{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2016-01-07", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA HISTORICAL ADVISORY BOARD\nTHURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2016\n1. CONVENE\nChair Owens called meeting to order at 7:00pm.\n2. ROLL CALL\nPresent: Chair Owens, Vice-Chair Rauk, Board Members Chan, Piziali and Vella\n3. MINUTES\n3-A 2016-2447\nDraft Meeting Minutes - September 3, 2015\nChair Owens said that he reviewed the minutes and that they looked like a good set of\nminutes.\nBoard Member Piziali made a motion to approve the minutes. Board Member Vella\nseconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0.\n3-B 2016-2448\nDraft Meeting Minutes - November 5, 2015\nChair Owens said the meeting consisted largely of a presentation and the minutes\nseemed adequate.\nVice-Chair Rauk made a motion to approve the minutes. Board Member Piziali\nseconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0.\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION\n*None*\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATION\n*None*\n6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\n6-A 2016-2452\nCertified Local Government Program -- 2014-2015 Annual Report\nAlan Tai, Planning Services Coordinator, presented the report to the board. The item can\nbe found at:\nps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2540983&GUID=A076DE1D-\nD275-4845-8A8E-940B0795233D\nHistorical Advisory Board\nPage 1 of 5\nApproved Minutes\nJanuary 7, 2016", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2016-01-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2016-01-07", "page": 2, "text": "Chair Owens asked if the report had been submitted to the state.\nStaff Member Tai indicated that it had not and the deadline was in the next week.\nChair Owens asked if there were any planned educational activities for Board Members\nin the coming year.\nStaff Member Tai said there would be a conference upcoming in San Francisco and that\nmore information would be coming soon.\n7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n7-A 2016-2449\nHistorical Advisory Board Workshop on Alameda Point Site A Design\nReview for Block Eleven Architectural Design and adjacent Waterfront\nStreet Design and Waterfront Park\nAndrew Thomas, Assistant Community Development Director, introduced the item\nbefore the project applicant gave a presentation. The item can be found at:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2540981&GUID=5D89E0E8\n7BFD-43DC-ABOE-5EE441660524\nChair Owens asked what would happen with the existing paving materials from the\ntaxiway.\nApril Phillips, project architect for the Waterfront Park, explained their approach to\nhandling the demolished paving materials through recycling and reuse attempts while\nmeeting their sea level rise mitigation requirements.\nVice-Chair Rauk asked where the ADA access would be in the park plans.\nMs. Phillips explained where the gently sloped ramps down to the waterfront would be.\nChair Owens asked about the anticipated sizes of the mature trees.\nMs. Phillips explained that they are developing their landscape choices and that Mexican\nFan Palms and Ginkgoes are under consideration.\nChair Owens asked how the drainage would function with the sea level rise protection\nimprovements.\nMs. Phillips showed on the images where different flows would go.\nChair Owens asked what options there were if sea level rise were more than 24 inches.\nHistorical Advisory Board\nPage 2 of 5\nApproved Minutes\nJanuary 7, 2016", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2016-01-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2016-01-07", "page": 3, "text": "Joe Ernst, project applicant, explained that the berm would be engineered to be able to\nbe built up higher if that became necessary.\nChair Owens asked if the city was working on addressing sea level rise throughout the\nisland which would be necessary for this area's defenses to be functional.\nStaff Member Thomas highlighted the importance of the issue for the city and different\nelements of various planning efforts that are attempting to address the issue in a\npiecemeal fashion.\nBoard Member Vella asked if the city has been working with the Port of Oakland on\nprotecting shared areas along the estuary.\nStaff Member Thomas explained the discussions with the Port on how they can work\ntogether to access funds to help address the issue.\nChair Owens asked what would be done with the large amount of concrete removed\nfrom the taxiway.\nMs. Phillips explained their desire to reuse as much as possible on the site with creative\nelements. She said it will be part of their waste management plan.\nBoard Member Vella asked how the sewage line removal and upgrades would affect\nstorm water drainage for the rest of the point.\nMr. Ernst explained the upgrades in size and the flap gates that would be added to try\nand address problems that have been happening.\nSteve Israel, BAR Architects, gave the Block 11 portion of the presentation.\nVice-Chair Rauk asked how drivers would know which side of the road to drive on.\nMr. Ernst explained the feedback that Planning Board has given to make sure the space\nindicates that it is shared by all users and not to favor drivers with too many visual cues.\nChair Owens asked if the city would be the owner of the road.