{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-03-10", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MEETING MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014\n1. CONVENE:\n7:03 p.m.\n2. FLAG SALUTE:\nBoard member Zuppan led the flag salute.\n3. ROLL CALL:\nPresident Burton, Vice President Henneberry, Board members\nKnox White, K\u00f6ster, Tang and Zuppan,\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni arrived during item 7-B.\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION: Staff request item 7.B. be moved to first on\nthe agenda.\nBoard member Zuppan motioned to move item 7.B., and continue item 7.C.\nBoard member Knox White seconded.\nMotion carried, 6-0\nStaff asked to continue item 7.C. to March 24, not April 12.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Speakers:\nMr. Victor Cordell, resident of Harbor Bay neighbor group and asked for the PB to deny the\npermits and proposals for the redevelopment being rezoned. Moving the club should be\ndenied. The conditions and language were amended in 1996. The project would be\ndamaging to the neighborhood.\nMr. Robert Wood, spoke on the Golf Commission meeting for the following evening, the\nARPD Director will be proposing a temporary banquet hall. He requested for the PB to\ntrack this project and encouraged attendance. He spoke on the new pump station that is\nnow above ground and the lighting on site, and the paving. It is a terrible job, the golf\ncourse entry deserves better.\n6. CONSENT CALENDAR: None\n7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS:\n7.B. The Planning Board will receive a presentation on the proposal for the\nresidential adaptive reuse of the Del Monte Warehouse building at 1501 Buena Vista\nAvenue. No action will be taken at the meeting.\nMr. Andrew Thomas, City Planner, provided the Board a briefing and presentation on the\nformer Del Monte landmark building.\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 1 of 7\nMarch 10, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-03-10", "page": 2, "text": "The Tim Lewis Community Team was present, Mr. Michael O'Hara introduced himself and\nmade a brief presentation on the project. 11.5 acres, 240,000 sq ft., hasn't been Del\nMonte Plant since the 1960's. 400+ housing units are included in their proposal, and retail\nspace. He introduced Mr. Jim Meaks, and stated BAR is their architect. Mr. Christopher\nVerPlanck is a key member to their team (SF preservation and historian), Ms, Paula\nKrugmeier from BAR made a presentation.\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni asked for the number of housing units.\nMs. Krugmeier replied with 309 units, each with parking.\nBoard member Tang asked about an open recreation area. He asked if the outer brick\nwould stay in place.\nMs. Krugmeier stated Littlejohn Park is across the street, and on site is a paseo, but the\nwaterfront will be developed also. She reported the brick will be preserved.\nBoard member Tang asked about a setback in the addition.\nMs. Krugmeier stated there is an aesthetic element for balance.\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni asked about the seismic retrofit, brick down and then back\nup.\nMs. Krugmeier replied the foundation is the big point of the retrofit work, and its an\nextensive plan to get the foundation work done. The brick wall can be supported in\ndifferent ways.\nBoard member Zuppan asked about the structure removal, below grade parking, and\ncutaways.\nMs. Krugmeier reviewed the slide and showed what would be opened roof and what would\nbe kept in place, and what would be replaced with new concrete. There will be 50 new\nopenings to the outside. The thinking was there was so much foundation work to be done,\nso they thought of a way to better leverage the foundation work.\nBoard member Zuppan asked if the only area open to the public would be the paseo.\nMs. Krugmeier stated the open space paseo would create an indoor urban open air feel.\nClosing the building to public is an operations question.\nVice President Henneberry he is glad to see the historic element being a priority. He\nasked about the 10,000 sq ft waterfront retail, and what kind of retail.\nMr. Thomas stated the 10,000 sf is the total area.\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 2 of 7\nMarch 10, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-03-10", "page": 3, "text": "Ms. Krugmeier replied food and beverage would be likely as the retail space. She stated\nthe mix they have right now is a moderate mix.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster asked about the remainder housing units and would they be off-site.\nMr. O'Hara stated the master plan concept is flexible, and site circulation could change.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster asked if housing would include lower than market rate.\nMr. O'Hara replied there would be some affordable, and possibly rentals, but they are\nallowing flexibility.\nPresident Burton asked for clarification from staff on the affordable units.\nMr. Thomas stated it is 15% of the total.\nPresident Burton asked about the paseo and how the building addresses Buena Vista, is\nthere a linear park along Buena Vista Avenue, or is that parking.\nMr. O'Hara explained the area looking up Benton showing the paseo, and indicated where\nthe rail line is, with a drop down to the paseo.\nPresident Burton stated it is exciting to see a great team with a realistic plan.\nMr. Thomas stated being back with this project in April, as well as to the Historic Advisory\nBoard. He is hoping a three month window for approval.\n7.A. Public Review Draft Housing Element Update for 2015-2023 - The Planning\nBoard will receive a presentation on the Draft Housing Element. No action will be taken\nMr. Andrew Thomas, City Planner, commented on the city doing a good job on housing.\nHe provided a presentation on the next Housing Element (HE).