City seeks tenants for the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center at 10 Tenth Street

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
Required Professional License: The successful firm or team must include a California Licensed Real Estate Broker.
Program Description: The City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency seeks to retain a Professional Real Estate Marketing or Brokerage Services firm to market the property with the goal of identifying the optimal buyer, operator, tenant, or group of tenants for the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center in Oakland, California. A City Historic Landmark, the Center is an architecturally unique 215,000 square foot (79,000 ft2 approx. footprint) Beaux Arts civic building completed in 1914, situated at the south end of Lake Merritt. It contains two primary interior spaces – (1) the 1,900 seat formal Calvin Simmons Theater, and (2) the multi-purpose Arena, which seats up to 4,500 persons. Currently, the property is unused.

Proposal Submission Deadline: Six (6) copies of the Proposal must be received by December 1, 2011, no later than 2:00 p.m. Proposals should be addressed to the attention of Blair Miller, Office of the City Administrator, Contracts & Compliance Division, 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, 3rd Floor, Suite 3341, Oakland, California 94612. Proposals not received by the Submission Deadline are late and will be returned unopened.
Pre-Proposal Meeting and Property Tour : 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, 10 Tenth Street (West Entrance), Oakland, CA 94607. Attendance is strongly recommended. Attendees should plan to arrive by 10:15 a.m. The outside door cannot be left open, and so will be locked after 10:30 a.m.
News Articles and Essays Describing the Oakland Municipal AuditoriumSale History:

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/92510/archives/2011/06/27/city-to-sell-kaiser-center-to-redevelopment-agency

http://www.eastbayexpress.com/92510/archives/2011/06/30/city-says-it-can-go-forward-with-kaiser-sale

http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2009-11-19/article/34112?headline=Undercurrents-Don-t-Sell-When-You-re-Desperate-for-Cash

