{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nMONDAY- - -OCTOBER 26, 2015- -3:30 P.M.\n(15- ) A Special Meeting was called to allow the Council to attend a visit to the\nEnvironmental Installation Restoration of Site 2 at Alameda Point.\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.\nRegular Meeting\nAlameda City Council\nOctober 26, 2015", "path": "CityCouncil/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 1, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nDecember 9, 2015\nItem 2-A\nCOMMISSION ON DISABILITY ISSUES\nMEETING MINUTES OF\nMonday, October 26, 2015 6:30 p.m.\n1. ROLL CALL\nThe meeting was called to order at 6:36 p.m.\nPresent: Acting Chair Kenny; Commissioners Wilkinson, Deutsch, Franco,\nLord-Hausman, Harp, Brillinger, Lewis\nAbsent: Commissioner Warren\nNOTE: DISCUSSION BELOW WAS ORDERED DIFFERENTLY THAN AGENDIZED DUE TO\nSCHEDULING NEEDS OF SPEAKER ANDREW THOMAS, CITY PLANNER\n4.\nNEW BUSINESS\n4-A.\nPresentation and Recommendation on Proposed City of Alameda Universal Design Ordinance\n(Andrew Thomas, City Planner)\nMr. Thomas presents handout, gives background. Released proposed ordinance language to Social\nService Human Relations Board (SSHRB) and Commission on Disability Issues (CDI) last month.\nProposed ordinance lays out requirements on all new major projects in Alameda. Concept is\nUniversal Design Unit is one that could be adapted to accommodate persons with disabilities.\nBedroom, Kitchen, Living Area, Bathroom on first floor, has elements that accommodate range of\nphysical disabilities.\nPercentage of new units that this would apply to is under discussion. What does the building code\nrequire now? Chapter 11-A of Uniform Building Code should be referenced, which is well known\nby City inspectors and planners. City adopts building code changes every year, and any changes\nto that chapter at the state level would be adopted each year.\nAdd these items to conditions of approval. Then it is on City to make sure building code is adhered\nto, rather than adopting new language that is only specific to Alameda.\nPercentage: 15% seems too low - what is the right number? What do we tie the percentage to? We\nwant to write something that is easily adaptable. Keep it simple. Unit should be accessible to enter,\n4 primary living spaces without stairs. Stairs could in unit, but the primary living spaces are\naccessible.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 2, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nOctober 26, 2015\nPage 2\nBuilding code already establishes these standards. Division 4 of Chapter 11-A. Wide enough for\naccessibility, wall will be reinforced for grab bars, although grab bars will not be present;\nmodifiable sink, modifiable faucets.\nNo final decision tonight. Would like to have input from Commission. Good news is that Planning\nBoard is asking the same questions as CDI, and would like to work with CDI to make\nrecommendations to Council.\nCommissioner Kenny thanks Mr. Thomas for working on this, and think so much about these\nissues.\nMr. Thomas addresses percentage question. Are there specific items that are necessary, items that\nshould be applied to all units. Perhaps the blocking/reinforcement in the wall, not sure what the\nitems should be\nEverything goes to the planning board, but they' re not checking to see if there is reinforcements in\nthe wall, but list of other things. But if there were some sort of rule, like that they had a \"25% of\nall units\", it should easy to see that 25% of the units presented to Board are accessible or adaptable.\nMarked with a U, for instance. Should be a quick look, identifiable to the design requirements.\nCreate a checklist for the plan checkers. Should heavily refer to Chapter 11-A\nQuestion: Commissioner Lewis - clarification on statement - this wasn't permanent? Could be\nmade to disabled unit?\nIt's permanent, but it doesn't have all of elements necessarily present, but adaptable for disabled\nunit without difficult alterations to unit.\nWho's going to know down the road that it is adaptable? Post first owner?\nClarification - Universal Design Unit, not disabled unit. First owner may not know, but if someone\nwould like to adapt the unit, the infrastructure will already be present. No stairs, wider accessible\nroutes, etc.\nCommissioner Lord-Hausman would like more messaging around such units. That the units exist\nin a development. Electrical, grab bars - sales office would know which ones are adaptable.\nMr. Thomas explains \"Mandatory to Offer\" means developer hasn't built the units yet, presents the\nmodels, what happens regularly is that units are customized for original owner and may not include\nUniversal Design elements. Second buyer should be able to make the changes\nSchedule a workgroup? Mr. Thomas leaves for Planning Board Meeting.