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CommunityAndEconomicDevelopmentCommittee | 2019-10-22 | *Community & Economic Meeting Minutes - FINAL October 22, 2019 Development Committee 2) A Resolution Exercising The Waiver Of Competitive Process Set Forth In Chapter 2.42.050 Of The Oakland Municipal Code And Directing The City Administrator To Issue A Notice Of Offer Pursuant To The State Surplus Land Act For The Disposition And Development Of The Fire Alarm Building At 1310 Oak Street And, If No Other Proposal Is Received, To Commence Negotiations For The Lease And Development Of The Property With The Museum Of Jazz And Art; Or, Alternatively 18-2250 Attachments: View Report View Supplemental Report 11/1/2019 87903 CMS The Committee approved Option #2 as amended to Add the following Whereas clauses after Clause 2: "1. WHEREAS, the City intends to preserve the historic building on the site; and 2. WHEREAS, the City intends to ensure that any new project partners with neighboring City cultural entities including the Main Library, Oakland Museum of California, Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, Oakland Asian Cultural Center and Oakland Civic; and 3. WHEREAS, the City of Oakland designated the 14th Street corridor on or within four blocks of 14th Street from Oak Street to Frontage Road as the "Black Arts Movement and Business District" to highlight, celebrate, preserve and support the contributions of Oakland's Black artists and business owners and the corridor as a place central both historically and currently to Oakland's Black artists and Black owned businesses (Oakland City Council Resolution No. 85958 C.M.S.); And 4. WHEREAS, the Lake Merritt Station Area Plan (December 2014) describes the Plan Vision (page 3-8) as "The Fire Alarm Building site (located between Oak Street, 13th Street, and Lakeside Drive), could be reused as a community amenity and/ or commercial use open to the public, with some public open space that preserves views to Lake Merritt and creates a clear connection to the Lake and its trails." and also describes "Land Use Policies for the 14th Street Corridor District" (page 4-30) including "as a center for educational, public service, and cultural uses [...] Complement existing government and institutional uses - including the Oakland Museum of California, Kaiser Auditorium, County Courthouse, Main Public Library - with new residential uses and by promoting active ground floor commercial uses in new development [...] Contribute to the entertainment, educational and cultural activity hub [...] Promote the reuse of the Fire Alarm Building site (located between Oak Street, 13th Street, and Lakeside Drive) as a public amenity. and 5. WHEREAS, Belonging in Oakland: A Cultural Development Plan (Spring 2018) describes its guiding vision as "Equity is the driving force. Culture is the frame. Belonging is the goal. and defines a new cultural equity vision as including "An understanding that the health of cultural life is inextricably tied to the existence and quality of cultural spaces (spaces intended for production, enactment, and/or sharing of culture, whether non-profit, for-profit, or something in between), neighborhood places (places people find to exercise their cultural expression and City of Oakland Page 3 Printed on 12/12/2019 | 3 | CommunityAndEconomicDevelopmentCommittee/2019-10-22.pdf |