{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-06-12", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, JUNE 12, 2017\n1. CONVENE\nBoard Member Burton convened the meeting at 7:01pm\n2. FLAG SALUTE\nBoard Member Sullivan led the flag salute.\n3. ROLL CALL\nPresent: Board Members Burton, Curtis, Knox White, Sullivan. Board Member Mitchell\narrived at: 7:04pm. Board Member Zuppan arrived at 7:05pm. Absent: President K\u00f6ster.\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION\n*None*\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n6. CONSENT CALENDAR\n6-A 2017-4425\nAnnual Review: Alameda Landing Mixed Use Project Development\nAgreement Applicant: Catellus Alameda Development, LLC. The applicant\nrequests a periodic review of two Development Agreements related to the\nAlameda Landing Mixed Use Residential Project and the Alameda Landing\nMixed Use Commercial Project.\nBoard Member Burton made a motion to approve the item. Board Member Knox\nWhite seconded the item. The motion passed 6-0.\n***5. Oral Communications**\nGretchen Lipow said she attended a CASA event and said we should be opening solar\nfarms at Alameda Point.\n7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n7-A 2017-4429\nPublic Hearing to Consider an Amendment to the Bayport/Alameda\nLanding Master Plan to allow for a Maritime Commercial and Residential\nMixed Use Development Plan on the Alameda Landing Waterfront. A Final\nSupplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Alameda Landing\nMixed Use Development Project was certified in accordance with the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (State Clearinghouse\nApproved Minutes\nPage 1 of 10\nJune 12, 2017\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-06-12.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-06-12", "page": 2, "text": "#2006012091) in 2006. An Environmental Assessment for the Proposed\nMaster Plan Amendment has been prepared.\nStaff Member Thomas gave a presentation The staff report and attachments can be found\nat: https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3066059&GUID=783D43D9-\nABD6-4E81-B2EC-7E52AF26CCE2&FullText=1\nSean Whiskeman, Catellus, gave a presentation detailing their new master plan\napplication.\nLeslie and Alan Cameron, Bay Ship and Yacht, said they are excited to partner with\nCatellus and expand Alameda's working waterfront.\nBoard Member Curtis asked about the change in the staff report from 300 to 600 units.\nStaff Member Thomas said that the original plan for all of Alameda Landing included 300\nunits. He said the 600 number includes the 287 nearly completed units at the current\nphase of Alameda Landing.\nBoard Member Zuppan asked about the size of the park space.\nStaff Member Thomas said it would be 4.5 acres, including 100 feet from the water along\nthe full length of the residential.\nBoard Member Burton asked how the plan to keep the two warehouses would affect plans\nto reinforce the shoreline infrastructure.\nMr. Whiskeman explained that the Bay Ship portion would have to be repaired if they ever\nredeveloped their site.\nBoard Member Mitchell opened the public hearing.\nBrent Aboudara expressed concern about construction and warehouse truck traffic and\nparking. He said he is glad the hotel is gone from the plan and is sad to see the reduction\nin park acreage.\nNick Ellis said he supports the plan and efforts to develop a blue collar incubator.\nDiana Maiden Aiken said she looks forward to enjoying the estuary access. She said we\nneed a diversity of homes.\nTony Daysog said we should keep the focus on creating jobs. He said Catellus has\nbenefitted from their overall project and we need to conduct a full EIR to evaluate the\nchange in traffic impacts caused by new housing.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 2 of 10\nJune 12, 2017\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-06-12.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-06-12", "page": 3, "text": "Mark Vis said he supports the project. He said he wants the bike and walking trails to\nconnect and to make sure the businesses are not 24 hours.\nDan Morrison, Starlight Marine, said they support the plan and look forward to continuing\noperation in Alameda. He said they are committed to the community of Alameda in many\nways.\nDorothy Freeman said Alameda does not have a good ratio of businesses and jobs to\nhousing. She listed m-x zoned sites that are removing business communities and adding\nhousing. She said we are going to be nothing but a bedroom community with lots of\ncommute traffic.\nKari Thompson, Chamber of Commerce, said this is a great mixed use development and\nsaid they support the project and partnership with Bay Ship and Yacht.\nLiz Taylor said she supports this plan because it is a more balanced plan that encourages\nthe blue economy.\nBobby Winston said this is a terrific project that supports the working waterfront.\nCasey Sparks said he supports the project. He said it will help repair our crumbling\ninfrastructure. He said we can't keep people from moving to this island.\nKaren Bey said she supports the plan amendment. She said it is a win-win for the city.