what are we going to try and look and see why people aren't responding? That was the second thing a little more. A little more innovation than seeing the same kind of report every every six months or every every year. Also, I'm a little bit concerned that the enterprise area is being held up based on site a groundbreaking. We seem to have other traction outside of city where two buildings have actually been sold. And that should be. You know, the public relations effort is being in the regional press being held up for Saturday, groundbreaking. We just sold two buildings and they're being repurposed. I would think that is public relations effort worthy. And we should make a big deal out of that. Also, I'm looking at the financial impact. It says there is no financial impact to the city general fund or the base reuse fund budgets. Well, we just sold two buildings, so there's got to be a financial impact there. How much were they sold for? The report doesn't say that. And where is the money going? And we have infrastructure needs that are being ratcheted up because of failures in the sewer systems and failures in the water delivery systems that we may have to foot the bill for. So I'd like to see a little more meat around that rather than a it looks like a cut and paste line that says there's no financial impact when you lead off saying that. We we sold two buildings and people need to know that. And I think this is super critical that we're moving ahead with the enterprise district in spite of city's problems. And people are asking about that, what's going on. And I'd really like to see a bigger splash on this. So those are my comments on that. Any other questions or comments? Well, I would agree with member matter, S.E.. When this contract came to us, I actually believe I voted against that. I have been very concerned that we are paying a higher rate to Cushman Wakefield to in fact, do tasks like this. And they don't seem to be as successful as I would like. So I actually did support. I appreciate the this 200,000 or we're bringing in another firm to actually try to market that. And I think that that's money well spent. I do have concerns, though, in regards to if Cushman Wakefield is really performing at the level the. That we really need out there. And so I do agree with your comments member matter, S.E.. I think it's very important that we send a message to Cushman Wakefield that really we're looking for more information and some deliveries here. Any other comments or questions? All right. Can I just note that we have in response to council mattresses comment, we have sold two buildings, as you mentioned, and it's a total of approximately $15 million that is being set aside for exactly what you suggested, which is the infrastructure improvements for Alameda Point. For the public. Would you like to identify this. Building nine and 91 and then palladium is today. I don't. So that's. Three buildings. I just want to clarify. My understanding is that those are Joe Ernst and Adam. Right. Okay. So that was not a result of Cushman Wakefield efforts. I'll submit what I was just referring to the comment. Right. That goes to my concern that I think actually Mr. Ernst has been successful at coming up with projects that are approved palladium as a long term tenant out there. And I think Cushman Wakefield job is in fact to bring new people to business interests and end up with deals being made. And that's the part that I'm concerned about that I don't think has been happening. But another matter, S.E., sorry I did you on that. It goes to our staff at Alameda Point and reuse Jennifer Ott. And Michelle and I was going to make a comment that those those transactions and building data as well have been our staff and there's a lot of money that is coming in. To those buildings based on what staff is has negotiated and what we voted on here. Those. And this is not a Cushman Wakefield report. This is a job creation and development report at the base. So again, I think it's got to be meaty and it's got to be public so that the public knows that something is going on. And that bottom line, that $15 million is it's a whole lot more than there's no impact to the base reuse fund. I mean, this is this is big. And that's again, it's newsworthy. And it it shows that we're moving forward. And I think we've got a good base for based on, pardon the pun, a good a good basis for being able to take on some of that infrastructure ourselves because it's going to be needed. So with that, I move that we accept. The status. Report, accept the status report and incorporate the the comments that have been made from the seconds here. There is a second all of a sudden favor I motion carries unanimously thank you 5G. Recommendation to authorize the city manager to intern to amendment to agreement with Operation Dignity for Homeless Case Management.