\n(Quick break for Announcements before proceeding with agenda)\nActing Chair Kenny welcomes new Commissioners Arnold Brillinger and Anthony Lewis.\nCommissioner Brillinger introduces himself first, then Commissioner Lewis.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 3, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nOctober 26, 2015\nPage 3\nIntroduces Kerry Parker from the Public Works Department, new City Staff Liaison for the Commission\non Disability Issues.\n2.\nMINUTES\nThe July 27, 2015 minutes were approved with minor edits mentioned by Commissioners Lord-\nHausman and Deutsch.\n3.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS/NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT)\n3-A.\nMember of the public JoanAnn Radu-Sinaiko comments regarding becoming disabled in Alameda.\nBicycle Path on Shoreline: after project, there are four disabled spots off of Shoreline Drive, just\nnorth of the street. Did not want to have to cross the street. Even the bowling alley has 4 disabled\nparking spots up front.\nMember the public Carol Gottstein brought this issue up last year with Alameda Transportation\nCommission. Comments on City's traffic-calming projects: Shore Line Drive, Clement and Central\nAvenue. Concerns about enough and convenient parking for disabled people.\nActing Chair Kenny proposes Subcommittee to focus on support issues and street projects. Acting\nChair Kenny volunteers to head this up.\n3-B.\nMember of the public Carol Gottstein discusses trash services for those with disabilities. Alameda\nCounty Industries (ACI) has not emptied trash at her house consistently for ten months. City Staff\nParker says she will take this specific issue up with ACI.\n3-C.\nJoanAnn Radu-Sinaiko comments on the lack of resources for those with brain injuries, especially\nfor those who are not senior citizens.\nCommissioner Harp advises about Senior Center Without Walls, national program based in\nBerkeley, CA. that could be a resource.\n4.\nNEW BUSINESS\n4-A\n(Discussed above.)\n4-B.\nNomination and vote on Commission Chair, Vice-Chair\nChair Kenny proposes to postpone vote until 2016, since we do not have a full commission. All in\nfavor. Motion carries.\n4-C.\nDiscussion on wording on Niel Tam's plaque, and bench dedication\n\"Dedicated In Memory of Nielson Tam.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 4, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nOctober 26, 2015\nPage 4\nAdvocate and friend to people with disabilities.\n- Commission on Disability Issues\"\nDiscussion on language, bench location. Existing versus benches still needing to be placed.\n5.\nOLD BUSINESS\nNone.\n7.\nSTAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n7-A.\nIt was confirmed that this Commission will still have 9 seats, and there are currently 7 seated\nCommissioners and with two pending recommendations from the Mayor that will be voted for\napproval by the entire Council on Nov. 3rd.\n7-B.\nCommissioners Lord-Hausman and Harp are still seated Commissioners until replaced by\nCouncil-voted appointments.\n7-C.\nThe City Manager's offices would like the Commission to know the plug-in for the City's\nwebsite ADA improvements is currently being tested by the city's web developer for integration\ninto the city website. If all goes smoothly, it should go live by the end of October.\n7-D.\nIt was confirmed that this Commission will meet every other month. This will work out to be the\neven months in the year. February, April, June, August, October, December. Our next meeting\nwill be in December.\n7-E.\nMeeting in Conference Room 360 has posed some challenges regarding accessibility\nCity proposes to move meeting to Council Chambers\nmore accessible room\nmore comfortable chairs\nmicrophones\nmeeting can be televised or otherwise recorded\none large presentation screen, small screens will be right in front of each\nCommissioner\nlistening devices\nCouncil Chambers schedule:\n2nd Wednesdays - best option - Dec 9\nSet Special Meeting, vote on this option\nIf so approved by the Commission, cancel regularly scheduled December\n22 meeting.\nCity Staff Parker will set a special meeting for the proposed date in December, and the\nCommissioners can vote then to confirm the new meeting time. This also gives the\noption of choosing another date at that time.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 5, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nOctober 26, 2015\nPage 5\n7-F.