{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2018-11-13", "page": 1, "text": "ALAMEDA GOLF COMMISSION\nMINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING\nTuesday, November 13, 2018\n1\nCALL TO ORDER\nChair Ed Downing the called the regular meeting to order at approximately 6:30 p.m. in\nRoom 360, City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda, CA 94501\n1-A\nROLL CALL\nPresent:\nChair Ed Downing, Vice-Chair Cheryl Saxton, Commissioner\nRon Taylor, Commissioner Ron Carlson, and Commissioner\nJoe Van Winkle\nAbsent:\nNone\nStaff:\nGreenway Golf Marc Logan and Brett Morrison, Recreation\nand Parks Director Amy Wooldridge\nAlso Present:\nNone\n1-B\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nMinutes of 9-11-18 were approved unanimously\n2\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n3\nCOMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n4\nWRITTEN/ORAL REPORTS\n4-A\n4-A Beautification Program and Junior Golf Club\nConnie Wendling suggested that a bench be placed at the entrance to the golf course\nbuilding for people waiting for rides. Brett Morrison stated that he would discuss with\nthe principals of Greenway Golf.\nMs. Wendling then thanked Greenway Golf for the success of Jack Clark memorial\ntournament which was held in October and all who helped with the success.\n1\nGolf Commission Minutes - Tuesday, November 13, 2018", "path": "GolfCommission/2018-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2018-11-13", "page": 2, "text": "Junior golf membership applications for 2019 were mailed out today and the\nWednesday tournament schedule has been set, and they have a total of 23\nscholarships available.\n4-B\nGolf Complex Restaurant Report, Jim's on the Course\nSee Old Business\n5\nAGENDA ITEMS\n5-A\nReceive Report and Discuss the Golf Fund Budget\nAmy Wooldridge provided a staff report and reviewed it with the Commission.\n5-B Receive Report and discuss the Parking Lot Project at Corica Park\nAmy Wooldridge provided a staff report and reviewed it with the Commission\n6.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (Public Comment)\nNone\n7.\nOLD BUSINESS\n7-A\nUpdate on Jim's on the Course\nTom Geanekos stated dates on the attachment (Exhibit 1) should have been October,\nnot November as stated. He stated that he met with Justin Beckman, North American\nrepresentative for Losberger on October 17 and his contractor Tom Loukos, to go over\nthe final details of placement of the structure and the foundation plan. On October 18,\nhe met with Amy Wooldridge, Marc Logan, Dan Hall, electrical engineer and his\ncontractor, Tom Loukos, to discuss the utility hook ups and resolved the utitily issues.\nOn October 25, replies to hold notices from the Building Department were submitted.\nOn October 31, Tom met with Dan Hall, electrical engineer and Artem Voloshanovskie,\nAlameda Power Utility Service planner to finalize the power needs for the event center.\nIt was determined by Artem, that the current transformer has enough power to fulfill\nthe needs of the event center.\nThe question was asked about the permit being issued prior to the electrical and\nmechanical issued being resolved, and Amy Wooldridge explained that there is a tight\ndeadline of December 20 for the building permit to be issued due to the new FEMA\nissued revised flood maps, any new building permit issued after December 20, the\nbuilding has to be brought up to 10 feet. The building department investigated the\nregulation and it was determined that as long as the building permit is issued prior to\nDecember 20, but the electrical and mechnical permits still need to be obtained, but do\nfall under the FEMA regulations.\n2\nGolf Commission Minutes - Tuesday, November 13, 2018", "path": "GolfCommission/2018-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2018-11-13", "page": 3, "text": "7-B\nFacility and Renovation Report by Greenway Golf\nBrett Morrison, Operations Manager of Greenway Golf reported the following:\nThe practice green has been completed and opened as planned for the October 6th\nJack Clark tournament. Construction on the patio fountain is completed with the final\nphase for the Commuters committee to provide the memorial plaques to be attached.\nPrep work is underway on the parking entry cart path with pavers to be installed and is\nexpected to take 6-8 weeks to complete.\nWork is nearing completion of the back of the range practice tee area. Landscaping\nincluding grassing, mulch and cypress trees have been put in place and the former\nNorth/South granite tee monument signs have been repurposed as steps leading up\nthe tee.\nGreenway is conducting a review of quotes for a Flowater filter station outside of the\nclubhouse.\nNew practice balls are in inventory and six range mats have been changed out with\nnewer mats. A full inventory of lights in the parking lot, range stalls, and landing area\nwas performed and been changed out as needed, with a few range lights needing to be\nordered as they require a specific bulb.\nSouth Course drainage work around some of the greens has mostly been completely\nand re-grassed.\nOn the north course, shaping is being done on holes 3, 4, 5 and 6. Marc Logan stated\nhe is confident that nine holes will be open late next year.\n8.\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\n9.\nITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA - January 8, 2019\n10.\nANNOUNCEMENTSIADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:45 p.m.\nThe agenda for the meeting was posted seven days in advance in compliance with the\nAlameda Sunshine Ordinance, which also complies with the 72-hour requirement of the\nBrown Act.