{"body": "PensionBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 1, "text": "OF\nthe\nMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING\nOF THE\nPENSION BOARD OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA\nHELD 4:30 P.M., JANUARY 25, 2016\nALAMEDA CITY HALL\n2263 SANTA CLARA AVENUE, ALAMEDA\nCONFERENCE ROOM 391\n1.\nThe meeting was called to order by Interim Human Resources Director, Susan\nGonzales at 4:32 p.m.\n2.\nROLL CALL:\nPresent: Trustees: Bruce Edwards, William Soderlund, Nancy Elzig, Absent:\nTrish Herrera Spencer\nStaff: Nancy Bronstein, Human Resources Director; Susan Gonzales, Interim\nHuman Resources Director; Geoffrey Buchheim, Financial Services Manager;\nSharlene Shikhmuradova, Administrative Technician - Human Resources; and\nNafisah Ali, Administrative Technician - Human Resources.\n3.\nMINUTES:\nThe minutes of the Regular Meeting of October 26, 2015 was moved for approval\nby Member Edwards and seconded by Member Soderlund. Passed 3-0.\n4.\nAGENDA ITEMS:\n4-A. Pension Payroll and Financial Reports - Quarter Ending December 31,\n2015 and City of Alameda Police & Fire Pension Funds Financial Reports for the\nPeriod Ending December 31, 2015.\nFinancial Services Manager, Geoffrey Buchheim summarized the quarterly, fiscal\nyear totals, as well as the general expenditures, and total cash in the fund.\nMember Soderlund inquired why there was excess revenue in the report and\nappeared to be growing from the previous report. Financial Services Manager,\nGeoffrey Buchheim explained it could be due to the Pension Funds not being", "path": "PensionBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PensionBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 2, "text": "City of Alameda\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting of the\nPension Board - Monday, January 25, 2016\nPage 2\nadjusted to compensate for the recent death of pensioners. He further noted that\nany revenue going into excess revenue is available towards the City's\ncontributions for the Pension Funds. There may be less transferred from the\ngeneral fund so as long as they keep available and cover the City's obligation.\nMember Soderlund asked if the Pensioners in Plan 1082 get a raise or cost\nadjustment due to the cost of living. Financial Services Manager, Geoffrey\nBuchheim responded that he did not know. Member Soderlund mentioned that\nwith PERS, there is a 2% adjustment, depending on the 1082 contract at the\ntime. Interim Human Resources Director, Susan Gonzales also mentioned that\nshe understood that PERS caps to a maximum of 2% with some provisions of\nadjustment, but is not familiar with the 1082 Pension Plan. Financial Services\nManager, Geoffrey Buchheim stated he will look into it for the next meeting.\nMember Soderlund noted there are adjustment differences at the time from what\nPERS offered 1082 members with the option to transfer over, and the members\nwho remained on the 1082 plan did not receive adjustments compared to what\nPERS offered at the time.\nMember Soderlund moved to accept the financial statement. Member Elzig\nseconded. Passed 3-0\n4-B. Memo regarding the death of 1079 Pensioner - Gloria Haley (widow of\nPolice Sergeant Ernest L. Haley) deceased 11/03/2015, and Yolanda McArthur\n(widow of Police Sergeant William McArthur) deceased 12/16/2015, was\naccepted with regret by Member Edwards and seconded by Member Soderlund.\nPassed 3-0.\nMember Elzig asked if condolence letters were sent from the Mayor. Interim\nHuman Resources Director, Susan Gonzales confirmed that letters were sent.\n5.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (PUBLIC COMMENT):\nThere was no communication from the public.\n6.\nPENSION BOARD COMMUNICATIONS (COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOARD):\nInterim Human Resources Director, Susan Gonzales introduced Nancy Bronstein\nas the new Human Resources Director. She also announced Human Resources\nManager, Jill Kovacs and Human Resources Administrative Technician, Lia\nFaapouli, retired. Nafisah Ali was introduced as the new Administrative\nTechnician.\nMember Soderlund asked if the City was aware of the passing of former Police\nSergeant, George Gardiner. Interim Human Resources Director, Susan Gonzales", "path": "PensionBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PensionBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 3, "text": "City of Alameda\nMinutes of the Regular Meeting of the\nPension Board - Monday, January 25, 2016\nPage 3\nconfirmed that Executive Assistant, Michelle Koka from the City Manager's office\nsent out an email to all staff.\nHuman Resources Director, Nancy Bronstein asked if the 1079 plan was the\nearlier plan, in which member Soderlund confirmed the 1082 plan replaced the\n1079 plan. Member Edwards also noted the 1079 stopped in 1953. Human\nResources Director, Nancy Bronstein understood that those in 1079 retired\nbefore the option of switching to PERS and those in 1082 are those who opted\nnot to switch over. Both members, Edwards and Soderlund, confirmed that this\ninformation was correct. Member Soderlund explained that initially no money was\nput into the 1079 plan, then eventually 2% was put in, and then by 1953 4% was\nput in. Member Soderlund further explained this plan was financially\ncumbersome for the City and was eventually removed because members in 1079\nretired at half pay, but received the same salary for the position they were in full\ntime and their spouses also received the same amount.\n7.\nADJOURNMENT:\nThere being no additional items to come before the board, the meeting was\nadjourned at 4:45 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nnar 12\nNancy Bronstein\nHuman Resources Director", "path": "PensionBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2016\n1. CONVENE\nPresident Knox White called meeting to order at 7:00pm.