{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nTHURSDAY- - -APRIL 7, 2005- - -4:00 P.M.\nMayor Johnson convened the Special Meeting at 4:10 p.m.\nRoll Call - Present : Councilmembers Daysog, deHaan, Gilmore,\nMatarrese, and Mayor Johnson - 5.\nAbsent :\nNone.\nThe Special Meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider :\n(05-155) - Public Employment - Title: City Manager.\nFollowing the Closed Session, the Special Meeting was reconvened\nand Mayor Johnson announced that no decision was made.\nAdjournment\nThere being no further business, Mayor Johnson adjourned the\nSpecial Meeting at 8:10 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown\nAct.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\nApril 7, 2005", "path": "CityCouncil/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "CivilServiceBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 1, "text": "ORATED\nMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING\nOF THE\nCIVIL SERVICE BOARD OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA\nTHURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005\n1.\nMeeting called to order at 5:07 p.m.\n2.\nROLL CALL: Members NakMin Oddie, Michael Rich, Michael Robles-Wong, Roberto Rocha, and\nExecutive Secretary Karen Willis. Member William J. Smith arrived at 5:12 p.m., during which time the\nBoard had moved past the Consent Calendar acceptance, and was on to item 6 on the agenda.\nABSENT:\nNone.\nSTAFF PRESENT: Terri Highsmith, Assistant City Attorney, and Marsha Merrick, Executive\nAssistant, Human Resources.\n3.\nMINUTES:\nThe Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 5, 2005, were reviewed; Member Oddie\nmade a motion to accept, seconded by Member Rich, and carried by a 3-0 vote. Member Rocha abstained,\nas he was not present at the January 2005 meeting. Member Rocha, however, thanked the board for\nadjourning that meeting in memory of his mother, who had passed away closely preceding the January\n2005 meeting.\n4.\nCONSENT CALENDAR: Member Rocha made a motion to accept the Consent Calendar as presented,\nseconded by Member Rich, and carried by a 4-0 vote.\nSUMMARY REPORT FOR EXAMINATION ELIGIBLE LISTS AND CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE\nMONTHS OF JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2005:\n4-A\nELIGIBLE LISTS ESTABLISHED:\nDATE ESTABLISHED\nAssistant Engineer\n01/03/05\nBuyer\n01/13/05\nCombined Building Inspector\n03/10/05\nDevelopment Manager\n01/18/05\nFinancial Analyst\n01/26/05\nOffice Assistant\n01/11/05\nPlanner III\n01/20/05\nReconstruction Specialist Il (Promotional)\n03/03/05\nSenior Construction Inspector\n01/18/05\nStreet Light Maintenance Technician\n03/05/05\nSystem Dispatcher\n03/24/05\n\"Dedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service\"", "path": "CivilServiceBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "CivilServiceBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 2, "text": "City of Alameda\nPage 2\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting of the Civil Service Board\nThursday, April 7, 2005\n4-B\nELIGIBLE LISTS EXTENDED:\nDATE ESTABLISHED\nCode Compliance Officer\n08/26/03\nDistribution Engineer\n09/03/03\nFire/Building Code Compliance Officer\n09/21/04\nMaintenance Worker Il\n09/02/04\nPolice Lieutenant (Promotional)\n07/09/03\nPolice Sergeant (Promotional)\n09/15/04\nProgram Specialist Il (Clean Water Program)\n09/30/03\nPublic Works Supervisor\n08/17/04\nSenior Electrical Engineer\n08/19/04\nTraffic Signal Maintenance Technician\n09/29/03\n4-C\nELIGIBLE LISTS EXPIREDICANCELLED:\nDATE ESTABLISHED\nAdministrative Services Coordinator\n07/07/04\nAdministrative Technician I (Promotional)\n08/04/04\nBusiness Development Manager\n07/12/04\nConstruction Inspector\n03/11/03\nDevelopment Manager - Housing\n03/13/03\nManagement Analyst (Base Reuse and Redevelopment)\n08/27/04\nManagement Analyst (Community Programs)\n09/30/04\nManagement Analyst (Small Business Assistance)\n09/17/04\nProgram Specialist Il (Community Programs)\n07/22/04\nSenior Clerk\n09/03/03\nSenior Utility Analyst\n09/09/04\nSupervising Librarian\n07/09/04\n4-D\nLIST OF SPECIFICATIONS:\nDeputy City Attorney I\nPolice Officer - Recruit\n5.\nREGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\nThe Activity Report for the period of December 1, 2004 - February 28, 2005 was reviewed.\n6.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)\nNone\n7.\nCIVIL SERVICE BOARD COMMUNICATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARD)\nNone\n8.