\nFuture Agenda Items\nUniversal Design Ordinance, part 2\nParker has been told listening devices in Council Chambers are less than ideal for the\nhearing impaired, and a member of the public, Susan Jeffries, will discuss them at the\nCommission's next meeting (in Dec)\nARPD Accessibility Report\nChair/Vice Chair vote - move to next year when full commission is seated\nCommissioner Lewis would like announcements in Word format instead of Adobe Acrobat pdf\nformat. City Staff Parker says she will accommodate this.\n8.\nANNOUNCEMENTS\n8-A.\nCommissioner Lord-Hausman says there is a combination of agencies creating a visual message\nto portray inclusive community: \"Everyone Belongs Here\". Goal is to have all businesses,\nagencies, entities, can post posters in windows and in community locations. They are working on\nvisual display and logo.\n8-B.\nCommissioner Lord-Hausman mentions that Nielsen Tam's son Austin was a very big part of\n\"Making the Invisible, Visible\". They had an impressive and touching event last Saturday.\nDiscussed how those with autism do not feel safe. Discussed that event addressed this issue,\nraised money, want to create foundation.\n8-C.\nCommissioner Kenny would like everyone to know that Commissioner Lord-Hausman was\nrecognized as Service Volunteer of the Year - nominated by 3 different people - for over 10\nyears of service.\n8-D.\nCommissioner Kenny stated the wish to have the Commission conduct a retreat to discuss the\nbusiness of being a Commissioner in January. Please look at available weekends.\n8-E.\nCommissioner Harp mentioned that Housing Development Program Manager is conducting\nsurvey. Feels CDI would want to know and participate in this survey. Commissioner Harp will\nforward to City Staff Parker.\n8-F.\nCommissioner Lord-Hausman would like to loop back to the Universal Design Ordinance, and\nwould like to discuss further. Commission discusses setting up another workgroup. Discusses\ndetails of ordinance that should be addressed, types of buildings, developing a recommendation\nfor Mr. Thomas. Raising percentage of units per development. Referring to the building code\nChapter 11-A does seem to be ideal.\n8-G.\nCommissioner Kenny received the Proclamation that October is the Disability Awareness Month\n8-H.\nMember of the public JoanAnn Radu-Sinaiko asks if any of these documents from this meeting\nare available. City Staff Parker says she will attempt make any documents available to those who\nrequest them.", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 6, "text": "Commission on Disability Issues\nOctober 26, 2015\nPage 6\n9.\nADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m.\nRespectfully Submitted,\nKerry Parker\nCity Staff Liaison\nCommission on Disability Issues", "path": "CommissiononPersonswithDisabilities/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PensionBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 1, "text": "of\nSTERKA\nMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING\nOF THE\nPENSION BOARD OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA\nHELD 4:30 P.M., OCTOBER 26, 2015\nALAMEDA CITY HALL\n2263 SANTA CLARA AVENUE, ALAMEDA\nCONFERENCE ROOM 391\n1.\nThe meeting was called to order by Secretary Jill Kovacs at 4:33 p.m.\n2.\nROLL CALL:\nPresent: Trustees: William Soderlund, Bruce Edwards, Jill Kovacs and Trish\nHerrera Spencer (late, arrived 4:42 p.m.). Absent: Nancy Elzig\nStaff: Susan Gonzales, Interim Human Resources Director; Elena Adair,\nFinance Director; Geoffrey Buchheim, Financial Services Manager; Chris Low,\nSenior Human Resources Analyst; Sharlene Shikhmuradova, Administrative\nTechnician Human Resources; and Lelia Faapouli, Administrative Technician\nHuman Resources.\n3.\nMINUTES:\nThe minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 27, 2015 was moved for approval by\nMember Kovacs and seconded by Member Soderlund. Passed 3-0. Member\nEdwards abstained since he was not in attendance at the July 27, 2015 meeting.\n4.-\nAGENDA ITEMS:\n4-A. Pension Payroll and Financial Reports - Quarter Ending September 30,\n2015 and City of Alameda Police & Fire Pension Funds Financial Reports for the\nPeriod Ending September 30, 2015.\nFinance Director Adair noted to the Board that there were not many changes to\nthe numbers within the report since there are still the same number of retirees.\nShe further explained that the September report has slightly higher amounts\ncompared to June report due to uniform allowance payments.", "path": "PensionBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PensionBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 2, "text": "City of Alameda\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting of the\nPension Board - Monday, October 26, 2015\nPage 2\nMember Soderlund inquired about the Cash amount in the bank account balance\nsheet. He further explained that he remembers it usually being listed as $0.00.