{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-12-11", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2017\n1. CONVENE\nPresident Mitchell convened the meeting at 7:02pm\n2. FLAG SALUTE\nBoard Member Curtis led the flag salute.\n3. ROLL CALL\nPresent: President Mitchell, Board Members Cavanaugh, Curtis, K\u00f6ster, Sullivan.\nAbsent: Board Members Burton, Teague.\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION\nStaff Member Thomas asked to move Board Communications and Staff\nCommunications to the beginning of the agenda for some announcements.\n**Board Communications***\nPresident Mitchell read a proclamation honoring outgoing Board Member Knox White.\nMr. Knox White thanked staff for their work, as well as current and past board members.\n**Staff Communications***\nStaff Member Thomas summarized the work of the Planning Board in 2017, including\nADU, Universal Design, and Cannabis ordinances, Main St. Plan, affordable housing, and\nthe Transportation Choices Plan. He said the permit center did 116 million dollars in\npermits in 2017.\nStaff Member Tai gave a presentation on the work of the permit center. He said they\nserved 13,000 walk in customers, issued 5,500 permits, and 32,000 inspections.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n6. CONSENT CALENDAR\n2017-5000\n2018 Planning Board Regular Meeting Schedule\nThe calendar can be found at:\nttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3268855&GUID=6C1F3922-\nIC9E-481F-9E23-B2133COE14F1\nApproved Planning Board Minutes\nPage 1 of 7\nDecember 11, 2017", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-12-11.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-12-11", "page": 2, "text": "President Mitchell said that October 8th is a federal holiday.\nStaff Member Thomas said he thinks they should continue the item to the next meeting\nbecause all of the dates are 2017, not 2018.\n7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n7-A 2017-5010\nHold a Public Hearing to Consider Design Review Approval for Block 9 at\nAlameda Point Site A. No further environmental review is required for this\nreview of the project design\nStaff Member Thomas introduced the item. The staff report and attachments can be\nfound at:\ntps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3268859&GUID=0531918(\n4993-4D58-9C78-4EB87C84C583\nBruce Feherty, COO of Cypress Equity Investments, introduced himself and gave some\nbackground on his firm.\nKevin Markarian, Pyatok Architects, gave a presentation on the design of the building.\nJessie Markmen, landscape architect, described the landscaping approach to the building\ndesign.\nBoard Member Sullivan said all the trees in the design do not get very tall and asked if\nthere were plans to plant taller trees at key locations.\nMr. Markmen said the street trees in the master plan would have much larger trees.\nBoard Member Sullivan said she was concerned that some of the trees in the plan would\nnot do very well in such a windy location. She asked that the grasses be green and add\nsome color to the boxy design. She asked who the customer would be for this building.\nMr. Feherty said that they are doing smaller units for people starting out with lower rents.\nHe said that other buildings at Site A would have larger units that could cater to families.\nBoard Member Sullivan asked what type of retail was planned for the project.\nMr. Feherty said that they are too early in the process to know the answer.\nBoard Member Curtis (inaudible) asked if the 1 to 1 parking ratio would be sufficient for\nthe project.\nMr. Feherty said they only recently became involved in the project.\nApproved Planning Board Minutes\nPage 2 of 7\nDecember 11, 2017", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-12-11.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-12-11", "page": 3, "text": "Sue Xi, project manager, said they have a ferry terminal very nearby and want to have a\nsustainable project. She said they will have unbundled parking and manage it more\nefficiently.\nMr. Feherty said they are treating the project like a transit oriented site. He said they are\ntrying to build a more affordable by design product. He said each parking space would\ncost $45,000 to create.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster asked about the reduction in the open space requirement.\nStaff Member Thomas said that there is not a per unit open space requirement and that\nthe entire Site A project would meet its open space requirements.\nPresident Mitchell opened the public hearing.\nAustin Lee said that a continuing horizontal element connecting the windows would better\nreflect the base's Art Moderne aesthetic.\nKaren Bey said she supports the project. She said the retail should complement the other\nretail at Site A.\nRose Magno said the traffic would be horrendous. She said the developers should help\nbuild new infrastructure to get off the island. She said the buildings look like public housing.\nPresident Mitchell closed the public hearing.\nBoard Member Sullivan asked what, in today's dollars, they expected to charge for\nparking.\nMr. Feherty said it would probably be around $50 or $75 per month.\nMs. Xi said they are considering a system where you would take a ticket and could pay by\nthe day, week, or month in order to most efficiently utilize the space.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster said he likes the butterfly roof and that the design breaks the\nbuilding into three separate buildings. He said the (W. Atlantic) elevation was not quite\nthere yet and needed some refinement. He said we could add some extra details to play\nup the Streamline Moderne elements to tie the building together. He asked how the\nparking garage would be separated from the resident courtyard.\nMr. Markmen said that the wall would be solid and they are considering using a bamboo\ntreatment in front of the wall.\nApproved Planning Board Minutes\nPage 3 of 7\nDecember 11, 2017", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-12-11.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-12-11", "page": 4, "text": "in context of plans for the project area.\nStaff Member Thomas said the project is consistent with our parking requirements. He\nsaid there is a shared parking lot within a block of this site. He said Site A is putting 10\nmillion dollars toward a new ferry terminal that will be two blocks away. He said every unit\nwill come with transit passes. He said people have shown a willingness to use alternative\ntransportation if given the options.\nBoard Member Sullivan said there is more than just commute hour driving in town and\nasked what is being done to accommodate those needs.