Oakland, meet Kirkland.
Costco is advancing discussions with Oakland officials to bring one of its big-box stores to the site of a former Army base near the Bay Bridge.
It will be years before a Costco warehouse and gas station could open on the 23-acre site in West Oakland, but a City Council committee is set to consider an exclusive negotiating agreement with the retail giant on Tuesday. If signed, the deal will lay out a pathway to bringing Costco’s $1.50 hot dogs and $5 rotisserie chickens to a decommissioned base that’s now controlled by city officials…