\nStaff Member Thomas explained that it would be a city owned street and that many\npeople are looking at it to make sure they get it right. He said it would be unlike anything\nelse in the city.\nHistorical Advisory Board\nPage 3 of 5\nApproved Minutes\nJanuary 7, 2016", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2016-01-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2016-01-07", "page": 4, "text": "Vice-Chair Rauk brought up the idea of a courtesy dock for larger sailboats that would\nlike to visit the area.\nBoard Member Piziali asked if there would be any parking in the shared plaza.\nMr. Israel explained that there would be parallel parking in that zone.\nBoard Member Vella asked where the elevated roadway platform would end.\nMr. Israel explained that decision is still being worked out. Board Member Vella\ncompared the space and traffic calming effects favorably to Santana Row in San Jose.\nShe said she was concerned about creating a large, empty wind tunnel, however.\nBoard Member Vella asked about the tree choices around the building.\nThe landscape architect explained that they are still working with the horticulturalist to\nsee what would work best with the soil and wind conditions.\nChair Owens asked about the height being above 65 feet.\nMr. Israel explained the development agreement exception that allows them to go over\nfor \"exceptional architecture.\" He said the high retail spaces pushed the building higher.\nBoard Member Vella said she has no problem with the height exception in this location,\nbut that it should be the exception and not the norm.\nChair Owens asked how the loading function would work.\nMr. Israel showed on the plans where the loading activity would take place.\nChair Owens asked why there is only one elevator on the east lobby which appears to\nserve more units.\nMr. Israel said it was debated and that much of the activity will be focused on the west\nside of the building and the client wanted the emphasis to be on the west side.\nChair Owens opened the public hearing.\nSteve Aced asked about the material used on the surface of the west facing rounded\nend of the building.\nHistorical Advisory Board\nPage 4 of 5\nApproved Minutes\nJanuary 7, 2016", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2016-01-07.pdf"}
{"body": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard", "date": "2016-01-07", "page": 5, "text": "Mr. Israel explained that it was going to be as glassy and transparent as possible while\nmaking sure they meet their efficiency and LEED Gold standards.\nChair Owens closed the public hearing.\n7-B 2016-2450\nHistorical Advisory Board Meeting Schedule 2016\nAlan Tai introduced the item. He noted that the City Council was planning to take their\nslot for the February 4th meeting, and that they currently have no items for that date and\nit would be cancelled.\nVice-Chair Rauk made a motion to accept the meeting schedule for 2016. Board\nMember Vella seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0.\n7-C 2016-2451\nBoard Elections\nVice-Chair Rauk made a motion to keep Chair Owens as chair. Board Member Piziali\noffered to amend the motion to also keep Vice-Chair Rauk in the position of vice-chair.\nThe amendment was accepted. The motion passed 5-0.\n8. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\nStaff Member Tai said the California Preservation Foundation conference would be held\nat the Presidio in San Francisco this year and they would be working to send board\nmembers. The conference will be from April 16-20.\nStaff Member Tai said they would also be looking to do more presentations for board\ntraining and public education at their meetings.\n10. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n11. ADJOURNMENT\nBoard Member Vella made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Vice-Chair Rauk seconded\nthe motion. The motion passed 5-0.\nHistorical Advisory Board\nPage 5 of 5\nApproved Minutes\nJanuary 7, , 2016", "path": "HistoricalAdvisoryBoard/2016-01-07.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2016-01-07", "page": 1, "text": "Social Service Human Relations Board\nMinutes of the Special Meeting of the Social Service Human Relations Board, January 7,\n2016\n1.\nCALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL\nPresident Biggs called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Present were Vice-President Williams,\nand members Hyman, Radding, Blake and Sorensen. Absent was member Davenport,\n2.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES - NONE\n3.\nAGENDA ITEMS\n3. - A COMMENTS REGARDING THE NEEDS STATEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY\nDEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PUBLIC SERVICES NON-HOUSING\nCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016-17\nClaudia Young, Housing and Community Development Manager, Alameda Housing Authority\n(AHA), began her presentation by explaining that tonight the Board would hear public\ncomment, review and assess community needs for the annual FY 16-17 Action Plan process,\nand develop a needs statement for presentation at the City Council meeting, scheduled for\nFebruary 2, 2016. She shared that AHA / CDBG staff had conducted a Community Needs\nSurvey in 2015, which received 62 responses, 56 from residents, three from non-profits, and\nthree from businesses. Outreach was conducted through a press release to the media, posting\nthe survey on the AHA and City website, outreach to non-profits, and making the survey\navailable in the community. The majority of the responses were from seniors, who had taken\nthe survey at Mastick Senior Center.