http://www.veryjerry.org/closingthekaiser.html

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DOCUMENT 2

APPROVED AS TO FORMAT AND LEGALITY:
Deputy City Attorney
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. C. M. S
RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO THE USE OF CENTRAL DISTRICT AND
CENTRAL CITY EAST REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE
HENRY J. KAISER CONVENTION CENTER PROPERTY
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland owns or will own real property located at 1000 Oak
Street in the Centra! District Redevelopment Project Area and adjacent to the Central City
East Redevelopment Project Area now occupied by the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium and
Convention Center (the “Kaiser Convention Center property”); and
WHEREAS, the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium and Convention Center has been vacant
since 2005, is not code compliant, suffers from serious deterioration, and requires significant
upgrades and replacements of its major systems and other improvements to return the
facility to productive use; and
WHEREAS, the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium and Convention Center is an
underutilized, substandard and inadequate public improvement and constitutes blight within
the meaning of redevelopment law; and
WHEREAS, given the size and prominence of the facility, the Henry J. Kaiser
Auditorium and Convention Center in its current state is a major blighting influence on nearby
properties and businesses in both the Central District and Central City East and negatively
impairs the value of those properties and the economic viability of those businesses; and
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2011, the City Council authorized the sale of the Kaiser
Convention Center property, among other City properties, to the Redevelopment Agency
(Ordinance No. 13062 C.M.S.); and
WHEREAS, the City and the Redevelopment Agency subsequently entered into a
Purchase and Sale Agreement with Leaseback Option on March 3,2011, for the purchase of
the Kaiser Convention Center property, as well as other City properties, by the
Redevelopment Agency for its rehabilitation and reuse; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 33220 authorizes any public body, upon
terms and with or without consideration as it determines, to sell property to a redevelopment
agency to promote redevelopment projects; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 33391 authorizes a redevelopment
agency to purchase any real property within a survey (project) area or for purposes of
redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, Section 33445 of the California Health and Safety Code authorizes a
redevelopment agency to pay all or a part of the value of real property that is publicly
owned and is located inside or contiguous to a project area, if the legislative body has
consented to such funding and has made certain findings; and
WHEREAS, the proposed biennial budget of the Redevelopment Agency for Fiscal
Years 2011-2013 has identified funding from both the Central District Redevelopment
Project and the Central City East Redevelopment Project to fund the Agency’s purchase of
the Kaiser Convention Center property; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby consents to the use of funding from both
the Central District Redevelopment Project and the Central City East Redevelopment
Project to fund the Agency’s purchase of the Kaiser Convention Center property; and be it
further
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby finds and determines as follows:
1) That the acquisition of the Kaiser Convention Center property by the
Redevelopment Agency will benefit the Central District Redevelopment Project
Area by helping to eliminate blight in the Central District by (1) facilitating the
rehabilitation and reuse of a vacant, underutilized, and. inadequate public
improvement within the Central District, and (2) enhancing neighboring property
values and the viability of businesses in the Central District and thus encouraging
‘ greater investment in and redevelopment of other properties located in the Central
District; and
2) That the acquisition of the Kaiser Convention Center property by the
Redevelopment Agency will benefit the Central City East Redevelopment Project
Area by helping to eliminate blight in Central City East by (1) facilitating the
rehabilitation and reuse of a large and prominent vacant, underutilized, and
inadequate public improvement located contiguous to Central City East, and thereby
(2) enhancing neighboring property values and the viability of businesses in Central
City East and thus encouraging greater investment in and redevelopment of other
properties located in Central City East; and
3) ‘ That, given the scale of the transaction and the limited and decreasing revenues
available to redevelopment project areas in Oakland including the Central District
and Central City East, no one Oakland project area has the capacity to finance the
purchase of the Kaiser Convention Center property, and therefore no other
reasonable means of financing the purchase of the Kaiser Convention Center
property are available to the City or the Redevelopment Agency other than a
combination of funding from both the Central District and Central City East; and
4) That the transaction is consistent with the implementation plans adopted for the
Central District Redevelopment Project and the Central City East Redevelopment
Project.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, , 2011
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES- BRUNNER, KERNIGHAN, NADEL, SCHAAF, DE LA FUEN7E. BROOKS,
KAPLAN, AND PRESIDENT REID
NOESABSENTABSTENTIONATTEST:
LATONDA SIMMONS, City Clerk and
Clerk of the Council of the City of Oakland,
California
)ved as toiowkand legality:
Agency Counsel
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND
RESOLUTION No. C.M.S.
AGENCY RESOLUTION APPROVING THE USE OF CENTRAL DISTRICT AND
CENTRAL CITY EAST REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE
HENRY J. KAISER CONVENTION CENTER PROPERTY
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland owns or will own real property located at 1000 Oak
Street in the Central District Redevelopment Project Area and adjacent to the Central City
East Redevelopment Project Area now occupied by the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium and
Convention Center (the “Kaiser Convention Center property”); and
WHEREAS, the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium and Convention Center has been vacant
since 2005, is not code compliant, suffers from serious deterioration, and requires significant
upgrades and replacements of its major systems and other improvements to return the
facility to productive use; and
WHEREAS, the Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium and Convention Center is an
underutilized, substandard and inadequate public improvement and constitutes blight within
the meaning of redevelopment law; and
WHEREAS, given the size and prominence of the facility, the Henry J. Kaiser
Auditorium and Convention Center in its current state is a major blighting influence on nearby
properties and businesses in both the Central District and Central City East and negatively
impairs the value of those properties and the economic viability of those businesses; and
WHEREAS, on March 3,2011, the Redevelopment Agency authorized the purchase
of the Kaiser Convention Center property, among other City properties, by the Agency
(Resolution No. 2011-0024 C.M.S.); and
WHEREAS, the City and the Redevelopment Agency subsequently entered into a
Purchase and Sale Agreement with Leaseback Option on March 3,2011, for the purchase of
the Kaiser Convention Center property, as well as other City properties, by the
Redevelopment Agency for its rehabilitation and reuse; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 33220 authorizes any public body, upon
terms and with or without consideration as it determines, to sell property to a redevelopment
agency to promote redevelopment projects; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 33391 authorizes a redevelopment
agency to purchase any real property within a survey (project) area or for purposes of
redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, Section 33445 of the California Health and Safety Code authorizes a
redevelopment agency to pay all or a part of the value of real property that is publicly
owned and is located inside or contiguous to a project area, if the legislative body has
consented to such funding and has made certain findings; and
WHEREAS, the proposed biennial budget of the Redevelopment Agency for Fiscal
Years 2011-2013 has identified funding from both the Central District Redevelopment
Project and the Central City East Redevelopment Project to fund the Agency’s purchase of
the Kaiser Convention Center property; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the Redevelopment Agency hereby approves the use of funding
from both the Central District Redevelopment Project and the Central City East
Redevelopment Project to fund the Agency’s purchase of the Kaiser Convention Center
property; and be it further
RESOLVED: That the Redevelopment Agency hereby finds and determines as
follows:
1) That the acquisition of the Kaiser Convention Center property by the
Redevelopment Agency will benefit the Central District Redevelopment Project
Area by helping to eliminate blight in the Central District by (1) facilitating the
rehabilitation and reuse of a vacant, underutilized, and inadequate public
improvement within the Central District, and (2) enhancing neighboring property
values and the viability of businesses in the Central District and thus encouraging
greater investment in and redevelopment of other properties located in the Central
District; and
2) That the acquisition of the Kaiser Convention Center property by the
Redevelopment Agency will benefit the Central City East Redevelopment Project
Area by helping to eliminate blight in Central City East by (1) facilitating the
rehabilitation and reuse of a large and prominent vacant, underutilized, and
inadequate public improvement located contiguous to Central City East, and thereby
(2) enhancing neighboring property values and the viability of businesses in Central
City East and thus encouraging greater investment in and redevelopment of other
properties located in Central City East; and
3) That, given the scale of the transaction and the limited and decreasing revenues
available to redevelopment project areas in Oakland including the Central District
and Central City East, no one Oakland project area has the capacity to finance the
purchase of the Kaiser Convention Center property, and therefore no other
reasonable means of financing the purchase of the Kaiser Convention Center
property are available to the City or the Redevelopment Agency other than a
combination of funding from both the Central District and Central City East; and
4) That the transaction is consistent with the implementation plans adopted for the
Central District Redevelopment Project and the Central City East Redevelopment
Project.
IN AGENCY, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, 2011
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES- BRUNNER; KERNIGHAN, NADEL, SCHAAF, DE LA FUENTE, BROOKS,
KAPLAN, AND CHAIRPERSON REID
NOESABSENTABSTENTIONATTEST:
LATONDA SIMMONS, Agency Secretary,
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Oakland,
California