\n2. FLAG SALUTE\nBoard Member Henneberry led the flag salute.\n3. ROLL CALL\nPresent: President Knox White, Board Members Burton, Henneberry, K\u00f6ster, Mitchell,\nSullivan. Absent: Board Member Zuppan.\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION\n*None*\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n6. CONSENT CALENDAR\n*None*\n7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n7-A 2016-2498\nPLN15-0522 - Mark Pelzner - 3273 Thompson Avenue. A public hearing\nto consider a use permit to allow a woodworking home occupation in\napproximately 77-square-feet of the ancillary space of an existing\ndetached two-car garage. The items made on the site will be sold online\nso the business will not have any customers on site. No changes are\nproposed to the garage and the two existing parking spaces will remain.\nThe property is located within an R-1, One-Family Residence Zoning\nDistrict. The project is categorically exempt from California Environmental\nQuality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 -\nExisting Facilities.\nStaff Member Barrera gave a presentation on the item. The staff report and presentation\nare available at:\nos://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2550392&GUID=1E58BB3E-\n7BB3-4ABA-A962-213E2CBD6639&FullText=1\nApproved Minutes\nPage 1 of 9\nJanuary 25, 2016\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 2, "text": "President Knox White open the public hearing.\nMark Pelzner, the applicant, said he has been planning and preparing for this for years\nand has tried to allay any concerns his business might create. He says he has made\nimprovements to the garage/shop area to mitigate sound concerns.\nBoard Member Sullivan asked how much time the applicant spent using power tools VS.\nquieter activities such as sanding and staining.\nMr. Pelzner said he uses a mix and aspires to do fine woodworking and it is hard to give\na percentage. He said he now plans to work behind closed doors where in the past he\nworked in the open which created more noise.\nPresident Knox White closed the public hearing.\nBoard Member Sullivan made a motion to approve the permit with the stipulation that\nbusiness hours are confined to Monday through Saturday from 9am to 5pm. Board\nMember Henneberry seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.\n7-B 2016-2499\nPlanning Board Workshop on Alameda Point Site A Design Review for\nBlock 10 Commercial Urban Park\nStaff Member Thomas introduced the item. The staff report and attachments can be\nfound at:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2550393&GUID=AAA69D5D-\n55A4-479B-8052-C52567A404EE&FullText=1\nPam White from Madison-Marquette gave a presentation about their approach to the\nretail development.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster asked if a retail study had been done for the area.\nMs. White said that this site does not lend itself to traditional retail studies and they are\nlooking for something unique.\nHans Baldauf, project architect, gave a presentation on the design of Block 10.\nBoard Member Sullivan asked about their familiarity with the survival of above ground\nplantings in windy areas.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 2 of 9\nJanuary 25, 2016\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 3, "text": "Ms. White said they have been working with their landscape architect and were\nconsidering heritage olives.\nBoard Member Sullivan said she hopes they consider having plantings with interest\nthrough the different seasons.\nBoard Member Mitchell asked if the site would have a greywater system.\nMs. White said they are looking at their options, including rainwater catchment and\ngreywater systems.\nBoard Member Burton asked how deliveries would be made to the distillery building.\nMr. Baldauf said they were preserving the space of West Seaplane which could be used\nfor off hours deliveries.\nPresident Knox White asked about the space behind building 67 and what was planned\nthere.\nMr. Baldauf said they were mandated to preserve a certain amount of open space and\nthat it could be a long range space to expand the retail space.\nPresident Knox White asked about D Street running between Blocks 10 and 11.\nMr. Baldauf said they believe the street is important to connect Appezzato to the parking\nbehind Block 11.\nMs. White said they envisioned it as a shared one way street. She said they spoke with\nPublic Works and the Fire Department and always assumed at least some emergency\naccess, but that the street was too narrow for two way traffic.\nPresident Knox White asked about the trash enclosures for building 112 and whether we\nare turning our backs to the street and discouraging people from being there.\nMr. Baldauf said the sliced off facade would create visual interest but they were trying to\nbring people into the interior of the site.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster asked if the use and location of the shipping containers was the\nbest use or if there were other ideas for their positioning and for programming some of\nthe large open spaces.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 3 of 9\nJanuary 25, 2016\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 4, "text": "Mr. Baldauf said the containers were used to introduce a different scalar element while\nbreaking up large blank surfaces on the original building walls.\nThere were no public speakers.