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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 6.4 Proposed County Land Swap Camp Parks Co go CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: August 26, 1985 SUBJECT Written Communication re the Proposed County Land Swap of Camp Parks Surplus Property EXHIBITS ATTACHED Letter from Fred F. Cooper, Supervisor, Third District, dated August 13, 1985; Letter from Fred F. Cooper dated July 31, 1985 RECOMMENDAT Determine what, if any, direction the City of Dublin should provide to the Board of Supervisors regarding the process involved with the proposed hearing regarding the land swap between the Navy and Alameda County FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None DESCRIPTION Alameda County Supervisor Fred F. Cooper, representing the Third District, has contacted both the Mayor of Dublin and the Mayor of Alameda regarding the proposed Board of Supervisors hearing regarding the Navy land swap issue. The hearing has been scheduled for September 24, 1985 at 2: 00 p.m. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors have expressed an interest in providing the United States Navy with Alameda County land near Fairmont Hospital. The intent would be for the Federal Government to develop military housing on the property. In exchange for 175 acres at the Fairmont site, the County would receive 150 acres at Camp Parks. This property is adjacent to existing County holdings . The Navy would then be required to provide the Army with a land parcel somewhere in the United States. Subsequent to the release of this proposal , Congressman Fortney "Pete" Stark has introduced a bill which would require that the Camp Parks property be auctioned. Congressman Stark has also provided in his proposed legislation for specific payments to be provided to the East Bay Regional Parks District in exchange for property which they now hold adjacent to Camp Parks, and to Dublin San Ramon Services District which currently provides water and sewer services to Camp Parks. Supervisor Cooper has suggested that it may be appropriate for the agencies involved to discuss the process for conducting the public hearing on this issue. Staff has contacted Congressman Stark' s legislative aide regarding this issue. It is our understanding that Congressman Stark is still looking for direction from the involved agencies on this issue. They have emphasized that his offer to drop the legislative proposal was contingent on the various agencies reaching agreement as to the most appropriate disposition of the property. At the regular City Council meeting on March 11, 1985, the City Council took a position of opposing the proposed land swap. The discussion related to this decision focused on a consensus that development of property for commercial and industrial purposes should be undertaken by the private sector and not the public sector. The land swap proposal would have the property at Camp Parks transferring from the Federal Government to the County Government. It was also noted that the Federal taxpayers would achieve the greatest benefit through income generated by selling the prime . commercial industrial property at Camp Parks to a private developer. It is recommended that the City Council present any comments related to the process in which they feel a public hearing should be conducted and advise the County Board of Supervisors as appropriate. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Of COPIES TO: ITEM NO. tD BOARD O F SUPERVISORS FRED F. COOPER August 13, 1985 SUPERVISOR,THIRD DISTRICT RECEIVED Mayor Anne Diament City of Alameda AUG 1 +985 City Hall CITY OF Santa Clara & Oak Street Alameda, CA 94501 Mayor Peter Snyder City of Dublin City Hall P.O. Box 2340 Dublin, CA 94568 Dear Anne and Pete: The enclosed newspaper clipping is self explanatory. The county has now scheduled a hearing on the Navy land swap issue on September 24 at 2 p.m. Hopefully that gives everyone time to prepare for a hearing in which the concerns of Dublin and the concerns expressed in San Leandro can be heard and we can then prepare a list of the various concerns that need to be addressed by the county and the Navy as they proceed down the line. I believe the Navy and the two cities should talk to Chairman Santana about how the hearing should be handled, who should speak first, what the county staff should say, etc. Let me know how I can help. Y -urs ruly, Fred F . Cooper FFC. g enclosure cc: Capt. Goldenstein Capt. Peechatka Richard Young Pete Hegarty TIMES STAR 1221 OAK STREET • SUITE 536 • OAKLAND.CALIFORNIA 94612 (415) 874.5647 ' J r YCF�'i.l•if'.. � -tn t .V // V�. ;t Y . , � is r�v':m�itt i ,�. �-: - d.r Ewa: OT o: �1 _ gg :Santana said, "I the can find a ,duty to decide how that tan is, Board of Supervisors to'continue + ,32aft water; way.