\nCIVIL SERVICE BOARD COMMUNICATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS FROM STAFF)\nTerri Highsmith, Assistant City Attorney, was in attendance to respond to questions\nregarding the Civil Service Board's role in making recommendations to the City Council for\nchanges in Civil Service System policies. She began by describing what is contained in the\nCity Charter, and how there is a \"bright line\" that separates the Boards responsibilities, from\n\"Dedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service\"", "path": "CivilServiceBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "CivilServiceBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 3, "text": "City of Alameda\nPage 3\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting of the Civil Service Board\nThursday, April 7, 2005\nthose of the City Manager and his staff.\nThe Board is charged with the making of policy and procedure. The City Manager and his\nstaff have authority over the implementation and operations of these policies and\nprocedures. Assistant City Attorney Highsmith spent some time breaking this down for the\nmembers, and responding to the questions posed surrounding limitations of authority. The\nBoard and staff give their thanks to Ms. Highsmith for her direction.\nWhile Assistant City Attorney Highsmith was present, a question came up on the proper\nprocedure for agendizing items for future meetings. Ms. Highsmith advised that Executive\nSecretary Willis was their liaison in this matter, and she would be the one to set the agenda,\nincluding items of interest to the Board members. Member Smith stated his preference to\nmake his requests through Chair Robles-Wong, who would then work through Ms. Willis,\nand it was agreed that this was a perfectly acceptable alternative.\nIn light of this, two requests were made to agendize items for the upcoming July 2005\nmeeting. Chair Robles-Wong requested that a discussion be held regarding Rule of the List\nand adjusting the language in the Civil Service Rules. Member Rich requested to see EEO-\n4 gender and ethnicity data to further a discussion initiated by Member Smith regarding\nworkforce diversity and its impact on community relations. Member Rich also suggested\nthat the City's anti-discrimination policy might be amended to include a commitment to\nrecruitment outreach as a good faith effort to promote workforce diversity. Accordingly,\nMember Robles-Wong requested that the anti-discrimination policy be agendized for the\nnext meeting.\nRevised language under Civil Service Rules, Article VII. Section 1 Establishment of Lists, to\nadd National Guard members to our definition of veterans for preference point purposes,\nwas presented to the Board for their approval. Member Rocha made a motion to accept,\nMember Smith seconded, and the item was carried by a 5-0 vote. Staff will move forward\nwith a formal revision and re-distribution of the Rules.\n9.\nADJOURNMENT:\nChair Robles-Wong asked for a motion to adjourn, which was provided by Member Smith,\nMember Rocha seconded, and carried by a 5-0 vote. There being no further business to come\nbefore the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 6:07 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nKaren Willis\nHuman Resources Director &\nExecutive Secretary to the Civil Service Board\n\"Dedicated to Excellence, Committed to Service\"", "path": "CivilServiceBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF HISTORICAL ADVISORY BOARD\nREGULAR MEETING OF THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005\nCOUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL\n2263 SANTA CLARA AVENUE - 7:00 PM\nVice Chair Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm. Secretary Altschuler\ncalled the roll.\nMEMBERS PRESENT: Boardmembers Lynch, Miller & Tilos.\nMEMBERS ABSENT:\nChair McPherson, Vice-Chair Anderson.\nSTAFF PRESENT:\nSecretary Altschuler, Recording Secretary Debbie\nGremminger.\nMINUTES:\nM/S (Lynch, Miller) to continue the minutes of the Special meeting of March 10, 2005 due to\nlack of quorum. 3-0-2.\nAyes: 3;\nNoes: 0; Absent: 2; Motion carries.\nAGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSIONS:\nStaff requested that Item 4 be heard 1st prior to items 1, 7 2, & 3.\nM/S (Lynch, Miller) to hear Item 4 first. 3-0-2.\nAyes:\n3;\nNoes: 0; Absent: 2; Motion carries.\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: (Discussion only)\nSecretary Altschuler informed the Board of the Historical Preservation Conference in\nRiverside.\nACTIONITEMS (Discussion/Action)\n4. Transportation Master Plan Policies - Review and comment on the draft TMP policies,\nand recommend a set of final draft policies to the City Council for approval.