\nBoard member Zuppan asked about zoning and CVS, with Del Monte and does that work\nback and forth with required units VS. building more than required.\nMr. Thomas stated its nice to have a surplus, and we used our surplus on the Chipman\nsite. 500 units surplus is huge. The HE numbers are based on formulas. He commented\non the West Marine property being residential, and tearing it down for another commercial\nspace is not an option. He recommends keeping a surplus. The state wants to know\nthere are enough zones for residential space, it does nothing to remove a site (CVS) from\nthe HE.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster asked what happens if someone wants to develop CVS as\nresidential.\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 3 of 7\nMarch 10, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-03-10", "page": 4, "text": "Mr. Thomas said it is allowed, even though its not on the HE.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster asked how the multi-family item comes in, and the PD overlay.\nMr. Thomas stated the multi-family overlay is simple and permitted by right, and if density\nis up to 30. The PD overlay has been in place for a long time. He used the setback and\nheight as an example and stated this gives the PB an ability to approve a different type of\ndesign, but this is only for big development.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster asked about 'delete' in the draft for projects and programs.\nMr. Thomas explained in the background report and goes through all the programs of\nprevious HE. He stated a program can be ongoing, or a single action. There is a\ndeletion of programs due to something being complete.\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni asked about the Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) and\nhow that fits in with the HE.\nMr. Thomas stated this isn't a requirement by law, but this can be adopted into the plan.\nBoard member Tang asked if the state requires senior units in affordable numbers.\nMr. Thomas stated this is not a requirement for seniors. The state recognizes that cities\ndon't actually do the building of homes. They want to see the dedicated land, or zones for\nthe development of homes.\nBoard member Tang asked if senior housing can be implemented into the plan.\nMr. Thomas stated yes, policy can be written.\nPresident Burton opened the item to public comment.\nSpeakers:\nMs. Laura Thomas, Renewed Hope Housing, commented on the previous HE. She is\nsurprised by the quick time frame and that the draft has already been sent to the state.\nThe public process seems strange because of this. Rising rents is a concern as people\ncould be displaced, and renters are the majority of people on the island. They propose a\nRent Stabilization Ordinance in Alameda to protect the citizens.\nMs. Audrey Lord-Hausman, complimented the city for adopting the Reasonable\nAccommodations Development and in providing Jack Capon Villa to the disabled who\nneed this kind of housing. There is a need for housing conducive to aging in place\nhousing in this city. She stated being on the Committee for Disabilities and would like to\ncontinue to see progress in moving these types of issues forward, by collaborating with\nother groups in an effort to get comments into the HE.\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 4 of 7\nMarch 10, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-03-10", "page": 5, "text": "Mr. Bill Smith, commented for the need of stabilization housing in the city. He is concern\nthere isn't a repeat of the Neptune Beach site and the last HE. He suggested the\ncoordination groups didn't include EBRPD and AUSD. He agreed with\nMs.\nLord-Hausman, as their comments are incorporated and collaborated with other groups for\nthe HE.\nMs. Karen Bey, commented on being excited to see the development of the waterfront.\nShe is concerned with the lack of development on Webster Street corridor. She agreed to\nallocate numbers to senior housing and it is a need. She is concerned with Rent\nStabilization policies exempt many large developers for having to follow the policy.\nPresident Burton closed public comment.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster thanked staff for getting this draft done and this is clearer than the\nlast one. He agreed senior housing should be addressed, and asked about the current\npipeline for projects and could that be included in the staff report.\nMr. Thomas stated the pipeline report is the AHA and affordable housing efforts moving\nforward.\nBoard member K\u00f6ster asked about parking and could we be cautious and careful with\nmanaging the parking issues around town, and he wants to see the transit routes. He\nagreed AUSD and EBRPD need to get this draft.\nMr. Thomas stated there are no proposals to change parking regulations. The state\nrequires to look at regulations annually, only to review. The AUSD site is still zoned\nresidential. There are no new sites in the new HE.\nBoard member Knox White thanked staff for the hard work. He would like to have a\ndiscussion on diversity of housing and to support a quality of life. There is a need to take\ncare of the people who live here, and the General Plan should reflect this. We should\nsupport transit, and housing can support the economy (people shop here). Strategies\nshould support goals, and goals are based on policies. He would like to know why the\nwork/live ordinance program is being deleted, and APC rehab program being deleted.\nWe should look at developing a multi-family program, and a program to look at parking.\nVice President Henneberry thanked staff for the hard work at getting this draft done. He\nasked if a Rent Stabilization Ordinance (RSO) being part of the HE.