PILOT SNAPSHOT |
Date of Award:
September 1996
Amount: $200,000 |
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Site Profile: The Pilot targets the redevelopment
of two sites in the Central District Redevelopment Area
(2 acres) and the Coliseum Redevelopment Area (17 acres).
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BACKGROUND
EPA Region 9 selected the City of Oakland for a Regional Brownfields Pilot.
Oakland selected two brownfields sites as catalyst sites for other redevelopment
projects in Oakland’s commercial and industrial centers. The Central
District Redevelopment Area is a 2-acre site. The other site is a 17-acre
portion of the Coliseum Redevelopment Area of East Oakland. During the past two
decades over 20,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost in the Coliseum Area due
to plant closure and relocation. Over 600 acres in the Coliseum Area have been
vacated or are under-used, and over 700 sites have been identified as having
known or suspected hazardous or toxic contamination. Most of the Coliseum Area
is within a federally-designated Enhanced Enterprise Community.
In April 1997, an additional $100,000 was added to the Pilot grant which will be
used to encourage brownfields revitalization of the redevelopment of the
Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) areas’s Transit Village project.
This large-scale development project is designed to revitalize the neighborhood
with shops, offices, and housing in a pedestrian-oriented setting. This is a
local, community-driven project for which EPA is partnering with the Department
of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS), and the Department of Transportation (DOT) as well as private
entities to redevelop this multi-cultural area.
OBJECTIVES
The Oakland Pilot is seeking to revitalize the contaminated properties in
the Central District Redevelopment and Coliseum Redevelopment Areas as well as
the Fruitvale BART Station area. The major focus of the Pilot will be on
completing Phase II site assessments and remediation planning. This information
will assist Oakland’s Redevelopment Agency in developing a strategy for
redevelopment of the sites.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
The Pilot is:
- Reviewing existing data on two sites and completing site assessments;
- Completing health and safety plans, site surveys, and risk assessments, and
preparing summary reports of the findings and recommendations; and
- Developing remedial plans and cost estimates.
CONTACTS:
Jeffrey Chew
Oakland Office of Economic Development and Employment
(510) 238-3629
Wally Woo
U.S. EPA - Region 9
(415) 744-1207
woo.wallace@epamail.epa.gov
Visit the EPA Brownfields web site at: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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