{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-09-22", "page": 1, "text": "DRAFT MEETING MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014\n1 CONVENE\n7:03 p.m.\n2 FLAG SALUTE\nBoard Member Knox White led the flag salute.\n3 ROLL CALL\nPresent: President Burton, Vice President Henneberry (arrived\nat 7:30 p.m.) Board Members Alvarez-Morroni, Knox White,\nand K\u00f6ster\nAbsent: Board Members Tang and Zuppan\n4 AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION\nMr. Andrew Thomas, City Planner, requested that Item 9, Staff Communications, be\nmoved to the beginning of the agenda after the Consent Calendar.\n5 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nMs. Laura Ramirez-Gonzalez, from Harbor Bay Neighbors, expressed her opposition to\nthe proposal to build a new Harbor Bay Club in the businesses park. She said she fears\nincreased traffic on Island Drive.\n6 CONSENT CALENDAR\n6-A\nAlameda Landing Residential Street Names\nMr. Thomas reported that the developer of the Alameda Landing residential, Tri Pointe\nHomes, has requested the inclusion of two street names for their project. The names they\nare requesting are Manning Lane and Bohol Circle Lane. Originally the name was\nreported as Bohol Lane and it should be Bohol Circle Lane to pay tribute to the Bohol\nCircle of the Philippines. Item was pulled from consent calendar.\nThe board opened public comment.\nMs. Crystal Faith Cajilog, secretary of Bohol Circle Inc., spoke in favor of the street name\nrequests.\nBob Balandra, vice president of Bohol Circle, gave a brief history of the Bohol Circle and\nthanked the Planning Board and developer for using the name for a street.\nThe board closed public comment.\nBoard member Knox White motion to approve the street names.\nRegular Meeting Minutes\nPage 1 of 7\nSeptember 22, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-09-22.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-09-22", "page": 2, "text": "President Burton thanked Board Member Knox White for instigating the expanded list of\nnames for consideration.\nBoard member Alvarez-Morroni seconded the motion. The motion carried, 4-0.\n7 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\nMs. Debbie Potter, Community Development Director, reported on current and upcoming\nevents in the City of Alameda. She reported that the 2014 Housing Element has been\ncertified by the State of California. The City Council has voted that instead of having a City\nsponsored task force it would be citizen-run. She also reported that there will be a Job\nFair in conjunction with the College of Alameda on October 15, 2014 to help fill jobs at new\nAlameda Landing businesses. She also previewed the new Restaurant Guide compiled\nby the Economic Development Department and mentioned that there will be an open\nhouse on September 29, 2014 at the Library to meet the potential developers at Alameda\nPoint sites A & B.\n7-A Public Hearing to consider the Master Plan, Density Bonus application,\nDevelopment Plan, Design Review, Development Agreement, and Transportation\nDemand Management Program for the adaptive reuse and redevelopment of the\nDel Monte Warehouse located at 1501 Buena Vista Avenue and two vacant areas\nbetween the building and Sherman Street. The properties are zoned MX (Mixed\nUse) and MF (Multifamily Residential). A Subsequent Mitigated Negative\nDeclaration has been prepared for the project pursuant to California Environmental\nQuality Act.\nMr. Thomas gave a presentation on the project. He stated that there are five documents\nto be considered at this hearing: the Subsequent Mitigated Negative Declaration and draft\nMitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (SMMRP) environmental document, the\nMaster Plan for the project, the Development Agreement for the project, the Transportation\nPlan for the project, and the Development plan and Design Review for sub area \"A\". He\nstated that this is not the final hearing on the project and expects the project to be a five to\nten year development. Future decisions for the project will include the Sub Division Map,\nAffordable Housing Agreement, and the Design Review for sub areas \"B\" and \"C\".\nMr. Brian Kanapa, from Nelson Nygaard, informed the board of the TDM plan at the Del\nMonte, and offered to answer questions.\nMr. Mike O'Hara, applicant, thanked staff for putting the staff report and presentation\ntogether, and the community for their input. He invited Mr. William Duncanson, architect, to\nmake a presentation.\nMr. Duncanson gave a presentation.\nThe Board opened public comment.\nRegular Meeting Minutes\nPage 2 of 7\nSeptember 22, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-09-22.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-09-22", "page": 3, "text": "Vice President Henneberry motioned to limit speaker time to three minutes to\naccommodate all speakers. Board Member Alvarez-Morroni seconded. The motion carried\n5-0.\nMr. Domenick Weaver, Alameda Firefighter, gave a brief history of Alameda. He spoke in\nfavor of the Del Monte project, and said that it would help preserve the City's history.