\nShe said that the water shuttle is very important to have, given the number of homes being\nbuilt.\nTom Charron said he isn't sure if he supports the plan. He said he doesn't want this plan\nto make it easier for more maritime businesses to be displaced from Alameda Marina. He\nsaid he is concerned with placing residential uses directly downwind of the shipyard.\nCourtney Shepler said she liked the previous plan that opened up the waterfront of the\nturning basin. She said she can support the plan because she wants the project to move\nforward.\nAlan Pryor said selling part of the property to Bay Ship and Yacht is a good idea in order\nto support the marine industry.\nDoug DeHaan said he is concerned that the warehouses would eventually turn into more\nhousing. He said we never stop and study the impact of projects after they are built. He\nsaid a one bedroom senior affordable apartment being constructed at Del Monte costs\n$600,000 to build.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 3 of 10\nJune 12, 2017\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-06-12.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-06-12", "page": 4, "text": "Board Member Mitchell closed the public hearing.\nBoard Member Knox White said we asked for more commercial and this plan allows for\nthe types of businesses that have been able to succeed in Alameda. He said the market\ndoes not support new commercial construction. He said he is nervous about allowing 30%\nsingle family housing on the site, which he feels could lead to more traffic and less transit\nviability. He said it is a project that shows some compromises and is ready to support it.\nBoard Member Curtis said he feels the project is too dense and he cannot support the\nplan.\nBoard Member Zuppan asked about the jobs related legislation that gave us the land, and\nwhether it restricts our options.\nStaff Member Thomas said it does not bind the city in any way.\nBoard Member Zuppan asked how the changes would affect the trip analysis in the EIR.\nStaff Member Thomas said that the change from traditional commercial to maritime opens\nup a large number of total trips within the EIR that can be allocated to housing, but the AM\noutbound and PM inbound are very tight and will determine the mix and number of units.\nBoard Member Zuppan asked about the residents' concern about impacts from the\nconstruction activity.\nStaff Member Thomas said they have extensive mitigation rules, but they can never\nentirely eliminate the impacts (ie- dust, noise) from the new construction activity.\nBoard Member Zuppan asked what the visitability requirements would be.\nStaff Member Thomas said this amendment only has the 15% universal design\nrequirements, but nothing beyond that.\nBoard Member Zuppan said she was not ready to support the previous version of the plan\nbecause of the lack of commercial space. She said she was pleased to see this plan come\nback with so much commercial space for the working waterfront. She said she is generally\nsupportive of the project and amendment. She said she would like to see as many units\nas possible meet the visitability goals of the city. She said she wants to make sure the\nview corridor towards San Francisco is not obstructed by mitigation efforts from any\npotential Bay Ship and Yacht plans.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 4 of 10\nJune 12, 2017\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-06-12.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-06-12", "page": 5, "text": "Board Member Burton said he is happy to see the effort to keep and expand the quality\nmaritime related jobs on the island. He said we cannot ignore our responsibility to\ncontribute to solving the region's housing crisis. He said he would also support limiting the\namount of single family housing at the site in order to help support transit alternatives.\nBoard Member Sullivan said she is excited about the commercial segment. She said she\nis concerned with the small number of starter homes we are building. She said she would\nlike to support it but she wishes it were not so dense.\nBoard Member Mitchell said he looks forward to opening up this amazing piece of property\nwith a blend of uses that Alameda needs. He said he is comfortable with the amount of\nsingle family homes.\nBoard Member Knox White said Catellus would not be the ultimate builder and we should\nconsider giving direction on whether we want more single family housing or not.\nBoard Member Knox White made a motion to approve the proposal with two\nchanges: that single family homes be no more than 20 percent of the units, and that\nall elevator served buildings' units are 100% visitable and that as many townhomes\nand single family homes as possible be visitable. Board Member Burton seconded\nthe motion.\nBoard Member Zuppan said that the trip count constraints would force the project to meet\nits transit goals, regardless of unit types. She said she has a problem constantly saying\nthat people who live in single family homes don't use transit.\nBoard Member Sullivan said she likes the variety that the 30% single family units would\nprovide.\nBoard Member Mitchell agreed and said he would like to stick with the original plan.