\nBarry Bergman, Public Works Department, stated that in 2004, the City Council approved\nthe development of a citywide Transportation Master Plan\nMinutes of April 7, 2005\nRegular Historical Advisory Board Meeting\n1", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 2, "text": "The TMP will consist of six individual plans: 1) multimodal circulation, 2) motor vehicle, 3)\ntransit, 4) bicycle, 5) pedestrian, and 6) transportation system management/ transportation\ndemand management.\nA subcommittee was established to oversee the development of circulation policies for the\nTMP These polices were to address all transportation modes on a general level, while\npolicies for the mode-specific plans (e.g. the bicycle plan and transit plan) will include more\ndetail.\nStaff would like the Board to review the Draft Policies and give comments, and recommend a\nset of final draft policies to the City Council for approval.\nThe Draft Policies were not included in the packet. Staff will forward a copy of this\ndocument to the Board and they can submit their comments via e-mail.\n1. Adoption of Resolution Commending Judith Altschuler, Secretary for the Historical\nAdvisory Board, for her Contributions to the City of Alameda.\nDebbie Gremminger, Recording Secretary, read the Resolution and presented it to Ms.\nAltschuler.\nBoard member Tilos opened the floor to public comment.\nScott Brady, former president of HAB, would like to thank Judith for all of her time and\neffort she has put in over the time of his tenure on the Board. Mr. Brady feels they got a lot\nof things accomplished in terms of advancing preservation here in Alameda. And Judith did\na lot of the behind the scenes work. We have very good amendments to our Preservation\nOrdinance largely due to her efforts.\nRosemary McNally, would like to encourage the Board to pass this resolution.\nBoard member Tilos closed the floor to public comment and opcned Board discussion.\nBoard member Tilos would also like to thank Judith for her work on this Board. She has\nbeen very helpful.\nM/S (Miller/Lynch) to approve the Resolution as presented. 3-0-2.\nAyes: 3;\nNoes:\n0;\nAbsent: 2; Motion carries.\nMs. Altschuler thanked the Board and the members of the community.\nMinutes of April 7, 2005\nRegular Historical Advisory Board Meeting\n2", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 3, "text": "2. Review of the Landscaping Plan for planting two Coast Live Oak trees (Quercus\nagrifolia) on the vacant property at 301 Spruce Street. The submittal of a Landscaping Plan\n(as part of new development proposals on the site) was required as a Condition of Approval\nby the Historical Advisory Board under Resolution HAB 01-08, which approved the removal\nof one Coast Live Oak tree in 2001, The site is located within an R-4 Neighborhood\nResidential District.\nMs. Altschuler gave a brief history of the project. In 1988, the previous owner damaged an\nOak tree through extensive trimming. The owners were required to preserve the tree despite\nit being severely pruned. In 2001 the tree showed signs of deteriorating health, and the\nBoard approved a new owner's request to remove the damaged tree in order to allow a\nproposed residential development, with the condition that two new oak trees be planted on\nthe property. The Board also required the submittal of a landscaping plan for review and\napproval by the Board when new construction is proposed on the site. The Board's approval\nwas subsequently appealed to the City Council, where the Board's decision was upheld upon\nthe Council's finding that there was no merit to the appeal.\nThe applicants have secured the services of a Landscape Architect as required by the Board\nin 2001 to prepare a landscaping plan and recommendations for the location of the two new\ntrees. The applicants have also secured services of a certified arborist who has provided\nrecommendations for protecting the existing trees during construction.\nBoard member Tilos opened the floor for public comment.\nPatrick Lynch, 305 Spruce St., spoke in opposition of this project. He has several issues with\nthis application. He stated that the Board should be aware that the conditions contained in\nCA-01-08 have not been complied with and his requests to the City for enforcement have\nbeen ignored. In 2002 a grading permit was issued for the development project at the site\nwithout requiring replacement trees. He is concerned with the recent changes to Alameda's\nHistorical Preservation Ordinance that allows Oak Trees with a trunk diameters less than 10\"\nto be removed without a Certificate of Approval. The proposed replacement trees will not\nlikely have trunk diameters of this size for 10 to 20 years, and could be removed at the end of\nthe period required for the landscape maintenance agreement. He therefore requests that the\nreplacement trees have a diameter greater that 10\" at 4,5 ft. above the ground. He also\ndisagrees with staff's decision that this project is categorically exempt from the CEQA\nguidelines. The tree removal together with the proposed single-family home project may\ncumulatively cause additional and substantial adverse change in the condition of the\nremaining oak trees.