\nMr. Kevin Jordan, neighbor, said he was concerned about the increased development. He\nwas skeptical that adding more development would alleviate density issue.\nMs. Debra Arbuckle, neighbor, opposed the project and criticized the results found by the\nAdvisory Committee.\nMs. Alison Greene of Plan! Alameda, had comments and questions about the staff\nrecommendations. She praised staff and developers for their dialogue, even if there are\nsome major issues. She expressed concern about the traffic increase when residents\nmove in.\nMr. Nicklous Cabral, neighbor, was in favor of the project. He said the area has been\nblighted for a very long time, and that it is time to move forward with the project.\nMs. Ariane Paul, neighbor, says that the density of the project is too high. She said she is\nworried about the project's effects on City's infrastructure and asks the Planning Board to\ntable the project.\nMs. Astrid Keene, neighbor, noted that her street has seen an increase in traffic accidents.\nShe said she is concerned about the safety of the streets and the people who use them.\nShe asked the Board how they would mitigate traffic issues in the area.\nMr. Bill Smith, of Renewed Hope, had some concerns about the affordable housing in the\ndevelopment. He wanted the developer to be responsible for the affordable housing and\nagreed that too many parking slots would lead to increased driving in the development.\nMs. Karen Bey, neighbor, said she is excited for the project and asked that it be approved.\nMr. John Macy, neighbor, said he was concerned of the dynamics of the parking on the\nstreets. Almost every resident who can drive brings their car, and there are more vehicles\nthan stated in the report.\nMr. Lester Cabral, neighbor, said he provides two parking spaces per unit for his tenants.\nHe said he is concerned that there will not be adequate parking for the new residents.\nMs. Trish Spencer, School Board Member, said there was no money allocated for schools\nin the new development. She agreed with prior speakers that more housing would bring\nmore cars. She is very concerned that the cars would be parked off-site, and wanted to\nsee initiatives to increase bus use.\nRegular Meeting Minutes\nPage 3 of 7\nSeptember 22, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-09-22.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-09-22", "page": 4, "text": "Mr. Rion Cassidy, neighbor, said he wanted to know where the loading zones, employee\nparking and dumpsters would be located in the new development. He said he met with the\ndeveloper privately and said that low-income housing is in separate buildings instead of\nintegrated into the general project. He said he attended the Historical Advisory Board's\nmeeting and said that the head of the board, Dennis Owens, was the only one that made\nan objective assessment of the project.\nMr. Tom Mills, neighbor, said that the exit to Eagle Avenue would lead to more parking\nissues there. He said trucks had the right to enter the City.\nMs. Lucy Gigli, with BikeWalk Alameda, said her group is impressed with the project. She\nwas concerned of the lack of bicycle parking in the development.\nMs. Kari Thompson, from the City Chamber of Commerce, agreed with previous speakers.\nShe said the team has been very inclusive of the community's input. She said that\naffordable housing is very important for traffic flow.\nMs. Becca Homa, from AC Transit, said she was excited to increase bus service to the\narea.\nMr. Doug Linney, from the EBMUD Board, said that the City is in a drought, and that his\norganization has to supply water to it. He said the project is an environmentally-friendly\ndevelopment, and said it was consistent with the City's general plan.\nMs. Laura Thomas, of Renewed Hope Housing Advocates, said the Del Monte Project is a\ngreat project. She said there was a major lack of affordable housing.\nMs. Helen Sause, of the Alameda Home Team, urged approval and thanked the staff for\ntheir work on the development. She said she was confident that the development would\nrevitalize the Northern Waterfront. She expressed hope of a vibrant neighborhood and\nhoped that the issues concerning affordable housing would be resolved.\nMs. Janet Hammond, neighbor, had a question about revenue projections. She wanted to\nknow the definition of \"existing residents\" as described in the TDM.\nMs. Carol Gottsein, neighbor, said that anyone who wants to live in the development\nshould be able to. She said that the development would exceed the number of required\ndisabled parking spaces, but she wanted to see a diagram of the parking spaces. She also\nwanted to know if bicycle parking would also accommodate tricycle parking.\nMs. Lois Pryor, resident, agreed with Ms. Thomas and Mr. Smith. She said she was\nconcerned about the timing of the low-income units.\nMr. Jay Ingram, neighbor, opposed the speed of the development. He wants something\ndone with the project, but said that the project was still too dense. He compared it\nRegular Meeting Minutes\nPage 4 of 7\nSeptember 22, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-09-22.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-09-22", "page": 5, "text": "negatively to the development on Bay Street in Emeryville and said that parking was a\nmajor issue.