\nThe five highest priority needs identified by the survey\n(Attachment A) were:\n1. Increase the availability of affordable rental housing for extremely low-income (30% AMI),\nvery low-income (50% AMI), and low-income (80% AMI) households.\n2. Deliver flexible services to the homeless, to support stability and independence.\n3. Ensure that people with disabilities, seniors, single parents, and culturally and linguistically\nisolated populations have awareness of and access to services.\n4. Increase the capacity of local economic development agencies and other community-based\ninitiatives.\n5. Improve health and safety and reduce blight by removing hazardous structures.\nMs. Young requested that the Board undertake a survey, similar to the one it conducted in 2010-11,\n(published in 2012), that would provide data in time for the development of the next 5-Year Plan.\nThe Board's 2012 Community Needs Survey received 1,913 responses, was published in English,\nSpanish, and Chinese, and was conducted both on-line and with hard-copy versions being\navailable throughout the community.\nPresident Biggs shared that the Board had conducted a Quality of Life Survey last year (at the\nEarth Day, Park Street, and Webster Jam events) and that data from that survey would be available\nin a few months.\n1", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2016-01-07.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2016-01-07", "page": 2, "text": "Mayor Spencer, and representatives from non-profits attending the meeting, commented that data\nfrom the 2012 survey was helpful when applying for grants. Presentations of the data gathered from\nthe survey were also made to the Commission on Disability Issues, and community groups.\nMs. Young went on to explain the CDBG process and FY 2016-17 timeline, and added that the\nPublic Services funds available for distribution will be about the same as last year's amount, which\nwas $152,646. Last year's funding was limited to support of non-profits providing safety-net\nservices.\nPublic Comment:\nCindy Houts, Executive Director, Alameda Food Bank (AFB) reported that the 5, 100 Individuals the\nAFB serves are from 2,100 Alameda households, and make up 7% of Alameda's population.\nFamilies / individuals can access the AFB 6 times a month and, depending on the size of their\nfamily, can save between $300 and $550 a month. AFB has seen an increase in seniors and\nmiddle-class households accessing their programs, and expects some of the increase is due to\nrising rents. AFB data shows that 37% of its clients are under 18, 10% are seniors, and 40% have\nsomeone in their household with a disability. Donations from local grocery stores are a big help,\nand the CDBG funds they receive are primarily used to purchase fresh produce.\nIn response to questions, Ms. Houts shared that participants are required to be residents of\nAlameda, and that, while based on income, their guidelines are flexible, and few are turned away.\nAround 95% of AFB participants are low- or moderate-income.\nErin Scott, Executive Director, Family Violence Law Center (FVLC), stated that while FVLC serves\nthe entire county and receives County funding, FVLC IS are able to have a stronger presence in\nthe City of Alameda thanks to CDBG funding. FVLC is written into the protocol of the Alameda\nPolice Department, and responds to each reported incident. CDBG funds FVLC legal\nservices in the City of Alameda, and along with Legal Aid, they are the only two agencies providing\nthese services in the County. FVLC's specialty is restraining orders, which cover a broad scope,\nincluding housing, property, pets, and custody and visitation. FVLC staffs a 24-hour crisis line, and\nas funds are available, provides short-term hotel stays. Ms. Scott shared that FVLC provides legal\nservices to around twenty-five Alamedans annually, but provide other services to an additional\n200+. She shared that they never turn anyone away, but, because of volume, are not always able\nto represent clients at court hearings, as much as they would like to. FVLC receives Federal, State,\nCounty, and CalWorks funds, in addition to funding from San Leandro, Hayward, Oakland, and one\nfoundation.\nLiz Varela, Executive Director, Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC), said Midway, a\n25-bed shelter for women and children, has been providing services in the City of Alameda thanks\nto the support of volunteers, local fundraising, and CDBG funding from the City of Alameda.\nVolunteers bring dinner to Midway's residents 365 days a year, saving them thousands of dollars\neach year. Midway has won awards for placing a higher percentage of their residents in permanent\nhousing than any other shelter in the County.\n2", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2016-01-07.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2016-01-07", "page": 3, "text": "In response to questions, Ms. Varela stated that Midway serves 125 to 150 residents each year,\nand, because it is increasingly difficult to identify permanent, affordable housing, resident's shelter\nstays are longer than in past years. Some families are staying more than six months, and this\nmakes less space available for those seeking shelter. If a family stays in the shelter, leaves, and\nwants to return at a later date, they must wait the length of their original stay, before returning.