Speaker 0: Remember De Sock seconded all this in favor. My motion carries unanimously. Thank you. The next item that was pulled is five F and I pulled that because I wanted to give Alameda point an opportunity actually to share with the public. And I see Rachel in the audience here. But but this is is phase zero a years one and two of what did happen at Alameda Point and what is anticipated to happen in the this coming year. And I think it's important that we share that with our public. Rachel, did you want to say anything? I'm happy to actually would encourage people to go to the point alameda on Facebook and like that. That's where they do post events and they are very strong using social media. But I really want to make sure the public's aware of what's happening there. So this is your opportunity.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Madam Mayor, and members of Council, and I appreciate the opportunity to get together this evening and share an update on our Phase Zero program.
Speaker 2: Mm. Is this in our materials? Mm.
Speaker 0: Mm. Yes. It's on the consent calendar. And if you could also highlight your two, because that's where you can make sure everyone's aware of what you're doing. Absolutely.
Speaker 1: So just to recap, some of the objectives that we are working towards is trying to increase awareness about the project, attract new audiences out to Alameda Point and generate some buzz not only here within the community, but also on a regional basis. So a quick recap of some of the events that we hosted. We really try to work hard to appeal to a wide variety of audiences, from families up to adults and teens. So a couple of quick photos because they can tell a better story than I can of some of the events that we've hosted. This has spanned the gamut from a coastal cleanup on Martin Luther King Day, partnering with the Parks and Rec team on the Clay Herding skateboard tournament, as well as a new street festival that we brought out to Alameda Point, which was called Whimsy Fest. I also wanted to mention that, you know, we had over 14 different events with 11,000 attendees, and we generated some great new partnerships that have brought in new audiences. And we are hoping to continue to have those partnerships continue on through the next year. So. One of the things that we learned through the first year is that we really need to have a home for phase zero. We need to have it there a place that our traffic can grow organically. And we also need to maintain flexibility. So as new programs and new partnerships come up, we can work those into into the Phase zero program. So looking into year two, we're very excited to finally have our home start to come together. This is going to be in front of the Naval Air Museum, some area that we chose very carefully, which has enabled us to tap into some existing infrastructure, be in close to the heart of where there are a lot of audiences currently today, and also steer clear of our Phase one construction, which is kicking off very, very soon. So this home for phase zero is going to include a artfully designed container village. This is designed by the same team that has brought together the yard in San Francisco, which is across the street from Park Bell Park, which has been very, very successful and will bring a new cafe and beer garden and new opportunities for people to enjoy the site's natural attributes of beautiful views of San Francisco, as well as the waterfront, which is an underutilized part of the base right now. So we're going to be reusing some of the murals that were part of Whimsy Fest, and those are going to be brought out. And so that Container Project is going to be the home for our Year two activity calendar. So that includes the return of the pumpkin patch, which brought us 6000 people last year. It will also serve as the home for the American Armed Forces Cup, which is going to come back for a second year. That was a great way to honor our veterans and support the history at Alameda Point.
Speaker 0: I want to add, the public is very welcome to attend. That is not just for our military and it's a wonderful event.
Speaker 1: Glad that glad that it was well enjoyed. And now that we will have a home, it will make it a lot easier for us to also have smaller recurring events. So a couple of ideas that we have put on the calendar for next year have included things like Yappy Hour, which is an opportunity to bring your dog out and enjoy, enjoy the scenery as well as outdoor yoga and things like that. So I'm going to breezed through these really quickly. So as I mentioned, we brought back the pumpkin patch, which did very well this year. Again, despite a very rainy October, the American Armed Forces cap. The first one happened in October of this year and just had a first planning meeting for 2017. Skip through the next one. So we will be bringing back a coastal cleanup during Martin Luther King weekend. A point of transition. This was an opportunity to invite a number of artists into some of the buildings that are going to be either torn down or renovated during phase one. So that has already happened. And now we are working on a creative show that will highlight the makers and the creativity out at Alameda Point, which will also include a show of a number of these photographs as well. As a way to enjoy all of the waterfront access that we have. Plans for doing a paddling event. Then come April will be the grand opening of the The Container Project, as well as a return of the Creative Arts Festival. Clay Harding skateboard tournament is on our calendar as well. And then some of the recurring events that we hope will be successful and we can bring back frequently would be outdoor movies. Yappy Hour. And then the outdoor yoga. And so these would be some of the programs that would be happening within the Container Project. So very excited to have a fruitful in the next year.
Speaker 0: And where do people find you on social media.
Speaker 1: It is Facebook dot com slash the point.
Speaker 0: Thank you very much.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
Speaker 0: I do. We have a motion.
Speaker 4: So moved.
Speaker 5: Second.