`to mitigate, he problems that: used,',;'Stark said f"If:the.resi'Q : working:.on;the and swap; and=ao OAi� ADt =Rep .Fortney;H. . might exist betwebn governmental ;of: the area; and `the various. .meet'with:interested'agencies to try. Peter' Staik"!'says he's=twilling:to entities,_,he (Star14) won't proceed ;intstitutrons cart come up,:with?.a� to get.some agreement _ F abanddn;:a'till Ghat would.block an: .with his,,bill: >' ' �� �f :coordinated„plan for.tl•e land;then He said,he,will;ask the board=to Army Nagy Alameda:County;;wand„ Under,the`.p fiposed"It'rade, the±; it'is"`my Iob to pdch �n andy help _reschedule a public hearing that had. t swap thatT�could<lead;to;.develop- county:would g1f 175 acres at Fair ;acheive it t.been shelved pending his talk with , P g meat, of::1,200`;Navy::apartments wont>.ko the Navy i for housing. The r �rgut if they„are going to "atbel=Y___Stark. t near Eacrmont' hospital in Say ''navy would gide'the Army=an un- "everyone is;.going,to try;to cut':. we ought to pro-cede and find out ; Lei”ndro '' ; ;identified parcel of land somewhere s their own deal,'=then I want tostay the'concerns of Dublin, the,,-.park ' Stark:said he.would drop the_leg. .in the°United States,::°andalie Army out .:of it. .I :just:: tried?.to;�;say,. district and Pleasanton;" Santana:'P islation;;and even'Help.srriooth`;the would give 139 acres it`Carnp Parks `Timeout;let's.go back to the.draft said. wayforthedeal,.but.onlyif.conipet= to the...county :for4,andustrral: and ,ing:board.'. Paul Rankin; Dublin- assistant `t ing. local agencies the county, commercial development s "If everybody can get`.:together city manager, said.';Dublin s city Dublin; Pleasanton, 'the :,Bay . Under` Star k's bill; the `Camp.>and work out a plan that settles council feels ahe.Camp::Parks land. t Regional-..Park.,District and others.;..Paiks.:land—,worth,,a6ut$30 mil-: everyone's.concerns,.than it is my should be auctioned.-"The.council's —can agree on what to do with land lion.- would be auctioned,effec role to to sffiuoth a path,between the position is that the proper method is at. the Army's Camp. Parks:.near tively killing the.land swap.,. ' federal government.and...the,local, to see that it be sold to the highest ' i Dublin Stark;a Hayward Democrat;said .residents,' .Stark said. bidder so the taxpayers get the high- :Stark met m Livermore on'Sun 'he introduced that bill to end.coin "As`long:.as .we can resolve the es return,' 'Rankin said. day,with county supervisors'.Chair= petition for. the Camp Parks:-.land.I:,problems at:.our level,:he (Stark) Jerry Kemp,acting general,man- man, Charlie:,Santana"of Hayward among area agencies: . ?wont proceed with the bill," ager of East Bay Regional'.Parks and Supervisor ;Ed 'Campbell ,of "The position I've taken for more. Santana said. District,::said the district is willing Fremont :; than year:now,is that it is not,my,'. ,:Santana said: he will ask the to work with the county on the fu- . ure of amp.Parks a I Q1. Alq BOARD O F SUPERVISORS s n•ov' FRED F.COOPER SUPERVISOR,TMIRO OISTRICT July 31, 1985 Mayor Anne Diament . City of Alameda Santa Clara, & Oak Street Alameda CA 94501 Mayor Peter Snyder City of Dublin P.O. Box 2340 Dublin CA 94568 Dear Anne and Pete : I enclose herewith a copy of a letter I read to our Board Tuesday with a suggestion that they agree at this time to schedule a public hearing. No one else on the Board was willing to commit to a pubic hearing at this time, but depending on what happens at the meeting with Congressman Stark on August 4 that may still be possible later . You may want to consider letting other Board Members know of your concerns . Call me if you have any questions . You s ruLX, Fred F. Cooper FFC.g enclosures cc : Capt. Goldenstein Capt. Peechatka Richard Young Pete Hegarty 1221 OAK STREET • SUITE 536 OAKLAND.CALIFORNIA 94612 (415) 874.5647 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FRED F. COOPER July 29, 1985 5UFERVIS0R.TNIR0 DISTRICT Each Member , Board of Supervisors 536 - Administration Building re : Hearing on possible Navy Land Swap Dear Charlie, Ed, Bob and John : Our hearing on the above subject which was scheduled for July 30 has been dropped pending a scheduled meeting August 4 involving Mr . Santana, Mr . Campbell and Congressman Stark . I would like to request that we schedule a hearing on the morning of August 20 and invite Congressman Stark to attend or, if necessary, schedule a hearing at some other time when he can attend or at least send a representative. In requesting a hearing