\nStaff Member Thomas said they required the project have retail on the ground floor in\norder to provide services. He said Alameda Landing is nearby and will be well served by\ntransit.\nStaff Member Ott said they have all the funding in place for the ferry to be built in 2019\nand operational in 2020.\nApproved Planning Board Minutes\nPage 4 of 7\nDecember 11, 2017", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-12-11.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-12-11", "page": 5, "text": "Board Member Curtis said the young people will be throwing parties and asked where all\nthose people would park.\nStaff Member Thomas said they could use the nearby public parking lots or on street\nparking.\nBoard Member Curtis said that this is a great experiment, but if we are wrong, people will\nbe fighting over parking.\nStaff Member Thomas said that people will be able to drive, but they need to provide\noptions in the context of a growing region that is not building more freeways or widening\nroads.\nStaff Member Ott explained the parking management plan for the base. She said they\nwant to keep control of the parking in the public control in order to respond to changes in\ndemand in the future. She said the strategy is based on data from other cities which have\nbeen successful and includes the use of parking lots that can be redeveloped as parking\nstructures when demand is sufficient to fund the cost of garage construction. To manage\ndemand, all public lots and garages would be available to the public and Alameda Point\nresidents and employees and parking charges will be managed by the City as a trip\nreduction strategy.\nPresident Mitchell pointed out that areas which have residential mixed with their retail,\nunlike South Shore, do not have vacancies.\nStaff Member Thomas summarized potential conditions to add to the resolution consistent\nwith the board's comments. He said they could add conditions regarding the tree, grass,\nand bamboo selection. He asked if the board would like to see the front elevation and/or\nthe treatment of the garage elevation come back to the board or if they would like to just\ngive direction to staff.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster said he would like to see the front elevation come back for final\napproval. He said he would also like to see a perspective of the interior courtyard.\nBoard Member Mitchell said he is comfortable with the garage entrance treatment being\ndealt with at the staff level.\nStaff Member Thomas suggested that they could approve the resolution and require the\noutstanding elements come back for final approval.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh said he would like to see more options for the rooftop.\nApproved Planning Board Minutes\nPage 5 of 7\nDecember 11, 2017", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-12-11.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-12-11", "page": 6, "text": "Board Member Curtis said that the longer we delay the developer, the more uncertainty\nand cost concerns there are for completing the project.\nStaff Member Thomas said they can approve the resolution with conditions to bring the\nfront elevation, courtyard details, and rooftop options back for review before permits are\nissued. He said that would give the developer the certainty they need for financing and\nfinal planning to move forward.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster made a motion to approve the resolution with the conditions\nto bring back for final approval the final designs for the front elevation, interior\ncourtyard, and rooftop options. Board Member Curtis seconded the motion.\nBoard Member Sullivan said she still had reservations about some of the landscape\nselections.\nStaff Member Thomas suggested that they bring the landscape design back with the other\nitems.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster accepted the suggestion to add a condition of approval to\nbring the landscape plan back for final review before issuing building permits. The\nmotion passed 5-0.\n8. MINUTES\n8-A 2017-5002\nDraft Meeting Minutes - October 9th, 2017\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster said on page 4 he wanted to name the Park Merced project as the\none where residents get a monthly $100 rideshare voucher included in their rent.\nBoard Member Sullivan made a motion to approve the minutes with Board Member\nK\u00f6ster's amendment. Board Member K\u00f6ster seconded. The motion passed 4-0-1\n(Cavanaugh).\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n9-A 2017-5005\nZoning Administrator and Design Review Recent Actions and Decisions\nStaff Member Thomas gave a brief report. The staff report and plans can be found at:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3268857&GUID=B8E1DA78-\n6489-49C4-8625-D5617C081BD7&FullText=1\n9-B 2017-5009\nFuture Public Meetings and Upcoming Community Development\nDepartment Projects\nApproved Planning Board Minutes\nPage 6 of 7\nDecember 11, 2017", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-12-11.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2017-12-11", "page": 7, "text": "Staff Member Thomas said they have provided an updated calendar of future agendas\nand are trying to see if they can schedule a joint meeting with the Transportation\nCommittee\nfor\nJanuary.\nThe\nschedule\ncan\nbe\nfound\nat:\nIttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3268858&GUID=30D3A7EB-\n3117-4CB3-ABA6-81AAEC228B25\nHe said the Harbor Bay Hotel would be coming back in January and starting the process\nover.\nBoard Member K\u00f6ster asked if BCDC would make an approval first this time.\nStaff Member Thomas said BCDC would wait for an approval from Alameda before\nconsidering the project again.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh asked what the reason was for the denial.\nStaff Member Thomas said BCDC decided the project was not consistent with their policy,\nbut that it is a large board and a strange meeting.\nStaff Member Thomas said that the city would cover the lodging and conference costs for\nany members that wish to attend a planning academy conference in Monterey in April. He\nsaid he also included some information about running efficient meetings and new\nCalifornia housing laws in the packet.\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS\nBoard Member Curtis wished the board a happy holidays and new year.\n12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n13. ADJOURNMENT\nPresident Mitchell adjourned the meeting at 8:40pm.\nApproved Planning Board Minutes\nPage 7 of 7\nDecember 11, 2017", "path": "PlanningBoard/2017-12-11.pdf"}