REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Next Steps and Possible Options for the Sale of Property Located at 1050 & 1060 Innovation Way (Onizuka) and approval of Budget Modification No. 28
Report
BACKGROUND
The Onizuka Air Force Station was designated by the federal government for closure in 2005, and as part of the Base Realignment and Closure ("BRAC") process, the City Council acted as the Onizuka Local Redevelopment Authority ("LRA") in order to adopt a local redevelopment plan and dispose of the surplus federal property. As part of a February 8, 2011 Study Session, possible public uses for the property surfaced (without any City Council action), including the following:
* Branch Library
* Educational and Medical Facilities
* City Park
* Law Enforcement and Emergency Operations Center
* City Corporation Yard
* Data Center
On March 1, 2011, the City Council acting as the LRA voted 7-0 (LRA 11-001 - Attachment 2) to authorize a number of actions related to the property. On December 13, 2011 the City Council acting as the LRA approved the Onizuka Air Force Station Amended Redevelopment Plan (Attachment 3). The preferred land use for Parcels D and E are uses consistent with the current Moffett Park Industrial (MP-I) zoning, excluding intensive office uses. An alternative was also identified to combine Parcels D and E with the adjacent Foothill-De Anza (FHDA) parcel for a park use if the public benefit conveyance of the FHDA parcel did not occur. Ultimately, FHDA was granted its requested public benefit conveyance, and the City received a quit claim deed for Parcels D and E from the United States Air Force in May 2013. This deed included a restriction to use the property for "homeless purposes" pursuant to the McKinney-Vento Act, but allowed the transfer of this restriction to an off-site location. With approval of the affordable housing projects at 620 Maude Avenue (formerly known as "the Armory site"), the Air Force released the homeless housing restriction on Parcels...
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