\n3\nGolf Commission Minutes - Tuesday, November 13, 2018", "path": "GolfCommission/2018-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-11-13", "page": 1, "text": "APPROVED MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2018\n1. CONVENE\nPresident Sullivan convened the meeting at 7:00pm\n2. FLAG SALUTE\n3. ROLL CALL\nPresent: President Sullivan, Board Members Cavanaugh, Curtis, Teague.\nAbsent: Board Members Mitchell, Saheba, Rothenberg.\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION\n*None*\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n6. CONSENT CALENDAR\n*None*\n7. REGULAR\nAGENDA\nITEMS\n7-A 2018-6173\nGeneral Plan Annual Report and Land Use Element Text Amendments. Applicant: City of\nAlameda. Public hearing to consider an Annual Report on the Status of the General Plan and\nproposed General Plan Text Amendments to resolve conflicting language between the\nresidential density standards in the 1991 Land Use Element with the residential density\nstandards adopted in the 2012 Housing Element to bring the General Plan into conformance\nwith state housing law. The amendment also includes clarifications regarding business park\ndevelopment standards and an update to the development and demographic projections for\nthe period 2020-2040. The proposed amendments are categorically exempt from the\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3), the\ngeneral rule that CEQA only applies to actions that have the potential to cause a significant\nimpact on the environment\nStaff Member Thomas gave a presentation. The staff report and attachments can be found\nat:\n  https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3716309&GUID=1FBCF269-\nEFB7-4C72-A4E5-BD723FBF7D77&FullText=1.\n.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh asked if the discrepancy between gross and net acreage for\ndetermining housing capacity was only a typo.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 1 of 6\nNovember 13, 2018\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-11-13", "page": 2, "text": "Staff Member Thomas said he is not sure what they were thinking in 1991. He said state law\nwas less precise then. He said the state has taken a much more prescriptive approach to how\nwe treat land today.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh asked what was really planned and developed at the Harbor Bay\nBusiness Park in the past.\nStaff Member Thomas said the original documents envisioned 5,000,000 sq. ft. of office space\nwith 8-10 story buildings. He said the business park ended up with much more manufacturing\nand industrial space with much lower floor area ratios. He said the 0.5 FAR has always been\napplied along the waterfront.\nBoard Member Curtis said that when he was involved with Harbor Bay, they never planned to\nbuild any ten story buildings because the airport would preclude that possibility. He said the\nFAR was put in the maintain the view corridors. He said the FAR can be violated as long as\nparking and landscaping and other requirements remain in place to maintain quality projects.\nBoard Member Teague asked why a sentence explaining FAR was proposed to be removed.\nStaff Member Thomas said that it was just for clarity and could be left in as a definition.\nBoard Member Teague asked if simplifying the General Plan language to refer to other\ndocuments can be done to prevent duplication and conflicts.\nStaff Member Thomas said that was an option. He said the plan needs to have information\nregarding projections.\nBoard Member Teague pointed out other areas where the General Plan can refer to other\ndocuments like the Zoning Map. He asked a technical question regarding the Harbor Bay\nBusiness Park development agreement and looked for an interpretation of the appropriate\nresolutions.\nStaff Member Thomas said that he believes staff has been interpreting the agreement with\nthe same intent that Board Member Teague described.\nBoard Member Teague said the calculation about Alameda's population growth since 1990\nappears to be off. He asked if the RHNA (Regional Housing Needs Allocation) projections in\nthe plan reflect recently passed housing laws by the state.\nStaff Member Thomas said they did not and that we do not know yet what the next RHNA will\nbe.\nPresident Sullivan asked if the 325 units in the Guyton Settlement had already been built.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 2 of 6\nNovember 13, 2018\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-11-13", "page": 3, "text": "Staff Member Thomas said that not all the units had been built. He said the density bonus has\nmade the Guyton Amendment less relevant.\nPresident Sullivan asked what it is about old houses that lead to so much greenhouse gas\nemissions.\nStaff Member Thomas said that they tend to be very energy inefficient.\nPresident Sullivan asked if the projections accounted for the cyclical nature of the economy.\nStaff Member Thomas said the demographers use sophisticated models, but are looking 20\nyears out and there are lots of unknowns.\nPresident Sullivan asked if the FAR restrictions would apply to all bayfront properties, or only\nthe ones across the lagoon from homes.\nBoard Member Teague asked if they could apply the 0.5 FAR to all shoreline properties if they\nchose.\nStaff Member Thomas said that they could.\nPresident Sullivan opened the public hearing.\nBrian Trumper, Freeport Homeowners, asked that the board not change anything from the\nstatus quo that would affect the Esplanade project. He said Village 5 is having a presidents'\nmeeting tomorrow and most people are just learning about the hotel project. He asked that\nany Planning Board meeting on the hotel be delayed.