\nFinance Director Adair explained that the amount shown on the report is due to\nthe timeliness of the transfer of funds into the account. Member Kovacs showed\nMember Soderlund her copies of prior reports and said that historically, it has not\nbeen listed zero.\nMember Edwards asked Finance Director Adair about the minutes from the last\nmeeting. He asked her to clarify if the audit for this committee will be removed\nand that it will be incorporated into the annual report for the entire City. He further\nasked if the City Attorney's Office should be reviewing the Ordinances in order to\nfulfill the Pension Board's obligations.\nFinance Director Adair responded that is not the case. She explained that the\nCity wide audit already includes a review of the funds for the Pension Board.\nShe further explained that, in the past, the City did separate reports for these\nfunds. Upon review of the Ordinances (1079 and 1082), there was no required\nneed to provide separate reports because it is already incorporated into the\nCAFR financial statements that is provided to the entire City. She further\nexplained that the quarterly and annual reports will still come to the Board.\nMember Soderlund stated that the money is coming out of the General Fund.\nFinance Director Adair replied, yes, the money for pension payments comes from\nthe General Fund.\nMayor Herrera Spencer arrived late from another City event. Secretary Kovacs\ngave the Mayor an update on where the Board was on the Agenda, explaining\nthat since her presence was required to approve the July 25, 2015 Minutes, the\nBoard had deferred action on item 3 until her arrival, and that the Board had\ndiscussed item 4, Pension Payroll and Financial Reports.\nMember Soderlund moved that the Board accept the reports for approval.\nMember Edwards seconded. Passed 4-0.\nFinance Director Adair introduced Geoffrey Buchheim, the City's new Financial\nServices Manager, who may be substituting for her in her absence at future\nmeetings.\nSecretary Kovacs announced that both she and Administrative Technician\nFaapouli will be retiring before the next Pension Board meeting in January. She\nalso announced that Administrative Services Director Stephanie Garrabrant-\nSierra was no longer with the City, that she was now Assistant City Manager for\nthe City of Tracy. Secretary Kovacs stated that the Director position will be filled\nas a Human Resources Director and that recruitments were in progress for that\nposition and other upcoming Human Resources vacancies. She introduced", "path": "PensionBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PensionBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 3, "text": "City of Alameda\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting of the\nPension Board - Monday, October 26, 2015\nPage 3\nInterim Human Resources Director Susan Gonzales, Senior Human Resources\nAnalyst Chris Low, and Administrative Technician Sharlene Shikhmuradova.\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT):\nThe next Board meeting will be on January 25, 2016. The meeting calendar for\n2016 will be sent out by staff.\n6.\nPENSION BOARD COMMUNICATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARD):\nMayor Herrera Spencer noted that she will be available for future meetings.\n7.\nADJOURNMENT:\nThere being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was\nadjourned at 4:45 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nnon\nJill Kovacs\nSecretary to the Pension Board", "path": "PensionBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015\n1. CONVENE\nPresident Knox White called meeting to order at 7:11pm.\n2. FLAG SALUTE\nBoard Member Mitchell led the flag salute.\n3. ROLL CALL\nPresent: President Knox White, Board Members Burton, Henneberry, K\u00f6ster, Mitchell,\nSullivan. Board Member Zuppan arrived at 7:43pm, after item 7-A.\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION\nPresident Knox White moved Board Communications, for one item, in front of item 7.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nMike O'Hara from Tim Lewis Communities gave an update on the Encinal Terminals\nsite. He said they had a site tour and an additional public meeting to introduce the public\nprocess for the property.\n6. CONSENT CALENDAR\n*None*\n***\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS\n***\nPresident Knox White introduced a resolution of the Planning Board recognizing\noutgoing Board Member Dania Alvarez for her service.