\nMs. Altschuler addressed Mr. Lynch's concerns as followed:\nMinutes of April 7, 2005\nRegular Historical Advisory Board Meeting\n3", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 4, "text": "1. Mr. Lynch's concern with the issuance of the grading permit does not fall under the\nprevue of the Historical Advisory Board.\n2. To resolve Mr. Lynch's concern regarding the size of the trunk diameters of the\nreplacement trees, the Board can extend the landscaping maintenance agreement to five years\nand require the replacement tree to be larger than 10\" diameter.\n3. His issue with staff's decision that this project is exempt from CEQA guidelines do not\nfall under the prevue of this Board and should be addressed during the design review process.\n4. According to city records, the Certificate of Approval CA01-08 was valid on the day the\ntree was removed. The Board approved the request with the condition that two new oak trees\nbe planted on the property. The Board also required the submittal of a landscaping plan for\nreview and approval when new construction is proposed. The current owners have submitted\na proposal to construct a single-family residence on the site. A landscaping plan for the\nplanning of two new Oak trees has been prepared in conformance with Resolution HAB-01-\n08. The plans for the new construction are currently under review by Design Review staff.\nConditions of approval for the Design Review will require protection of the existing trees per\nthe arborist and landscape architect's recommendations, as well as the recordation of a\nLandscape Maintenance Agreement to ensure maintenance of the oak trees on the property.\nStaff understands that Mr. Lynch has enjoyed living next to a vacant lot, but the owner is\nentitled to develop his lot.\nMs. Altschuler advised the Board that the decision before this Board tonight is to approve the\nlocation of the replacement trees as stated in the Landscaping Maintenance plan.\nBoard member Tilos opened the floor to Board discussion.\nBoard member Miller is in favor of extending the Landscaping Plan to 5 years. He is also in\nfavor of requiring the replacement trees to be bigger than a 10\" diameter.\nThe Certified Arborist, Chris Bowen was present. He suggested that the replacement trees be\n24\" box, which would be close to 8 ft tall when planted. He feels this would improve the\nproperty value.\nM/S to approve the Landscaping Maintenance Plan with the following revisions: (1) Change\nthe replacement trees from two 10-gallon trees to two 24\" box trees. (2) Extend the\nLandscape Maintenance Agreement from 3 to 5 years.\nREPORTS\n3. Consideration and comments on design of proposed 352 space parking structure to be\nconstructed as part of the rehabilitation of the Alameda Theatre and construction of a new\nCineplex. The parking structure would be built at 1416 Oak Street within the CC,\nCommunity Commercial District. (continued from 2-3-05mtg.)\nMinutes of April 7, 2005\nRegular Historical Advisory Board Meeting\n4", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 5, "text": "Jennifer Ott, DSD, informed the Board that this project consists of three parts: the\nrehabilitation of the Alameda Theatre; the construction of a seven screen, two story Cineplex\nwith retail at the ground floor; and the construction of a 352 space, 60+ foot high parking\nstructure. Tonight staff would like the Board to provide comments on the parking structure\nand Cineplex.\nCINEPLEX:\nThe Henry Architects Inc, design team gave a presentation on the proposed Cineplex and\nproposed parking structure. The presentation included various pictures of the proposed\nCineplex from different views of Central Ave. to address the concern that the Cineplex\nwould block the view of the Twin Towers Church. Mr. Henry concluded that in order to see\nboth towers of the church, over half of the upper levels of the new Cineplex would need to be\neliminated.\nAnother concern Mr. Henry spoke of is the 20 ft. overhang element on Central Ave and Oak\nSt. Mr. Henry stated that in order to provide a viable Cineplex it is critical to have the\nproposed overhang. Without this overhang auditorium #7 would suffer greatly, losing 28\nseats and reducing the screen size significantly. This will have a severe impact on the quality\nof the presentation and reduce the ability to compete effectively with Jack London Square.