\nPresident Sullivan said the hotel proposal is not on the agenda. She said the FAR\nrequirements are not changing for that site. She said the hotel will be on the next agenda.\nMr. Trumper expressed frustration over the process from the point of view of a \"regular\ncitizen.\"\nVijay Patel said the meeting has been clarifying regarding FAR and would have a large impact\non his proposed hotel.\nPresident Sullivan closed the public hearing.\nBoard Member Teague said he would be willing to modify the first two items tonight, but is not\nready to move forward the 2040 paragraph. He said he would be looking for changes he\nexplained earlier to have the General Plan refer to other documents to reduce duplication. He\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 3 of 6\nNovember 13, 2018\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-11-13", "page": 4, "text": "said he wants to try and prevent the need to amend multiple documents any time a change in\npolicy is needed. He said the intent of the 0.5 FAR appeared to apply to the shoreline\nproperties and not the entire business park. He said he would be in support of that clarification.\nPresident Sullivan asked if eliminating some information in the General Plan would make the\ndocument less clear. She asked Board Member Teague what, for example, he would eliminate\nin the low density housing section.\nBoard Member Teague read the clause that he would remove. He said he would be okay\nleaving the existing numbers. He said he would like to refer to exemptions in the zoning code.\nHe said he did not want to call out specific sections in case the state passes new laws or we\nchange the zoning code.\nBoard Member Curtis asked if these changes would cover the gap when the Harbor Bay\ndevelopment agreement expires.\nStaff Member Thomas said the General Plan, zoning, and prior development plans will still\ngovern the business park.\nBoard Member Curtis thanked staff and said his colleagues have done a great job providing\nfeedback and flexibility on the issue.\nBoard Member Teague made a motion to recommend that the City Council make\nchanges to the General Plan as specified by staff with the following changes: the FAR\nsentence be restored, strike the follow on clauses in the descriptions of the residential\ndensities, rewrite the residential density exemption to be referential to other\ndocuments, under the specific mixed use drop the clause referring to X units, clarify\nthat the 0.5 FAR for the Harbor Bay Business Park is applicable to waterfront\nproperties.\nStaff Member Thomas sought clarification regarding which properties the FAR would apply\nto.\nPresident Sullivan read the original language referring to Bay Edge road.\nBoard Member Teague pointed on the map where his interpretation of shoreline properties\nwould refer to, from the ferry terminal down to where the road turns away from the runway\nnear the marsh.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh seconded the motion.\nPresident Sullivan asked to see the final language when it is drafted.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 4 of 6\nNovember 13, 2018\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-11-13", "page": 5, "text": "Staff Member Thomas said that he will provide that information before it goes to the City\nCouncil.\nThe motion passed 4-0\nStaff Member Thomas reviewed his notes on the projections language to make sure he\nunderstood the board's direction.\nThe board briefly discussed vehicle counts and patterns for the tubes and how that is framed\nin the projections.\nBoard Member Teague said the section on projections gives the impression that there is no\ntransportation problem on the island.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh said we are moving forward with the housing plans before properly\nevaluating the climate change and transportation issues and properly planning.\n8. MINUTES\n8-A 2018-6169\nDraft Meeting Minutes - May 29th, 2018\nBoard Member Teague made a motion to approve the minutes. Board Member Curtis\nseconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0.\n8-B 2018-6170\nDraft Meeting Minutes - September 24, 2018\nBoard Member Teague asked staff to go back and correct the motion on the cannabis item.\nHe said he sent the correct language with timestamps to City Council and staff to refer to.\nPresident Sullivan corrected a typo.\nBoard Member Curtis asked that the corrected minutes be distributed to the board members\nso they can ensure their records are up to date.\nNo action was taken.\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n9-A 2018-6171\nCommunity Development Department Recent Actions and Decisions\nThe staff report can be found at:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3716307&GUID=F11E9AOB-86AD-\n4DA4-8234-4E04FFFEF5CF&FullText=1\nStaff Member Thomas said that 1557 4th St. was pulled from the list of approvals.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 5 of 6\nNovember 13, 2018\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-11-13.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2018-11-13", "page": 6, "text": "9-B 2018-6172\nFuture Public Meetings and Upcoming Community Development Department Projects The\nschedule of future items can be found at:\ntps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3716308&GUID=F5FEC973-BE1D-\n4309-9217-71A883A18B84\nStaff Member Thomas said there would be an open house of the Shipways site the\nTuesday before Thanksgiving from 8-10am.\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n13. ADJOURNMENT\nPresident Sullivan adjourned the meeting at 8:51pm.\nApproved Meeting Minutes\nPage 6 of 6\nNovember 13, 2018\nPlanning Board", "path": "PlanningBoard/2018-11-13.pdf"}