\nBoard Member Curtis said that we have a tremendous problem now, without any building\nyet. He said the 400 units could lead to gridlock.\nBoard Member Knox White offered to amend his motion, returning to the 30% single\nfamily home limit in the plan as presented. Board Member Sullivan seconded the\nmotion. The motion passed 5-1 (Curtis).\nBoard Member Mitchell announced a five minute recess.\n7-B 2017-4430\nAlameda Marina Revised Project Description and Confirmation of Scope of\nEnvironmental Impact Report Analysis\nApproved Minutes\nPage 5 of 10\nJune 12, 2017\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-06-12.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-06-12", "page": 6, "text": "Staff Member Thomas introduced the item. The staff report and attachments can be found\nat: https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3066060&GUID=AF6B55F3-\n65A-49C0-A417-75A3A2E9763A&FullText=1\nBoard Member Curtis asked who determined that the unit count would have to increase\nto 760.\nStaff Member Thomas said that the developer requested the change in their application.\nBoard Member Knox White said that the subcommittee developed priorities for the project\nincluding strengthening the maritime commercial focus, keeping an active boatyard, retain\nmore of the existing buildings, keeping the graving dock, doing a tidelands swap and\nhaving dry storage. He said those priorities were brought to the board and approved, even\nthough it could possibly require more units to finance those priorities.\nBoard Member Sullivan asked what the costs of preserving the graving dock would be.\nSean Murphy, Bay West Development, said the cost of preserving the graving dock would\nbe over $5M. He said they can't say exactly how many additional units that means\nbecause there are many factors that go into the decision.\nBoard Member Knox White asked if the investment needs of the City's Tidelands property\nare the reason we are considering redevelopment of the Alameda Marina property.\nStaff Member Thomas said that was correct and explained the limited options there are to\nget the money needed to reinvest in the property for the next 50-100 years.\nBoard Member Mitchell opened the public hearing.\nLaura Thomas said this project presents a significant amount of affordable housing that\nAlameda needs.\nPeter Brand said the project is not transit oriented development. He said we are separate\nfrom the area's transit system and the project would lead to gridlock. He said you only\nneed half the number of proposed units to meet the requirements of the Housing Element.\nHe supports an independent analysis of the infrastructure costs.\nLiz Taylor, DOER, said they are being forced out after 20 years in Alameda Marina and\ndon't know where they will go. She said the maritime related businesses of the site will not\nbe able to survive these changes.\nSteve Cooper said he supports keeping Alameda Marina the way it is.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 6 of 10\nJune 12, 2017\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-06-12.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-06-12", "page": 7, "text": "Michael Robles-Wong said our blue economy can create the types of jobs we need and\nwe should not reduce our ability to drive that segment of our economy.\nKarl Robrock said the dry boat storage and activity is important to the city. He said they\nare light racing boats and the plans are not adequate to support the community of sailors.\nBob Naber gave a presentation on Alameda's water related activities and industries. He\nsaid Alameda Marina is an ecosystem that we cannot replace if lost.\nMaggie Sabovich said there are 3000 currently approved housing units in Alameda and\n3100 at Brooklyn Basin. She said it sometimes takes her two hours to get from her home\nto her yacht club.\nTom Charron said that the eviction of DOER is a tragedy. He said the city is a sloppy\nlandlord and did not invest the tidelands rents into repairing the shoreline. He asked that\nthe maritime industry be preserved.\nAmy Rose said she agrees with the other speakers who support preserving the maritime\nindustry in the marina. She said she is all for affordable housing but does not want five\nstory buildings across the street from her house.\nRick Drain said the marina site is a beehive of boating activity and there is nowhere else\nfor this activity to move. He said all the buses and shuttles will be stuck in traffic.\nSylvia Gibson said that this site has an opportunity cost if it is developed. She said we\nwould lose things that make Alameda a sustainable community.\nEileen Vivian said she commutes in from Hayward everyday because there isn't affordable\nhousing in Alameda. She said the mixed use development will help reduce traffic by\nproviding opportunities to live and work close together.\nJohn Platt said he is pleased to see a boatyard in the plan, even if it is not big enough.\nBrock DeLappe said the footprint for the boatyard is too small to be viable. He said it is a\nmistake to preserve the graving dock. He said the additional housing would continue to\nmake the congestion issue in Alameda worse.