Speaker 0: All those in favor. All right. I unanimously. Thank you. I also polled 5ga recommendation to authorize the city manager to amend the Hornet Field Lease License Agreement with the Alameda Soccer Club to include operation and maintenance of the adjacent tennis courts. Four additional soccer field space. And this one, I was hoping that staff could clarify what's going to be happening with the tennis courts out there and what exactly this is amending. Go ahead. Thanks.
Speaker 1: Good evening, Mayor and Council. My name is Amy Wooldridge. I'm the Recreation and Parks Director. To clarify what we are doing, I've been working with the Alameda Soccer Club, which came to my cellphone and brought to the Recreation and Parks Commission a proposal to renovate the dilapidated tennis courts that are there that are adjacent to the Hornet field, which they currently have a license agreement with the city, a five year agreement that expires in February 2019. What we are proposing is that we that the soccer club be allowed to improve those tennis courts into an interim use. That would be a football type, but a rubberized potential rubberized surface similar to a tennis court surfacing that they then could use for all other play and additional practice space. Again, it's an interim use, which is why we included it as part of the Hornet field lease license agreement so that the use of those tennis courts would be tied to it and could be looked at and reviewed each time the Hornet field license agreement came up for renewal.
Speaker 0: Are there plans to have tennis courts on the west end of town as part of our community parks?
Speaker 1: It's not determined yet. Ultimately, we roughly have called that Enterprise Park. It's the triangle area from that basically stretches from about where the Hornet field is out to the internal boat launch facility. And when we have that, the scope and the bandwidth to do so, LAPD would Alameda Recreation Park Department would engage the community in a masterplan process to determine what the community wants to see out there, whether they want to see tennis courts there, or whether we only have tennis courts at the sports complex. There's a lot of master planning to be done out at Alameda Point in for recreation facilities.
Speaker 0: Are there plans to have tennis courts at the sports complex then?
Speaker 1: Potentially. But we'll be doing a master plan process for that as well.
Speaker 0: All right. So currently our tennis court, public tennis courts are only available at Creasey Park.
Speaker 1: Oh, no, we have.
Speaker 0: Where else are they?
Speaker 1: Washington are our largest complexes at Washington. We have them at Lydecker. We have them at Cruisy. We have one single court that now is being used as pickleball courts at Lincoln Park. I feel like I'm missing one. Longfellow. Thank you. And Franklin, the audience is a very good number with the courts are.
Speaker 5: Always on now.
Speaker 0: Not so much anymore as what I've heard. Okay, so we do have speakers on this item. Thank you very much. Thank you. Chris Neal. Eugene Demler. Ebola. Ebola. John Paxson. David something. And Scott McCaskill. Chris. You want to go first? You may have up to 3 minutes, but you don't have to take it all.
Speaker 5: Thank you very much. As many of you know, I was coaching a special needs soccer team this fall. Children with severe mental challenges and physical challenges. With 15 children on their team. We templated the program on the Challenger baseball program. That Little League. And then I assisted a very impressive young man by the name of Easton Woon, who had arranged he's a high school student. He'd arranged with other high school students to provide a similar experience, not competitive, but for younger children. On Saturdays, he and his friends had arranged this, and they've grown it to 30 special needs children. So between our two programs, we have 45 children who are participating. What the army, the soccer club is doing is highly valuable and helpful to us for a number of reasons. First, in the group that I work with, we have a real issue with children taking off and running. These tennis courts are fenced in. So right now we are limited in the number of children we can serve by our number of volunteers. We have to go 1 to 1, one body to one player. Being able to get inside of an enclosed area makes it much, much more manageable. Second, it's a somewhat isolated location, and many of our autistic children become very agitated by noise. So when we're playing on a soccer field where there are other players and other games going on and there's cheering and screaming, so children cover their ears and run off. So being isolated is helpful. Not to mention most of the other fields where we have soccer really don't have many handicapped parking spaces. There's a lot of parking out here which would solve a problem for us. But most importantly, it's a hard, smooth surface which makes it easier for our non-ambulatory players, the players with Down syndrome, the players who are in wheelchairs or walkers who frankly, we couldn't serve this year. So I implore you to let the soccer club spend some money and do this. Thank you very much. We appreciate all the.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Eugene.
Speaker 5: Madam Mayor and council members. My name is Eugene Demler. I've been a Alameda resident for 15 years. I'm a business owner in the city of Alameda, and I also have two boys that attend Alameda schools. For the last ten years, I have been involved with Alameda Soccer Club as both a coach in various volunteer capabilities. And then most recently, for the last two years, I've been the president of the organization. This is for those who aren't aware, this is a club of approximately 1300 kids. We are a community based organization. We are solely volunteer based. We don't there's nobody paid on staff. So this club is run by the by the citizens of Alameda. And we're looking for your approval to be able to extend that outreach to the to the to other people in the in the community.
Recommendation to Approve Phase Zero Year 1 Annual Update and Phase Zero Year 2 Activity Plan for Site A at Alameda Point. (Base Reuse 819099)