\nBFWC staffs a 24-hour shelter line, and now holds available beds for residents of Alameda waiting\nfor shelter space.\nMidway has been housed in trailers, provided by the Alameda Homeless Network, for more than 20\nyears. Ms. Varela shared that it is time to start planning for a new shelter, most likely at a new site.\nShe is in conversation with AHA staff regarding identifying land on which to build a new shelter,\npossibly having the shelter on the first floor, and housing on the upper floor(s). Hopefully, the new\nshelter would be able to accommodate intact families, including couples, and those with boys over\n13. Even if building a new shelter is possible, this undertaking could be a 5-year process.\nThe second service BFWC provides with CDBG funding is coordination of the City of Alameda\nDomestic Violence Task Force (DMTV). Taskforce members include the Alameda Police\nDepartment, Alameda Hospital, the City of Alameda, Family Violence Law Center, Alameda Family\nServices, Alameda Point Collaborative, Alameda's Social Service Human Relations Board, Girls\nIncorporated of the Island City, and the Alameda Boys & Girls Club. Leveraging the energy of the\ntaskforce members, the taskforce holds events, creates and distributes DV educational materials,\nand supports Teen Dating Violence Awareness (TDVAM) in partnership with the AUSD Tri-Hi\nHealth Centers.\nBFWC also provides short-term rental assistance with a combination of HOME and CDBG funds,\nand has $80,000 for direct services, but still needs funds for administration. BFWC is currently\nworking with families facing eviction from 470 Central Ave., and has just been informed that the\nlandlord will let the families stay until June. So far, three families have signed up with them, and\nthey are expecting a total of twelve.\nBoard members expressed the need for housing for the chronically homeless, living on the streets\nof Alameda. After conducting two Homeless Counts, they feel that the number of chronically\nhomeless Alamedans, willing and suitable for permanent housing, is probably a very small number\n(+/- 12), and that the community should work together to find a solution for them.\nMs. Varela suggested that there may be funding mechanisms in the future to provide housing for\nthis population in Alameda, and member Williams added that there are now some similar programs\nin place in San Francisco.\nBoard discussion regarding the input from service providers, data from surveys, and personal\nexperience in the community resulted in the conclusion that safety-net services continue to be the\nprimary need in our community. While the needs, particularly those related to housing, increase,\nthe resources to meet them stay the same, or decrease.\nA motion was made to craft a needs statement that restated the need for safety-net services, such\nas food, shelter, domestic violence services, and services for seniors, and that also took into\nconsideration the importance of working to house, and in other ways meet the needs of, Alameda's\nchronically homeless, living on the streets. Furthermore, it was moved that members Blake and\n3", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2016-01-07.pdf"}
{"body": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard", "date": "2016-01-07", "page": 4, "text": "Williams draft the letter, and President Biggs present it to Council at its meeting of February 2,\n2016.\nM/S Hyman/Williams Unanimous\nPresident Biggs took Agenda Item 5., Oral Communications, out of order.\n4. BOARD/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\nMember Williams stated that the Alamedans Together Against Hate (ATAH) Workgroup had been\ndormant for the past three years, and that she shared with President Biggs that she would like to\nhave it begin meeting again. She was a member of the group when it was chaired by Henry\nVillareal, past Board Vice President. Member Williams has agreed to chair, and will ask members\nSorensen and Blake to join her on the workgroup. She plans to call a meeting of ATAH before the\nBoard's February meeting\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nMichael Williams, shared that he is a member of First Congregational Church Alameda (FCCA)\nJustice Workgroup. He announced that on Sunday, February 28, there will be a concert at FCCA,\ncelebrating the spirit of Everyone Belongs Here, and in support of the Islamic Community. He\nattended the Hate Crime Forum, led by Imam Musa, of the Islamic Center of Alameda, at the Elks\nLodge on Sunday, December 27. He stated that the Imam said that he thought the window\nshattering incident at Santa Clara and 9th should be investigated as a hate crime. The Imam also\nshared that hateful telephone calls had been received at the Mosque, and that comments had been\ndirected to members of the mosque. Mr. Williams said that the forum raised some tough questions,\nand he hoped that meetings that bring together Alameda's diverse community, continue.\nPresident Biggs thanked Mr. Williams for coming to speak.\n6. ADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting was adjourned at 8:55 PM. M\\S Sorensen Radding Unanimous\nRespectfully submitted by:\nJim Franz, Secretary\n4", "path": "SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2016-01-07.pdf"}
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