\n7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n7-A 2015-2191\nPLN14-0701 - 2100 Clement Avenue - Applicant: City Ventures. Public\nHearing to consider Design Review application for 52 Units on a 2.78\nAcre Parcel Located at 2100 Clement Avenue and a Street Tree\nReplacement Plan. The proposal is categorically exempt from further\nreview under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA\nGuidelines Section 15332 Infill Development Projects.\nAndrew Thomas, Assistant Community Development Director, introduced the item. The\nstaff report and attachments can be found at:\nPage 1 of 8\nApproved Minutes\nOctober 12, 2015\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 2, "text": "https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2485514&GUID=37A42B2F\n357B-450F-A07F-96606C21062C&FullText=1\nAndrew Warner, of City Ventures, reviewed the changes to the plans made in\nconsultation with the neighbors and Alameda Architectural Preservation Society since\nthe staff report came out.\nBoard Member Sullivan asked about the landscape plan and gas grill source.\nMr. Warner clarified the tree choices in the landscape plan and that the grills would use\npropane canisters.\nBoard Member Mitchell asked about the \"pass through\" on the AUSD property.\nMr. Thomas gave an update on the discussions with the school district. He said that it\nwould need to be agreed to by the time the plan check process was finished.\nPresident Knox White opened the public hearing.\nSteve Aced, from AAPS, spoke about the changes proposed at their request and said he\nwanted to make sure the final changes get reviewed.\nDorothy Freeman said she supported Christopher Buckley's suggestion for the Clement\nstreet trees. She said as long as the recent changes outlined in the letters are\nincorporated, she is in support of the project.\nGinni Dofflemyer is also ready to support the project as long as the last items can be\nreviewed before the permits go forward.\nPresident Knox White closed the public hearing.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster moved approval of the final revised draft resolution. Board\nMember Henneberry seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.\n7-B 2015-2192\nPLN15-0030 - 615 Haight Avenue - Applicant: Stefan Menzi on behalf of\nJoseph and Melanie Snell. An appeal of Design Review approval to allow\nraising an existing one-story residence a total of three (3) feet to convert\nthe existing crawl space into a new habitable bottom floor. The resultant\noverall height of the structure will be twenty-one (21) feet tall, where the\nmaximum height limit in the R-4 zoning district is 35 feet. The project is\nPage 2 of 8\nApproved Minutes\nOctober 12, 2015\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 3, "text": "located within an R-4 (Neighborhood Residential) zoning district. This\nproject is categorically exempt from further environmental review\npursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines,\nSection 15301 (e) - Existing Facilities - additions to existing structures\nprovided that the addition will not result in an increase of more than\n10,000 square feet. THE APPLICANT REQUESTS A CONTINUANCE\nUNTIL THE NOVEMBER 23, 2015 PLANNING BOARD MEETING.\n7-C 2015-2205\nPLN15-0198 - 1926 Park Street - Applicant: Bridgett Shank on behalf of\nPark Esquire, LLC. The applicant requests approval of Design Review\nand a Use Permit to construct an approximately 4,200-square-foot, five-\nbuilding mixed use complex using repurposed shipping containers. Four\n(4) buildings will be single tenant office buildings, and one (1) building will\nbe retail/caf\u00e9 on the ground floor and a residential unit on the second floor\nand third floor. A Use Permit is required for ground floor office space and\noutdoor seating in the NP-G (North Park Street, Gateway) zoning district.\nThis project is categorically exempt from further environmental review\npursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines,\nSection 15332 - Infill Development Projects.\nDavid Sablan, Planner I, introduced the item. The staff report and attachments can be\nfound at:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2485518&GUID=92FOBD6B-\n4DB6-458A-A449-DAF459B3A552&FullText=1\nBoard Member Burton asked about the stormwater runoff considerations.\nStaff Member Sablan said that Public Works looked at the plan and found it to be\ncompliant.\nStaff Member Tai said that the small size of the lot does not require specific percentage\nrequirements for pervious surface and that the landscaping in the plans would be an\nimprovement over the current 100% impervious surface.\nBoard Member Mitchell asked about existing street lighting that may affect the design.