Richmond, California | July 20, 2018 Request for Qualifications From Developers Submitted by: City of Richmond Planning & Building Services www.ci.richmond.ca.us/PointMolateDeveloperRFQ Request for Qualifications for Developers for the Point Molate Development Project I. Background Plan), which was approved by the Richmond City Council acting as the Local Reuse The City of Richmond seeks to select a qualified Authority (LRA), in 1997. This Plan, along developer or developers, including joint with the community land use visioning ventures, to serve as master developer in a document, will serve as the guide for the reuse public/private partnership with the City for and development of the site, through which the development of approximately 271 acres of the City hopes to: Point Molate property (Point Molate or site). Additionally, developers who are interested in . Retain and promote the historic developing discrete portions of the site are significance of Winehaven and the other encouraged to respond, as the City expects the historic buildings on the property; selected master developer to consider such other . Create and attract job and business interested developers for inclusion on their opportunities; ultimate development team. This request for . Preserve and promote the enjoyment of the qualifications is the first step in that two-step natural resources of the area; and process. Project-specific proposals will be . Improve the overall quality of life for solicited during step two after the community Richmond residents. land use visioning process has been completed. Point Molate is located within the City of A Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was Richmond, Contra Costa County, California on certified on March 8, 2011 which evaluated the San Pablo Peninsula approximately 1.5 miles several alternative developments for the Point north of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. Molate site that met the goals of the Plan. The Approximately 142 acres of the 413-acre project Point Molate Final EIR can be accessed at site are submerged within the San Francisco https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/1863/Point- Bay. Molate-Resort-and-Casino. The previously proposed resort and casino project at Point Molate was not approved by the City and is not being considered. In April 2018, after lengthy litigation and resolution by the parties, the United States District Court entered a judgment (2018 Judgment) which resolved a legal dispute over the future use of Point Molate. The 2018 Judgment requires that the city must provide certain discretionary approval by April 12, 2020, and market the Development Areas for sale to one or more qualified developer(s) or builder(s) FigurePhoto 1by - DonPhoto by Don Gosney using commercially reasonable efforts by April From 1907 to 1919, the historic Winehaven 12, 2022, or within 24 months of the City winery occupied the northern portion of the issuing the discretionary approvals. The full project site. Beginning in 1942, Point Molate 2018 Judgment is available here: served as a U.S. Navy fuel storage and transfer http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/DocumentCenter/ facility. It closed on September 30, 1995 under View/46308/2018-04-12-Judgment-On-Claims- the U.S. Department of Defense Base dckt-361_0?bidId Information regarding the Realignment and Closure Act of 1990. A 45- Point Molate site discussed in this RFQ is member Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee available on the City’s website at developed the Point Molate Reuse Plan (Reuse 1 Request for Qualifications for Developers for the Point Molate Development Project http://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/270/ types of land uses should be considered at the Point-Molate unless stated otherwise. site, while being generally consistent with the Reuse Plan. A. Status of Ownership and Conveyance Following this community visioning process, The City currently owns and maintains the 413- and per the 2018 Judgment, the City will make a acre site. The City originally acquired the decision on land use entitlements for Point project site from the U.S. Department of the Molate no later than April 2020 in a manner that Navy in two separate conveyances, the first 85 is generally consistent with the Plan, and the percent of the project site was transferred to the community visioning. In 2012, the Reuse Plan City pursuant to the Base Realignment and was incorporated in large part into the City’s Closure (BRAC) process in September 2003, General Plan 2030. while the remainder of the project site was transferred to the City in March 2010 as The Reuse Plan contemplates a development provided in the 2008 Early Transfer Cooperative scenario at Point Molate with 670 residential Agreement between the U.S. Department of the units and preservation of at least 70 percent of Navy and the City. Accordingly, the City the 271 acres at Point Molate as open space. assumed the responsibility for implementing and The precise number, density, and location of any supervising the hazardous materials remediation residential units at Point Molate will be using Navy funds. As described below, this determined during the public process, however, remediation is in progress. a minimum of 670 residential units are required by the 2018 Judgment. These units must comply with the City’s inclusionary housing II Development Opportunity ordinance. In addition, the Winehaven Historic District, listed on the National Register of The 271-acre potential development site at Point Historic Places, must be preserved for adaptive Molate is one of the last unoccupied Bayside reuse. properties large enough to accommodate a significant development with views of the Bay and the San Francisco skyline. Given its previous developed uses, the property is served by an existing roadway access to I-580. Additionally, much of the lower slopes have been previously graded and developed. The existing fuel pier, which extends 1,450 feet from the shoreline into the Bay, provides a unique opportunity for a new ferry terminal to usher potential residents and visitors to and from the development and San Francisco, and other destinations. A branch of the San Francisco Bay Trail that connects Point Molate to Point Richmond and Marin County will be completed Figure 2 - Photo by AES this year. As described further below, the development site contains both gentle and steep The community land use visioning process kick- slopes, historic buildings, a variety of bedrock off last month and is anticipated to be completed and soil types, and other site opportunities and by October 2018. The Community Vision constraints. The City is currently undertaking a document, which will be submitted for City community visioning process that will obtain Council acceptance, will guide the future input from the local community regarding what development of the site, and will be included in 2 Request for Qualifications for Developers for the Point Molate Development Project the second-step Request for Proposals (RFP) III Previous Environmental Studies package to solicit developer proposals. The EIR for the Point Molate Mixed-Use Tribal Destination Resort and Casino Project evaluated The exact location of the areas that constitute the several alternative developments for the site. 30% developable acreage to be sold by the City The environmental review process began with to the selected developer will be determined as the City, in cooperation with the Bureau of part of the community visioning and entitlement Indian Affairs (BIA), acting as Lead Agencies, process, initiating the preparation of a joint Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) to address the environmental effects of selling approximately 266 acres of the Point Molate site for the development of a tribal casino and related facilities. The Final EIR included an analysis of the following development alternatives: Figure 3 - Photo by AES . Alternative A – Mixed-Use Tribal The Point Molate Community Visioning process Destination Resort and Casino; aims to: . Alternative B – Mixed-Use Tribal Destination Resort and Casino with . Engage the community in a transparent and Residential Component; inclusive process to understand how Point . Alternative B1 – “Preserve Building 6” Molate can best serve the community of Mixed-Use Tribal Destination Resort and Richmond for decades to come; Casino with Residential Component. Understand community needs, concerns, . Alternative C – Reduced Intensity Mixed- and priorities related to Point Molate; and, Use Tribal Destination Resort and Casino; . Develop a community vision that will and guide the future use and development of the . Alternative D – Non-Trust Acquisition with property, which will be used in the second- Non-Gaming Mixed-Use Development. step RFP project solicitation for short-listed qualified developers. It is anticipated that a development at Point Molate would have similar constraints and Interested developers are strongly encouraged to required mitigation as what was determined by participate in and follow the land use visioning the Final EIR. Select summaries of potential process. Information about the process and development constraints are provided below. upcoming events can be found at www.richmondpointmolate.org including A. Hazardous Materials and Site Clean-up scheduled site tours and community forums and workshops. Site tours are planned for July 23 Due to previous land uses at Point Molate, and August 18, 2018. Times and location particularly the use of the property for many information is available at decades as a Naval Fuel Depot, there