{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-05-29", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, MAY 29, 2018\n1. CONVENE\nPresident Mitchell convened the meeting at 7:04pm\n2. FLAG SALUTE\nBoard Member Cavanaugh led the flag salute.\n3. ROLL CALL\nPresent: President Mitchell, Board Members Burton, Cavanaugh, Curtis, Sullivan.\nAbsent: Board Member K\u00f6ster.\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION\n*None*\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n6. CONSENT CALENDAR\n2018-5611\nAnnual Review: Alameda Point Site A Development Agreement - Applicant:\nAlameda Point Partners, LLC (APP). Approve a Resolution Finding that\nAPP has Demonstrated Good Faith Compliance with the Terms and\nConditions of the Alameda Point Site A Development Agreement from\nAugust 16, 2016 through April 15, 2018, based on the Findings contained\nin the Draft Resolution. This Compliance Review is not a project under\nCEQA\n2018-5612\nPublic Hearing to consider a finding of General Plan conformity for the\ndisposition of real property at 1703 Grand Street\nBoard Member Teague made a motion to approve items 6-A and 6-B. Board Member\nCurtis seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.\n2018-5613\nRecommendation for the Planning Board to Review and Endorse the\nEconomic Development Strategic Plan (EDSP)\nPresident Mitchell opened the public hearing.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 1 of 8\nMay 29, 2018\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-05-29.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-05-29", "page": 2, "text": "Catherine Pauling thanked the board for their work on the plan and for listening to the\ndiverse views of the community.\nLiz Taylor thanked the board for including important blue economic development portions\nof the plan.\nDorothy Freeman shared information on the potential benefits of maritime related\nbusinesses. She said the Svendsens Boatworks needs to be restored to its original\nfootprint.\nPresident Mitchell closed the public hearing.\nBoard Member Teague made a motion to approve item 6-C. Board Member Curtis\nseconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.\n7. REGULAR\nAGENDA\nITEMS\n7-A 2018-5614\nPublic Hearing to Consider a Recommendation to Approve the Master\nPlan, Density Bonus Application, and Environmental Impact Report for the\nAlameda Marina Property Located at 1815 Clement Avenue (APN 071-\n0288-003 and 071-0257-004) in the Northern Waterfront Priority\nDevelopment Area\nBoard Member Burton recused himself from the item because his firm prepared the Master\nPlan.\nStaff Member Thomas gave a presentation. The staff report and attachments can be found\nat:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3505996&GUID=DEA0906C-\nDBB9-4088-B5F0-2C10D16B27BD&FullText=\nBoard Member Teague asked what could be done to the EIR at this stage.\nStaff Attorney Chen said there has been a lengthy process and tonight's action is simply\nasking whether or not to make a recommendation that the City Council certify the EIR.\nBoard Member Curtis said that not all concerns had been addressed in the EIR. He said\nthe emergency vehicle response times during rush hour at full build out have not been\nadequately addressed.\nStaff Member Thomas said that issue was addressed on page seven of the staff report.\nSean Murphy, Alameda Marina, and the developer team gave a presentation.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 2 of 8\nMay 29, 2018\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-05-29.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-05-29", "page": 3, "text": "Board Member Teague asked for clarification of the board's flexibility surrounding parking,\nbuilding heights, and density bonus issues.\nStaff Attorney Chen reviewed the numbers in the density bonus application.\nStaff Member Thomas said they asked for a waiver for the 45 foot height limit.\nBoard Member Teague asked for clarification about the shared parking requirements and\nwhether the residential users would be permitted to use the commercial parking.\nStaff Member Thomas said they would like to clarify that language to make clear that the\nresidents are not to use the commercial parking areas.\nPresident Mitchell opened the public hearing.\nAlan Pryor said he works at the marina and has experienced the failing infrastructure first\nhand.\nPhilip James said the sidewalks along Clement are unsafe and we should make room for\npeople who want to live in Alameda. He urged approval of the plan.\nChris Nicholas thanked the board for incorporating feedback and boating access in the\nplan. He said it has come a long way.\nKathi Fournier works at the marina and said she is excited to open a small business in the\nnew marina. She read a letter from a resident of Barnhill Marina supporting the plan.\nSarah Sieloff said the reuse plan is a good environmental solution to this brownfield. She\nsaid she moved out of Alameda due to skyrocketing rents. She said Alameda needs more\nhousing. She recommended approval of the plan.\nBob Naber gave a presentation for Save Alameda's Working Waterfront. He said there is\ninadequate space in the plan for dry storage, the area is too shallow, and the boatyard\nshould be equivalent to what Svendsens used to be.