\nStaff Member Sablan said that the plan was reviewed to make sure there was enough\nclearance.\nPage 3 of 8\nApproved Minutes\nOctober 12, 2015\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 4, "text": "Board Member Burton asked about the process for getting permission for sidewalk\nencroachment.\nStaff Member Thomas said they created a condition to continue working on that element\nin order to try and eliminate the elevation change and then get an encroachment permit\nfor sidewalk seating.\nBridgett Shank, project architect, gave a presentation.\nBoard Member Zuppan asked about the off-site parking arrangement and what would\nhappen if the parking agreement was not renewed.\nMs. Shank outlined the details for the nine off site spaces available for the site.\nBoard Member Mitchell asked about sidewalk widths.\nThe architect explained that the Park St. sidewalk is twelve feet wide, but there is\ncurrently asphalt encroaching into the sidewalk. She said Blanding has a six foot\nsidewalk.\nPresident Knox White opened the public hearing.\nRobb Ratto, Downtown Alameda Business Association, said the design is cutting edge\nand a great gateway project.\nRed Wetherill, a neighbor and architect, said professionals should review the details of\nthe plan instead of Planning Board members and staff.\nJanet Koike said she supports the project. She said projects like this win over naysayers\nover time.\nRich Krinks said he supports the project. He said it is innovative and a difficult site.\nDoug deHaan said there were several studies about the Park St. gateway and this\ndesign is not compatible with those findings.\nReyla Graber said she agreed with Mr. deHaan. She said the design would be\nappropriate for Alameda Point but not for the Park St. gateway. She said it is not inviting\nor attractive.\nPage 4 of 8\nApproved Minutes\nOctober 12, 2015\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 5, "text": "Janet Gibson said the design is not appropriate for the gateway. She said a park or\nbocce ball court would be more appropriate than this design.\nJohanna Dehlinger said she fully supports the project and that the architecture will be an\nattraction instead of everything looking the same.\nDania Alvarez spoke in support of the project.\nCarol Gottstein asked about disability access. She said she worried the green building\nwould blow off in a storm or fall in an earthquake.\nJoe Cloren asked how the runoff would work with flat roofs. He said he does not like the\nboxy design.\nPresident Knox White closed the public hearing.\nBoard Member Henneberry said he will be supporting the project.\nBoard Member Mitchell said he does not want to see an empty lot or used car lot for\nanother ten years. He said he was concerned about customer parking.\nBoard Member Burton said it was a good use for a difficult site.\nBoard Member Sullivan said she thinks we could have done better for a gateway project.\nBoard Member Zuppan said she is not enamored with the design, but she also does not\nwant to have an empty lot stay there. She said she wanted to make sure the off site\nparking be in place in perpetuity if it is approved.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster said he is intrigued by the project. He said the cantilevered design\nis growing on him. He said he is comfortable with the new design.\nPresident Knox White said the project creates a nice design transition between Park st.\nand the industrial uses down Blanding.\nBoard Member Burton said the small office spaces would fill a much needed gap in\nspaces available on Park st. He proposed a condition that requires mechanical\nequipment not be visible from the street, or screened if not possible.\nBoard Member Henneberry moved approval of the item with: condition suggested by\nBoard Member Burton that mechanical equipment on the roof not be visible from the\nPage 5 of 8\nApproved Minutes\nOctober 12, 2015\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 6, "text": "street or screened if not possible; bringing back the materials and colors board for final\napproval before issuance of building permits, as suggested by Board Member K\u00f6ster;\nand widening the seating area and obtaining the sidewalk encroachment permit. Board\nMember Mitchell seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-1 (Sullivan).\n7-D 2015-2206\nFinal Review of colors, materials, and pediment design for a 31-Unit\nAffordable Housing Development. Applicant: TL Partners I, LP and City of\nAlameda Housing Authority (PLN15-0185). A final review of colors,\nmaterials, and pediment design for a 31-unit affordable, multiple-family\nbuilding on an approximately .81-acre site within the MX Zoning District\nlocated on the northeast corner of Buena Vista Avenue and Sherman\nStreet within the Del Monte Master Plan planning area.