on this subject I have the following concerns : 1. As you know we have a severe housing shortage in the Bay Area as just confirmed by a report from ABAG. Increasing the supply of Navy housing means that those Navy families are no longer competing with the rest of us for housing, particularly in,-tbe Oakland, Berkeley, San Leandro area. 2. The Navy has indicated that the Fairmont site is its number one choice because of its proximity to Oak Knoll Naval Hospital and because it will help solve housing problems of Navy personnel in Alameda, Treasure Island and San Francisco, where the Navy is J in the process of assigning the O.S. S. Missouri . Adding Navy housing in Concord may help Navy person- nel at Mare Island, but is not going to be of much benefit in Alameda and San Francisco. 3 . The City of Dublin has a Sphere of Influence extend- ing to its East, but it can only get there if the 150 acres of land at Camp Parks is eventually owned or controlled by a private developer . The Army' s will- ingness to continue calling this land surplus is likely to diminish when it know the land is 1221 OAK STREET SUITE 536 • OAKLAND.CALIFORNIA 24612 • (415)674.5647 supposed to be sold and none of the money will go to the Army and some will go to park agencies and other local agencies . Because the Army and Navy are both part of the Defense Department, it will of course be much easier for the Navy to persuade the Army to cooperate than it will be for any of the rest of us . If we are able to get that land into private owner- ship then the land the county owns at the Santa Rita frontage will become more valuable by several million dollars, as far as private development is concerned, because it will then have non-freeway access to Dub- lin so the proposed land swap both provides the Navy with needed housing at the location where it is needed and also increases the value of county land which will become surplus in a few years. I believe we need to still schedule a hearing on the subject for the following reasons : 1 . Even if a majority of the Board should vote not to proceed with the subject further I believe it is desirable to hear the pros and cons in a public hearing rather than make decisions only following private discussions . 2. I had contemplated that the public hearing would enable us to spell out in detail what the specific objections of the neighbors are and thereby in- form the Navy and the county more specifically what problems need to be addressed in order to make further progress on the subject. For ex- example, I have a letter from a resident of the area who tells me the only reason he signed a petition in opposition to the project was because he was told that the people living in the proposed project would come through Bayo Vista on a continuation of either Lakeview, Hillview and/or Starview Avenues, whereas our Public Works people tell me the only access will be through Fairmont Drive. It may well be that a public hearing will show that a lot of the opposition is from people who are afraid of the unknown and who will really have no objection to/ the project once they have more specific informa- tion. 3 . I would also like a public hearing in that I would like to hear from Congressman Stark whether he is aware of any bills of this nature which have passed the Congress in the past ten years, since it is my understanding that there are certain specific pro- cedures set out in the law for disposing of surplus federal land and that this bill violates those pro- cedures and that such violations have strongly been opposed in the past by such congressmen as Congress- man Jack Brooks of Texas, Chairman of the House Government Operations Committee. I am concerned that without more information than we have now that all we have at present is a bill that five years from now will have gone no further than the bills which were introduced in 1980 on the subject of the Oakland Raiders going to Los Angeles. I do not believe that anyone in- volved, the county, the Navy, the Navy personell, the City of Dublin, and even the people in San Leandro desire that we enter into a situation where it takes two or three years to learn that the bill is never going to move in the Congress and that therefore we need to start working on this subject all over again. For the reaons set forth above I would urge that we set a hearing on August 20 and of course indicate to Congressman Stark that we would be happy to change the date if that is more convenient to him or whatever representative he should care to send to our hearing. Y rs truly, F d F. Coopeer FFC.g cc: Mel Hing Mayor Anne Diament Richard Young Captain F . Peechatka Captain G. Goldenstein i