\nBoard Member Burton said he wondered whether the Distillery building was in the right\nposition along the street. He said he does not understand the fascination with the\nremnant structure and what was special about it that made it worth saving. He said it will\nbe important to make sure that the building still addresses the street and is not overly\nbiased to the interior courtyard. He said the West Seaplane Shops building could work\nvery well. He said building 112 needs more development. He said Building 67 is starting\nto seem like more of a background building and not a centerpiece. He wondered how the\nbutterfly roof on the Distillery building would look at night. He said he was concerned\nabout wind exposure for people on the second floor patio.\nBoard Member Mitchell said he liked where the design is going.\nBoard Member Henneberry said it was a nice blend of respecting the history of the base\nand looking to the future. He said he liked the shipping containers and is glad they are\nback.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster said he agreed with much of what Board Member Burton said. He\nsaid the space might be a good venue for some of the Phase Zero programming. He\nsaid he liked the Distillery building and West Seaplane Shops.\nBoard Member Henneberry said we needed to keep children of different physical abilities\nin mind when designing the playground area.\nPresident Knox White said he liked the direction of the architecture. He said he was\nsurprised we have opened up D Street. He said that will be the street that everyone uses\nto access the parking. He said the goal should be to turn the cars off earlier. He said we\nneed to understand that pedestrians will naturally follow the train tracks and we need to\nplan accordingly. He said he worries that the spaces will be so large and open and\ndifficult to program. He said opening D Street will create a barrier that separates people\nfrom the Waterfront park and not invite people to move back and forth.\nNo action was taken.\n7-C 2016-2502\nPlanning Board Workshop on Encinal Terminals\nApproved Minutes\nPage 4 of 9\nJanuary 25, 2016\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 5, "text": "Staff Member Thomas introduced the item. The staff report and attachments can be\nfound at\nttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2550394&GUID=CE7C66DF-\n1473-4975-A380-B8D99AFAEFC5&FullText=1\nMike O'Hara from Tim Lewis Communities gave a presentation on their development\nprocess and outlined the tradeoffs of different potential plan options at the site.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster asked about where the retail for the site was planned, whether\nclose to the Del Monte edge or out closer to the water.\nMr. O'Hara said that depending on the densities, the retail could be concentrated more\nin one area or the other and that the plan chosen will dictate their choices.\nBoard Member Mitchell asked about the distances (shoreline widths) involved in the\nperimeter land swap.\nMr. O'Hara said it was an estimate and could vary. He guessed it was around 150 feet\non the western edge.\nBoard Member Mitchell asked how many units were included in the previous traffic\nstudies.\nStaff Member Thomas said the traffic study was done in 2008. He said that all these\nprojects contribute to the commute hour traffic problems. He said that is why every\nproject would require the payment of transit funds to help mitigate the traffic impacts.\nPresident Knox White asked how this project impacts plans to extend Clement through\nthe Pennzoil parcel.\nStaff Member Thomas said that he envisioned that the completion of that section would\nbe tied to the development of the Encinal Terminals site.\nPresident Knox White opened the public hearing.\nElizabeth Tuckwell said she participated in the workshops in November and December.\nShe said a number of people had concerns about the tidelands swap. She said some\npeople felt that BCDC would require the perimeter to be preserved anyway and the\ntidelands swap would short change Alameda. She said there were also concerns about\nthe number of units and with parking constraints and building heights.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 5 of 9\nJanuary 25, 2016\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 6, "text": "Alison Greene said Alameda needs to leverage our position with the parcel swap to get\nmore out of this project. She suggested middle class rental housing be negotiated as\npart of the swap.\nKaren Bey said water transit should be a priority for this project. She said she liked the\nsmaller footprint with taller buildings.\nJay Ingram said that the community meetings have not been supported by the City and\nwere not well attended. He said a common sentiment was to see how the Del Monte\nproject works out before moving forward with Encinal Terminals. He said he wanted to\nkeep building heights to 2-3 stories.\nHelen Sause said this project would help address our housing shortage in Alameda. She\nsaid it would provide a unique mixed-use neighborhood for Alameda. She said that many\nnew jobs, revenues and investment would return to the City from the project.\nPresident Knox White closed the public hearing.\nBoard Member Henneberry asked for more information on the tidelands swap and what\nBCDC would require anyway if no swap is done.\nStaff Member Thomas explained the history of the planning process that anticipated the\npotential swap. He said BCDC's jurisdiction is the first 100 feet and evaluates each\nproperty on a case by case basis.\nBoard Member Sullivan asked about what number of units had to be required for the\nsite.\nStaff Member Thomas discussed housing element obligations and the tradeoffs between\nthe number of units required to potentially fund various public improvements and\namenities.