\nKaren Bey said she is excited by the Alameda Marina proposal which has many\ncommunity benefits.\nBrian McGuire said there have been some positive to the plan, with some definite\ntradeoffs. He said the most environmentally friendly thing we can do is build lots of dense\nhousing in the inner Bay Area.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 7 of 10\nJune 12, 2017\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-06-12.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-06-12", "page": 8, "text": "Board Member Mitchell closed the public hearing.\nBoard Member Curtis asked what the average price of these new units would cost.\nStaff Member Thomas said housing in the area is selling for about $500 per square foot.\nBoard Member Curtis said they will not be able to meet the demand for affordable housing\nand these new units will not be affordable.\nBoard Member Knox White made a motion to extend the meeting to midnight. Board\nMember Curtis seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0.\nStaff Member Thomas said they are trying to provide a range of housing sizes for a range\nof budgets. He said we have a responsibility under state law to zone and approve a certain\namount of land for housing.\nBoard Member Knox White said that the solution to the problem is building enough\nhousing to bring housing costs down. He said we can't kick the can down the road.\nBoard Member Sullivan said this plan does not appear to support a viable marina and\nsailing community.\nBoard Member Zuppan said we have a lot of expertise in the community that can help the\nboard understand the maritime issues better. She said she is worried that the developer\nis practicing strategic incompetence in marina management. She said the plan has a long\nway to go. She said the EIR needs to capture the cultural and historic impacts accurately.\nBoard Member Mitchell said he was one person pushing for preserving the graving dock.\nHe said there are a lot of community needs and competing interests for this project.\nBoard Member Knox White said there would be about 45 new jobs projected on the site.\nHe said they suggested preserving more older buildings in order to preserve lower\ncommercial rents. He said the tradeoffs are real and the subcommittee needs direction on\nhow to evaluate the tradeoffs.\nBoard Member Zuppan said she does not know how to decide what the right tradeoffs are\nand she would like to see a city led committee, rather than developer led, with community\nexpertise on what it takes to run a successful boatyard and preserve the maritime\nindustries at the site.\nStaff Member Thomas said they have a lot of work still to do. He said they need to do a\npeer review of costs to rebuild the shoreline and then figure out how to raise those funds.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 8 of 10\nJune 12, 2017\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-06-12.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-06-12", "page": 9, "text": "Board Member Knox White made a motion to approve the amended project scope\nto support the re-release of the notice of preparation. Board Member Zuppan\nseconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0-1 (Curtis).\n8. MINUTES\n8-A 2017-4431\nDraft Meeting Minutes - April 10, 2017\nBoard Member Knox White made a motion to approve the minutes. Board Member\nSullivan seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0.\n8-B 2017-4432\nDraft Meeting Minutes - April 24, 2017\nBoard Member Sullivan made a motion to approve the minutes. Board Member Knox\nWhite seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0.\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n9-A 2017-4453\nZoning Administrator and Design Review Recent Actions and Decisions\nStaff Member Thomas gave a brief update.\n9-B 2017-4454\nFuture Public Meetings and Upcoming Community Development\nDepartment Projects\nStaff Member Thomas previewed future items.\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS\nBoard Member Zuppan said she went on the bicycle tour of the northern waterfront and\nliked hearing the different feedback from people that don't show up to Planning Board\nmeetings.\n11-A 2017-4426\nSubcommittee for Alameda Marina\n*None*\n11-B 2017-4427\nSubcommittee with Commission on Disability Issues regarding Universal\nDesign Ordinance\nBoard Member Sullivan said they received a letter from the BIA explaining the additional\ncosts per unit the visitability requirements would add. She said they are working on a\nresponse.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 9 of 10\nJune 12, 2017\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-06-12.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-06-12", "page": 10, "text": "12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nBrian McGuire said housing advocates understand that new housing constructed is\nexpensive, but that all levels of the housing market are connected and new housing at any\nprice level helps alleviate the shortage.\n13. ADJOURNMENT\nBoard Member Mitchell adjourned the meeting at 11:38pm.\nApproved Minutes\nPage 10 of 10\nJune 12, 2017\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-06-12.pdf"}