\nIn addition to the severe economic impacts, deletion of the overhang. would be detrimental to\nthe architecture. The overhang provides a clear separation of stories and materials thus\nreducing uninterrupted wall would create.\nThe last concern Mr. Henry addressed was the corner element. Mr. Henry stated that this\ndesign included a great deal of surface articulation to eliminate the box like effect. Vertical\nrecesses continuing the line of the columns from the ground level have been added to the\nupper sections at the auditoriums along with the horizontal elements to reduce the tallness of\nthe building. They have also rounded the corner \"tower\" on Oak St. and Central Ave. to\nmatch the curved corners of the historic theater and the Starbuck building on Park St. This\nwill also reduce the box like effect shown in previous plans and adds more set back to the\ncorner for better visibility of the church.\nLastly Mr. Henry briefly went over the three different ideas for the color of the proposed\nCineplex.\nBoardmember Lynch stated she was not in favor of the proposed sign on the new Cineplex.\nMr. Henry responded by stating he had no problems eliminating the proposed sign.\nBoardmember Tilos opened the floor to public comment.\nMinutes of April 7, 2005\nRegular Historical Advisory Board Meeting\n5", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 6, "text": "Ann Rutter stated she likes the new proposed design. She would like to see the Oak St.\nelevation. She feels this project has been forced on the community. She would like to see\nmore handicap parking spaces closer to the elevators for easier wheelchair access.\nDavid Baker, 939 Taylor Ave., feels that the new proposal is not compatible with the\nhistorical qualities of Alameda. He stated that the art deco is missing.\nRichard Knight, 1372 Versailles Ave., feels that the primary goal of this project is for the\nHistoric Alameda Theatre to be back in operation. He is concerned with what would happen\nif this Cineplex went out of business in the future.\nJohn Sargent, 3105 El Paseo, stated he was concerned when he saw the proposed design in\nthe Alameda Sun. He feels that the parking lot should be located on the corner of Oak St.\nand Santa Clara Ave. The parking garage should include more art deco style and not look so\nmuch like a parking garage. He stated that housing should be included on the upper two\nstories of the parking garage.\nScott Brady, AAPS, feels that in general the design is good. He feels that the vertical\nelements should be stressed more. The proposed design has impressions of columns, but\ndoes not read very strong. This is a very good start.\nKevin Frederick, 1287 Caroline St., stated that the proposed design still feels to \"boxie\"\nlooking. He stated that he feels that Oak St. is too narrow to support such a huge Theatre and\nParking Garage. He does not currently go to movie theaters. He would prefer to rent a\nmovie or download from computer. These days modern technology may prevent huge Multi-\nplex Theatres to be successful.\nDoreen Soto, DSD, responded to some of the comments made tonight as follows:\n1. Currently Long's Drugs is not willing to participate in this project. The City has to move\nforward with this project.\n2. The City has hired the best economist to work on this project. He has determined that\nbased on the population and demographics, this project will succeed. The parking\nstructure will attract more business to Park St.\n3. The proposed Cineplex is not an addition to the Historic Theatre. She feels the new\nCineplex will compliment the Historic Theatre.\nBoard member Lynch requested that the Board hold a special meeting to submit comments\non the proposed Cineplex, as she would like more time to review the items submitted tonight.\nThe Board agreed and instructed Staff to schedule a Special meeting to hear comments on the\nCineplex only. Staff will forward a copy of the PowerPoint presentation to the Board. The\nBoard will only submit comments on the Parking Structure tonight.\nMinutes of April 7, 2005\nRegular Historical Advisory Board Meeting\n6", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 7, "text": "PARKING STRUCTURE:\nMr. Michael Stanton, architect, gave a brief summary of what was presented to the Planning\nBoard on March 28, 2005. Mr. Stanton informed the HAB of the comments they received\nfrom the Planning Board. The Planning Board preferred the lighter color brick, simplify the\nlines (on top) of Cineplex behind Longs, more lighting on the disabled bike access of parking\ngarage, stair tower should either be all open or have the same openings as the parking garage,\neliminate the on-street parking on Oak St. to extend the sidewalk and add street trees.