The following are active issues of interest to the Oak Center Neighborhood Association.

We started discussing this issue in our 5/4/2020 meeting. Please see the meeting minutes for more information.

Some links with relevant information:

• Nikki Fortunato Bas introduces TOPA [Facebook video]

• https://www.stoptopa.org

• http://www.protectoaklandrenters.org/

1230 14th Street is the site of a former Shell gas station that was in operation from 1958 to 1993. Petroleum hydrocarbons and other chemicals were discovered in the site's soil in February, 1991. Remediation is still not complete after 29 years.

In addition to our concern for the environmental safety of our neighbors, the property has been a continuous source of blight and neglect.

Stakeholders in the site include owner Andy Saberi of Sabek, Inc, his contractor Pangea Environmental Services, the Alameda County Department of Environmental Health, and the California State Water Resources Control Board.

GET INVOLVED

1. File a SeeClickFix ticket for blight issues that you see. Follow up with Wing Loo in the Oakland Department of Code Enforcement.

2. Attend an OCNA meeting or get in touch with OCNA officers to discuss how to support environmental remediation efforts.

Documents

• February 28, 2020 Letter to Robert Schultz of ACDEH

• July 15, 2018 Investigation Report by Pangea Environmental Services

• July 31, 2017 Letter to Kit Soo of ACDEH

• May 5, 2017 Conversation with Kit Soo of ACDEH

News Articles

• https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/02/09/former-oak-center-gas-station-continues-to-irk-neighbors/