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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve a Consulting Services Agreement with CSG Consultants, Inc. for Engineering Plan Checking Services for the San Leandro Shoreline Development for an Amount Not-to-Exceed $78,689
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a consulting services agreement with CSG Consultants, Inc. (CSG) that provides for plan checking services associated with the multiple Shoreline Development projects.
Staff recommends the following action:
* Approve a consulting services agreement with CSG for a not to exceed amount of $78,689;
BACKGROUND
In the 1960's, San Leandro constructed a new marina on the shore of San Francisco Bay that included a harbor master's office, boat docks, a fueling station, parking lots, restrooms for the public and for boaters, and three restaurants: Blue Dolphin, El Torito, and Horatio's. A golf course was across the street and shortly thereafter an expanded golf course with driving range, Marina Park, and the Marina Inn were added to the neighborhood. While the San Leandro Marina operated successfully for more than thirty years, by the year 2000, the Blue Dolphin was vacant and the Army Corps of Engineers had reduced their dredging to just the shipping channel in the San Francisco Bay. Dredging from the harbor to the shipping channel, and in particular the disposal of the dredged material, proved to be prohibitively expensive for the City and the last dredging of the harbor was performed around 1997.
As the Marina silted in and the water became shallower and less navigable, the conversation eventually turned to options for redevelopment of the area. The City solicited development proposals and in 2008, signed an exclusive negotiating agreement with Cal Coast Companies (Cal Coast) to redevelop the area. That same year, the City formed the Shoreline Citizens Advisory Committee (SCAC) to pro...
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