\nBoard member Tilos opened the floor to Public comment.\nDon Cunningham, Twin Towers Church, is in favor of the lighting and the color. He stated\nthat Twin Towers was built long before automobiles were in use. Not in favor of losing the\non-street parking on Oak St. He is concerned with the travel pattern.\nChuck Millar, 2829 San Jose Ave., stated that for safety reasons the on-street parking should\nbe eliminated. All construction should fit in to the surrounding area. He would like to know\nwhat the HAB's role in this project is?\nIn response to Mr. Millar question, Ms. Altschuler stated, there are three items that require\napproval from the HAB. First, Certificate of Approval for the structural alterations relating\nto the seismic strengthening of the front fa\u00e7ade, second, the new openings between the\ntheatre and the new Cineplex, and third, the new opening for the concession stand.\nThe Planning Board will give final design approval for the Cineplex and Parking Garage.\nStaff is just asking for comments from the HAB.\nKevin Frederick, 1287 Caroline St., is not in favor of the exterior design He feels it is out of\nplace with surrounding buildings.\nDon Sargent, is not in favor of fa\u00e7ade. He feels the open banks can be treated architecturally.\nHe feels that it might be necessary to take away the on-street parking on the opposite side of\nthe street as well.\nRichard Knight is not in favor of design. He feels there are no historical elements. Is not\ncompatible with surrounding area.\nAnn Rutter commended Michael Stanton for his work on this project. She would like to see\nfree parking on Sundays. She is in favor of the lighting design, but would like to see more\nart deco.\nMinutes of April 7, 2005\nRegular Historical Advisory Board Meeting\n7", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 8, "text": "Scott Brady, AAPS, feels the Oak St. fa\u00e7ade looks to jumbled. The lower level does not tie\nin with the upper levels. Stair tower should have more glazing. Arches should be increased.\nHe is in favor of the buff colored brick. More attention should be placed on the blank wall\nfacing Long's\nRob Ratto, PSBA, is in favor of project. He likes the idea of a mural on the blank wall facing\nLong's He likes the new proposed design for the Cineplex. The loss of on-street parking\nspaces will make it more pedestrian friendly. There will be metered parking spaces in the\nparking garage. Five-hour time limit Monday - Saturday, 9 am - 5 pm, free on Sundays. He\nstated that this project has limited funds. There will have to be some compromises. It is hard\nto hide the fact that this is a parking garage.\nM/S (Miller, Lynch) to extend the meeting to 10:30 pm. 3-0-2.\nAyes: 3; Noes: 0; Absent: 2: Motion carries.\nBoardmember Tilos closed floor for public comment and opened Board discussion.\nBoardmember Miller is in favor of the poster boxes because he feels that there will be a\nmaintenance issue with the planting of vines. He is in favor of the glazing on the tower, and\nis not in favor of the canopy.\nBoardmember Lynch does not feel this design is compatible but understands this project\nneeds to move forward. She is in favor of the buff color and prefers the posters to the vines.\nShe likes the idea of free parking on Sundays and is in favor of the mural.\nBoardmember Tilos stated that the columns above the main entrance do not blend together.\nHe is in favor of the design for the Cineplex.\nM/S (Lynch, Miller) to continue only the Cineplex portion of this item for comments to a\nSpecial Meeting. (date to be announced.) 3-0-2.\nAyes: 3; Noes: 0; Absent: 2: Motion carries.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS:\nBoardmember Lynch stated that representatives from Alameda Point will be meeting with\nAAPS on April 19, 2005 to address the Historic Preservation concerns. Boardmember Lynch\nwould like to be a representative for the Historical Advisory Board if a committee is formed.\nStaff took note of this request.\nMinutes of April 7, 2005\nRegular Historical Advisory Board Meeting\n8", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2005-04-07", "page": 9, "text": "STAFF COMMUNICATION:\nMs. Altschuler introduced Doug Garrison, Planner III. There will also be another new\nplanner starting on Monday, April 11, 2005.\nADJOURNMENT:\nM/S (Miller, Lynch) to adjourn meeting at 10:38 pm.\nRespectfully Submitted by:\nJerry Cormack,\nInterim Planning & Building Director\nG:PLANNINGHHAB\\AGENMIN\\Agemin.05\\4-7-05 MINUTES_HAB.doc\nMinutes of April 7, 2005\nRegular Historical Advisory Board Meeting\n9", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2005-04-07.pdf"}