\nThe Board closed public comment.\nPresident Burton thanked the community for their input. He said that there were a lot of\npieces in the development, and that all of them merited equal attention.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster asked why the traffic lights were added. He also wanted clarification\non the use of bus passes.\nMr. Thomas replied that the traffic study was done first, and that the traffic lights would\nimprove traffic flow. The project also pays school impact fees.\nVice President Henneberry asked Mr. Thomas about Clement Avenue's extension.\nMr. Thomas said that Clement Avenue would ultimately be fully extended in accordance to\nthe General Plan. He refuted claims that the plans violated the requirements of the\nDepartment of the Interior.\nBoard Member Alvarez-Morroni said she hears most about traffic flow. She said she\nunderstood that many drivers speed through the area, and that drivers need to change\ntheir habits. She had some questions about bus services in Alameda. She said that it is\nunfair for the developer to be involved in neighborhood issues.\nBoard Member Knox White said he has suggested amendments related to affordable\nhousing and other issues. He said he is not ready to approve the TDM. He also clarified\ndifferences between car share and firms like Lyft and \u00dcber. Transportation mitigation\nshould be available to all residents.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster said that the project is a very successful one for the City. He said he\nwas shocked about the height of the building, but was more comfortable about the\nsetbacks and said it would go well with future developments. He also liked how it would be\nLEED certified and the new funding for Jean Sweeney Park. He wanted to remove all\nunnecessary traffic signals.\nVice President Henneberry said his opinion of the project has not changed. The positives\nfar outweigh the negatives. It's time that the president moves forward.\nPresident Burton thanked everyone who came out this evening, and staff for their hard\nwork. He asked Mr. Thomas how the projects would come together with each other. He\nagreed with Board Member Knox White on the wording of the TDM and stated he is\nuncomfortable with simply selling off the parking spaces. Either people buy the spaces and\nthen sell them when they sell the unit, or they return the spaces back. He said that spaces\nneeded to be unbundled over the long term.\nRegular Meeting Minutes\nPage 5 of 7\nSeptember 22, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-09-22.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-09-22", "page": 6, "text": "Board Member Knox White motioned to approve that staff's mitigated negative declaration\nwith the staff's additional recommendations. Vice President Henneberry seconded the\nmotion. The motion carried, 5-0.\nBoard Member Knox White said that he was concerned that there was no requirement for\nfunding and tightening the rules of mitigation. He motioned that a requirement be included\nto address low income housing, Vice President Henneberry seconded. The motion carried,\n5-0.\nBoard Member Knox White motioned for the City Council approve the development\nagreement. Vice President Henneberry seconded. The motion carried, 5-0.\nBoard Member Knox White motioned to continue discussion of the TDM. Vice President\nHenneberry seconded. The motion carried, 5-0.\nBoard Member Knox White motioned to adopt the Del Monte design review plan. Vice\nPresident Henneberry seconded. The motion carried, 5-0.\n7-B Housing Cost and Rents Task Force\nItem discontinued due to the City Council decision to have the task force citizen run and\nnot City sponsored.\n7-C\nBoard Elections-Continued due to a lack of full board compliment.\n8 MINUTES\n8-A\nDraft Meeting Minutes - May 12, 2014\nVice President Hennebery motioned to approve the minutes with edits.\nBoard member Knox White seconded.\nMotioned carried 4-0 (Board Member Alvarez-Marroni abstained)\n8-B\nDraft Meeting Minutes - July 14, 2014-continued due to a lack of quorum.\nVice President Hennebery motioned to approve the minutes with edits.\nBoard member Knox White seconded.\nMotioned carried 4-0 (Board Member K\u00f6ster abstained\n9 STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n9-A Zoning Administrator and Design Review Recent Actions and Decisions- Mr.\nThomas stated the public counter has been very busy, and he provided a list of projects.\nHe also reported on upcoming agenda items.\n10 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: None\n11 BOARD COMMUNICATIONS:\nNone\nRegular Meeting Minutes\nPage 6 of 7\nSeptember 22, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-09-22.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2014-09-22", "page": 7, "text": "12 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Mr. Thomas said that the study of Del Monte would be\nready by the Board meeting on October 27th\n.\n13 ADJOURNMENT: President Burton adjourned the meeting at 10:43 P.M.\nRegular Meeting Minutes\nPage 7 of 7\nSeptember 22, 2014", "path": "PlanningBoard/2014-09-22.pdf"}