\nDorothy Freeman said the new project will block the views of the estuary even more than\nthe current \"brown wall\" on Clement Ave. She said the project will create major traffic\nproblems for Alameda.\nJoseph Woodard said a citywide transportation study is required to analyze traffic impacts\nof planned developments.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 3 of 8\nMay 29, 2018\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-05-29.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-05-29", "page": 4, "text": "Jim Sweeney said we must preserve the full service boatyard. He said the location is a\nbad location to add housing.\nEric Gantos said he supports the project.\nJoanne Martin said she is in full support of the project.\nRodney Pimentel said the Encinal Yacht Club supports the project with conditions to\nensure a viable boatyard to service the thousands of boats in the estuary.\nBarbara Thomas said the EIR firm did not properly analyze the traffic impacts.\nJane Pimentel said she likes the plans for the waterfront. She said we need a full service\nboatyard to maintain those boats.\nGretchen Lipow said Alameda is already very dense. She said the jobs-housing balance\nof the plan and ratio of affordable housing are not adequate. She said we need to maintain\nour maritime related sites and business, including industrial use.\nLiz Taylor said her business, DOER Marine, was a prime example of what happens to\nsmall businesses that stand up to developers. She said the plan has improved, but is not\nyet a working waterfront plan.\nKari Thompson said the plan supports the city's goals and improves access to the\nwaterfront.\nCharles Souza said we need the plan and do not want to have this site end up like the site\nat Oak and Clement.\nDave Wilhite said he supports the project. He said it balances the housing and marine\nindustry nicely.\nRay Durazo said he is concerned that the needs of recreational boaters are met by the\nplan.\nSuzanne Diers said the EIR did not discuss soil quality or the high water table. She said\nthe plan could impact parking the neighboring areas.\nPaul Houtz, Alameda Marina Harbormaster, said the boat tenants are very important to\nhim. He said the dry storage and boat repair options in the plan will be adequate to serve\nthe needs of boaters. He said the seawall is well beyond its lifetime and must be replaced.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 4 of 8\nMay 29, 2018\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-05-29.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-05-29", "page": 5, "text": "Woody Minor said the site is an irreplaceable piece of history from our shipbuilding past.\nHe suggested adopting the reduced project alternative or the adaptive reuse alternative.\nNancy Hird asked how we would get off the island in a disaster. She said the developer\ndoes not want a working boatyard. She said the City needs to overlook the RFP process.\nLars Hansson said he supports the plan. He liked that the plan opened up the waterfront.\nHe said the benefits of the project will outweigh any parking and traffic issues.\nJohn Platt said a lot of thought and change has gone into the plan. He said there should\nbe a landing for a small ferry. He said the service barges can work well, but that we need\na full service boatyard to make the operations viable.\nPeter Brand said we need a boatyard to help service the 4,000 boats in the estuary. He\nsaid there is enough demand for a successful boatyard.\nTina Blaine said the plan is as accommodating as possible balancing all interests. She\nsaid she is excited about the Bay Trail and water access opportunities. She urged support.\nPaul Kaplan said he owns a boatyard and the environmental requirements for a boatyard\nmake a full service boatyard unlikely to be possible. He said the dockyard plan can work.\nIrene Dieter said we need to do more to prepare for sea level rise.\nAdrian Covert said the Bay Area Council supports the project because the region\ndesperately needs more housing.\nPaul Anzel said he supports the project because the housing crisis has reached a tipping\npoint.\nChristopher Buckley said that the board should consider the adaptive reuse and\npreservation alternatives more closely.\nLaura Thomas said Renewed Hope Housing Advocates is supporting the project because\nof the promised affordable housing. She said she supports efforts to meet the missing\nmiddle housing needs with smaller flats.\nCharles Olsen, attorney for the applicant, said the preservation and adaptive reuse options\nwere studied and deemed infeasible.\nSarah Kaplan said her business is geared toward getting the community on the water.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 5 of 8\nMay 29, 2018\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-05-29.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-05-29", "page": 6, "text": "Jeff Breen, Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors, said they have gotten a lot of support\nfrom the applicant and that they support the project.\nEileen Zedd said change is inevitable. She said the project will benefit everyone and\nprovides a sustainable solution.\nScott Koehler said his business will benefit from the work barges and supports the project\nand efforts to put in a new boatyard at the site.