\nAndrew Thomas introduced the item. The staff report and attachments can be found at:\ntps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2485519&GUID=057EDFFC-\n04D9-47B2-8553-D184308CAE8D&FullText=1\nSteve, from BAR architects, gave a presentation and answered some materials\nquestions from the board.\nThere were no public speakers.\nBoard Member Burton said he is strongly opposed to adding the pediments on this\nbuilding. He said he liked the rich colors in the design.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster said he also is against adding the pediments. He said he liked the\ncolors.\nBoard Member Zuppan said she liked the pediments.\nBoard Member Henneberry said the pediments do not look good and prefers not to have\nthem.\nBoard Member Mitchell said he liked the colors, but not the metal mesh panels. He said\nhe liked the straight line design without the pediments.\nBoard Member Sullivan said she liked the idea of some sort of pediment, but these\npediments do not look good.\nPresident Knox White said he also preferred the design without the pediments.\nPage 6 of 8\nApproved Minutes\nOctober 12, 2015\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 7, "text": "Board Member Mitchell moved approval of the design without the pediments. Board\nMember Henneberry seconded the motion. The motion passed 7-0.\n7-E 2015-2207\nPlanning Board Rules and Procedures. Approve revisions to the Planning\nBoard Rules and Procedures to improve the public hearing process.\nAndrew Thomas gave the staff report. The staff report and attachments can be found at:\nittps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2485520&GUID=35BD46C9-\n2F5C-45DB-9A3F-B29A7FCFE8B7&FullText=1\nPresident Knox White said he is interested in establishing consistency with other City\nBoards and Commissions. He said he wanted to give guidelines to staff and applicants\non length of presentations in order to prevent extended meetings which he said is not in\nkeeping with public participation and the Sunshine Ordinance.\nBoard Member Zuppan pointed out several areas for emphasis, clarification, or\ncorrection.\nThere were no public speakers.\nBoard Member Zuppan said she is supportive of the three minute limit for speakers. She\nsaid the ten minute limit for staff presentations should be aspirational, but be able to go\nbeyond for large, important projects.\nBoard Member Mitchell said he is in favor of the change to three minutes per speaker.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster said there was confusion about how the dialogue works for items\nlabeled public workshops.\nPresident Knox White explained that going forward items would be specified as\n\"Planning Board Workshops\" and that traditional public workshops are not held in\nCouncil Chambers during a Planning Board meeting.\nBoard Member Burton said he was comfortable with the ten minute presentation limit.\nBoard Member Henneberry said he supports the three minute limit for public comment\nand making the presentation limit of ten minutes aspirational.\nNo action was taken.\nPage 7 of 8\nApproved Minutes\nOctober 12, 2015\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2015-10-26", "page": 8, "text": "8. MINUTES\n*None*\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\nAndrew Thomas discussed the proposed date of December 7th for the Planning Board\nholiday dinner.\n9-A 2015-2193\nZoning Administrator and Design Review Recent Actions and Decisions\nNo items were pulled for review.\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\nPresident Knox White referenced the letter from the neighbors of the proposed school\nfor 500 Taylor. Board Member Zuppan asked to clarify what, if any, activities would be\nallowed in the evenings and on weekends.\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS\n11-A 2015-2184\nReport from the Boatworks - Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee\nPresident Knox White said the committee did not meet. He said Board Member Mitchell\nwould be joining the sub-committee for the next meeting.\n11-B 2015-2185\nReport from the Alameda Point Site A - Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster gave a report on the meeting.\nPresident Knox White acknowledged the pink t-shirts the board purchased and was\nwearing in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and fellow board members.\n12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n13. ADJOURNMENT\nPresident Knox White adjourned the meeting at 10:05pm.\nPage 8 of 8\nApproved Minutes\nOctober 12, 2015\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2015-10-26.pdf"}