\nPresident Knox White asked whether the City would ever approve a plan with no swap\nthat does not restore the wharf.\nStaff Member Thomas said he did not anticipate that ever happening.\nBoard Member Mitchell said he felt like we were missing the BCDC expectations before\nknowing how to leverage the swap for the best interests of the City.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 6 of 9\nJanuary 25, 2016\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 7, "text": "Staff Member Thomas said he sees it more from a desire to design the best project and\nthen use the swap to make that happen.\nBoard Member Burton said he will be looking for excellent water access options. He\nsays the retail focus should be along Clement to compliment the Del Monte retail space\nand be neighborhood serving. He said waterfront dining out at the end of the site could\nwork. He said we should consider small, incubator sized office spaces for the site. He\nsaid he was supportive of building higher to preserve open space and increase\namenities. He said doing the swap makes sense to make the best plan with the most\nbenefit for the City.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster said he thinks the swap makes sense. He said that there are\nmany taller buildings along the Northern Waterfront that are significantly taller than the\naverage 2-3 stories we often think of in Alameda.\nBoard Member Henneberry said we need to make the best swap possible. He said the\nhigher the density, the more open space we get and he supports that. He said we should\nlook at office space uses.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster said he would like to see a place for people to temporarily tie up\ntheir larger boats while visiting the site. He referenced the Intra-Coastal Waterway in\nFlorida as an example.\nBoard Member Mitchell said he is in favor of the swap and wants to get the best deal we\ncan for it. He said he is concerned about traffic and that if factors into the total number of\nunits he would like to see.\nBoard Member Sullivan said this is an exciting project. She says including docks for sail\nboats to cruise in would make it a destination. She said she would like to recognize our\nschooner heritage at the site.\nPresident Knox White said he thinks the focus should be along the Alaska Basin and out\nat the point. He said we should consider using some of the tidelands adjacent to the\nmarina to support that use where it makes sense. He said it could be a good place for\nsome of the displaced users from a potential Alameda Marina development. He agreed\nwith Ms. Greene that we need to focus on more modest sized units, 1100-1200 square\nfeet, because we are not building enough of that. He said the unit number needs to be\njuxtaposed with the costs of the community benefits so the tradeoffs are clear. He said\nhe would like to see more commercial space. He said he worries that the large open\nspaces will be difficult to program and expensive to maintain. He said he supports trying\nApproved Minutes\nPage 7 of 9\nJanuary 25, 2016\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 8, "text": "to centralize the parking. He said he wants to keep the main vehicular access along the\nFortmann Marina side and not put a road separating the Alaska Basin from the project.\n8. MINUTES\n8-A 2016-2505\nDraft Meeting Minutes - July 27, 2015\nBoard Member Burton corrected an item regarding retail space on Park St. He said that\nhe wanted it to be one space and the cafe to be expanded.\nPresident Knox White called for a vote to approve the minutes with Board Member\nBurton's correction regarding the retail space on Park St.. The minutes were approved 4-\n0-2 (Mitchell and Sullivan were not in attendance for the 7/27/15 meeting.)\n8-B 2016-2506\nDraft Meeting Minutes - November 9, 2015\nPresident Knox White asked that the motions be better captured by pasting in the Board\nActions from the resolutions.\nBoard Member Sullivan pointed out a typo assigning the wrong pronoun to her comment\non page 5.\nPresident Knox White called for a vote to approve the minutes with Board Member\nSullivan's correction to page 5. The minutes were approved 6-0.\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n9-A 2016-2503\nZoning Administrator and Design Review Recent Actions and Decisions\nStaff Member Thomas said they approved several use permits at Alameda Point and\nsome minor design reviews.\n9-B 2016-2504\nFuture Public Meetings and Upcoming Community Development\nDepartment Projects\nStaff Member Thomas said Bank of Marin and a rezoning request would be coming for\nthe 2/8/16 meeting. He said the three Alameda Point items would be coming 2/22/16.\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS\n11-A 2016-2439\nApproved Minutes\nPage 8 of 9\nJanuary 25, 2016\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2016-01-25", "page": 9, "text": "Report from the Alameda Point Site A - Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee\nStaff Member Thomas said the Alameda Point items would be coming in sets of three.\nFirst would be Block 11, 8 and the Waterfront Park. After that would be Blocks 6, 7 and\n10.\n11-B 2016-2440\nReport from the Boatworks - Ad-Hoc Sub-Committee\nPresident Knox White said the developer is finalizing an application and would hopefully\ncome before the full board as soon as possible rather than going to the subcommittee.\n12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n13. ADJOURNMENT\nPresident Knox White adjourned the meeting at 10:49pm.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 9 of 9\nJanuary 25, 2016\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2016-01-25.pdf"}