\nKaren Bey said she supports the project to help meet our housing obligations.\nWilliam Smith said the EIR failed to address many impacts to the community.\nBrian McGuire said Bike Walk Alameda asks for a full 16' Bay Trail throughout the project.\nHe said we need the housing but that we should move the plan forward with the\nrequirements to provide a full service boatyard.\nJohn Knox White said that the things the subcommittee asked for improved the project,\nbut that it naturally required more housing units to pay for those amenities.\nKristopher K\u00f6ster said the current plan is a big improvement from the original plan and\nwould fit the needs of Alameda today and in the future.\nPresident Mitchell closed the public hearing and declared a five minute recess.\nBoard Member Teague made a motion to recommend City Council accept the EIR\nwith three additional pieces of information: 1) adding the emergency vehicle\ninformation from the staff report to the EIR, 2) the population of Encinal High\nSchool, and 3) impacts of traffic on Bay Farm. Board Member Curtis seconded the\nmotion.\nBoard Member Curtis said the emergency vehicle information should emphasize the time\nperiods during morning and afternoon rush hour.\nStaff Member Thomas said they can break out response times by hour, but anticipating\nwhat they would be for future traffic levels will be difficult.\nBoard Member Teague accepted the amendment by Board Member Curtis. The\nmotion passed 5-0.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 6 of 8\nMay 29, 2018\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-05-29.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-05-29", "page": 7, "text": "Board Member Curtis said the plan will never please everyone. He said the infrastructure\nwill add $116,000 per unit that needs to be recovered. He said he would be supporting the\nproject because it would make something nice out of a blighted area.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh said he is concerned about traffic, but that it is not just the\nMarina's choice. He said he is in favor of the project.\nBoard Member Teague said he would like to make sure that the residential parking is not\nallowed in the commercial areas of the project. He said that they should not enshrine the\nability to do something else with the maritime commercial space and that they should have\nto come back to the board. He said the project will make Clement Ave safer and asks that\nthey consider the bike trail widths to prevent potential choke points. He said he would\nsupport the project with those changes.\nBoard Member Sullivan said the boating industry is key in Alameda. She said this project\nshould have a full boatyard. She said she wishes the height of the buildings were limited\nto 45'. She said she would like to see more full sized parking spaces and fewer compact\nspaces.\nPresident Mitchell said the applicant went above and beyond what the board was asking\nfor. He said the project fills many needs. He said this is the best project we can get and\nstate laws would make any future application less desirable. He said he would like the\nproject be 50% for purchase and 50% for rent.\nBoard Member Curtis asked if that would fit into the applicant's economic model.\nSean Murphy said they see a range of rental and for sale housing being offered at the site.\nPresident Mitchell pointed out that the Housing Element has a goal of increasing the rate\nof homeownership.\nBoard Member Teague made a motion to recommend that the City Council approve the\nMaster Plan with the alterations the board specified, including the parking issue, page 40\nissue, and a 50% ownership target.\nStaff Member Thomas outlined staff's proposed amendments based upon community\nfeedback: infrastructure and RFP/RFQ for the boatyard, water taxi dock, street sections,\naffordable housing plan.\nBoard Member Teague made a motion that City Council approve the Master Plan\nwith conditions regarding parking, Bay Trail requirements, page 40 issue,\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 7 of 8\nMay 29, 2018\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-05-29.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-05-29", "page": 8, "text": "addendums regarding the boatyard, and 50% rent vs. buy target. Board Member\nCurtis seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0.\n8. MINUTES\n8-A 2018-5624\nDraft Meeting Minutes - March 26, 2018\n*continued - see below 9-B*\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n9-A 2018-5625\nCommunity Development Department Recent Actions and Decisions\n9-B 2018-5625\nFuture Public Meetings and Upcoming Community Development\nDepartment Projects\nBoard Member Sullivan made a motion to postpone items 8-A and 9-B to the next\nmeeting. Board Member Teague seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0.\nPresident Mitchell called for a two minute recess.\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\nPresident Mitchell read a resolution honoring Kristopher K\u00f6ster's service on the Planning\nBoard.\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n13. ADJOURNMENT\nPresident Mitchell adjourned the meeting at 10:27pm.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 8 of 8\nMay 29, 2018\nPlanning Board Meeting", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-05-29.pdf"}