\nMr. Thomas stated it is not part of the HE. The RSO is a new issue to the city. The HE is\nmade of policies and programs. Universal Design was in the last HE, but the ordinance is\nwritten yet. It can be decided if this should go into the HE, but there isn't time to get the\nordinance process completed for actual inclusion into the HE, but it can be mentioned.\nBoard member Zuppan thanked staff for the draft being more clear and to the point. She\nwanted table numbers to be looked into. She is also concerned about transit and sites\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 5 of 7\nMarch 10, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-03-10", "page": 6, "text": "being accessed by transit, and parking being another concern. She asked if there is a\nrequirement for developers.\nMr. Thomas stated there are requirements for transit and parking for developers. There is\na need to make things clearer for the older sites. Not to move the transit to the older areas\nbeing developed, but for developers to supplement to transit. Boatworks is required to\nbuy AC Transit passes. We will clarify this in the HE.\nBoard member Zuppan stated this should be for the entire island, an entire transit loop,\nand can we implement a policy or program. She also spoke on sustainable development\nbeing incorporated, and would like to see the sites zoned residential (CVS) be dropped\nfrom the HE. She agreed supporting senior housing, and comments being incorporated\nand collaborated.\nMr. Thomas asked for all comments in writing in time for the April 28th PB meeting. That\nis how we can better collaborate and incorporate all comments.\nBoard member Tang commented the new generation and driving not being a priority for\nthem. He agrees if there is more transit options, more people will not use their car. This\nwill be a good way to attract teachers, first responders, etc. He asked if there was a way\nto make contracts with other agencies, perhaps building housing above work places to\nbetter check in with elderly parents or children.\nMs. Farimah Faiz, Deputy City Attorney, stated there are opportunities for joint use\nagreements with other agencies.\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni thanked staff and the reminder this document is about\npolicies and programs. She requested seeing Universal Design being incorporated into\nthe HE. She asked for feedback from other agencies, and would not support a RSO.\nPresident Burton thanked his Board and staff for the hard work, along with the public on\nvaluable comments. He has concerns about the table and the deletion of programs. He\nasked about solar power, and AMP has incentives, but the amount of wattage for the\ncurrent set-up will go away soon. There is a proposedt feed-in type of set-up that could\nkill any new solar installations on the island. This should be a community wide discussion.\nThere is a list of AMP programs for existing homes that should be clarified in the\ndocument. He agreed to look at the RSO and the aging in place type housing, and\nperhaps study the issues. He is also concern with the links to other major documents,\nlinks with development and transit, and links with the community and the economy. He is\nconcerned with why Alameda Point (AP) isn't included in the HE.\nMr. Thomas reported the available sites cannot be moved. There are sites on all transit\ncorridors. The HE list is to show the state what is available for development, and there may\nbe a way to provide a supplement list. He said there has been major progress for AP, but\nthere needs to be a GP first. The city doesn't have all of AP yet, and a big chunk of the\ntown center is part of that.\nThese are the same sites we sent to the state in 2012 that\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 6 of 7\nMarch 10, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-03-10", "page": 7, "text": "were approved.\n7.C. Alameda Landing Residential Homes - Colors and Street Names. The\nPlanning Board will hold a public hearing to consider the color and material boards for the\nresidential units and the proposed street names for the residential portion of the property at\nthe Alameda Landing Project, generally located between Stargell Avenue, 5th Street, and\nMitchell Avenue. A final environmental impact report was certified for this project in 2007.\nStaff requested this item be continued to April 12, 2014\n8. MINUTES: None\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS:\n9.A. Future Agendas - Mr. Thomas reported on upcoming agenda items.\n9.B. Staff Communications - Zoning Administrator and Design Review Recent\nActions and Decisions - Mr. Thomas reported there were four approvals since the last\nmeeting.\nBoard member Knox White asked about the timeline for Del Monte.\nMr. Thomas stated he will look at the timeline closer.\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: None\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS:\n11.A. Report from Alameda Point Town Center Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee - None\nBoard member Zuppan asked for comments on the Golf Course project. Perhaps that\ncan come back to the PB.\nBoard member Knox White stated it was a temporary structure. He asked about permits\nbeing pulled.\nMr. Thomas stated there was a scoping session for an EIR for two different sites. The two\nseparate application were packaged together. There has been a constant influx of emails,\nand a letter was sent for a special meeting on the rezoning. There was a letter from the\napplicant to withdraw the rezoning on Packet Landing. The only proposal now is a new\nclub in the business park. There is no date set for the design review. The original EIR\nhas been used for all the development for HBI.\n12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: None\n13. ADJOURNMENT: President Burton adjourned the meeting at 10:25 p.m.\nApproved Regular Meeting Minutes\nPage 7 of 7\nMarch 10, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-03-10.pdf"}