{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2019-06-24", "page": 1, "text": "APROVED MINUTES\nREGULAR MEETING OF THE\nCITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD\nMONDAY, JUNE 24, 2019\n1. CONVENE\nPresident Sullivan convened the meeting at 7:00 p.m.\n2. FLAG SALUTE\nBoard Member Curtis led the flag salute.\n3. ROLL CALL\nPresent: President Sullivan, Board Members Cavanaugh, Curtis, Rothenberg, Saheba,\nTeague.\nAbsent: Board Member Mitchell.\n4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION\nPresident Sullivan asked to continue item 7-C to the July 8, 2019 meeting. She said she\nwanted to take item 7-B before 7-A.\nBoard Member Curtis made a motion to approve President Sullivan's suggested\nagenda changes. Board Member Rothenberg seconded the motion. The motion\npassed 6-0.\n5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nJohn Galloway asked about the status of a proposed Westin hotel on Ballena Isle. He said\nthere is a computer generated video about the proposal, but no information available on\nthe City's website about the project. He said he would be opposed to the project because\nof the lack of transit access and the increase in traffic. He suggested Site A at Alameda\nPoint as a better option for this project.\nDavid Ross expressed his appreciation for the planning tour the previous Thursday.\nBret Bye said he and his neighbors suffer from noise created by the Club House bar's\npatio. He asked for clearer laws on \"patio culture.\" He suggested a 9pm curfew and\nincreased enforcement. He said it impacts everyone's quality of life.\nCari Lee Donovan said she also suffers from the noise created by the Club House bar, as\nwell as other rowdy behavior spilling over into the neighborhood. She said the bar keeps\nher and her daughter up until 2am. She asked that a 9pm curfew be instated and the noise\nordinance be strengthened.\nLeslie Chaires said she is worried about a new restaurant with a noisy patio slated to open\nnear the Club House bar, expressing similar concerns about noise and quality of life as\nApproved Planning Board\nPage 1 of 9\nminutes June 24, 2019", "path": "PlanningBoard/2019-06-24.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2019-06-24", "page": 2, "text": "the previous two speakers. She said she worries about noise, garbage, and mental health\nimpacts on neighbors.\n6. CONSENT CALENDAR\n*None*\n7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n7-B 2019-7015\nPLN19-0051 - Proposed Final Development Plan Amendment, Design Review, and\nTentative Parcel Map for 1310, 1430, and 1410 Harbor Bay Parkway- Applicant: Joe Ernst\non behalf of srmErnst Development Partners. Public hearing to consider a Final\nDevelopment Plan Amendment and Design Review to develop three new single-story flex-\nspace buildings, totaling 310,945 square feet on 18 acres of vacant land. The application\nincludes a Tentative Parcel Map to create commercial condo maps for each new building.\nThe project is located in the C-M-PD (Commercial Manufacturing, Planned Development)\nZoning District. A Final Environmental Impact Report for Harbor Bay Isle, including the\nHarbor Bay Business Park, was certified in 1974 and the 1988 Addendum to the EIR was\ncertified in 1989 in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).\nPursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, no new significant impacts have been\nidentified and no additional CEQA review is required.\nDavid Sablan, Planner Il with the Planning, Building, and Transportation Department,\ngave a presentation. The staff report and attachments can be found at:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3983776&GUID=0999FE08-\n5A3B-41F2-8F42-9A36611019A5&FullText=1.\nBoard Member Curtis asked which water feature was being removed.\nStaff Member Sablan explained that the water feature connecting the two existing\nbuildings to Harbor Bay Parkway would be removed for landscaping and parking.\nBoard Member Teague asked what the required number of parking spaces was when the\noriginal development agreement was approved.\nStaff Member Sablan said he did not have that information at this time.\nBoard Member Teague asked how many parking places would be included in the entire\nparcel when the project is complete.\nStaff Member Sablan said that the three new parcels will have 711 parking spaces, but he\ndoes not know the number of existing parking spaces on the two established parcels.\nJoe Ernst, SRM Ernst Development, said the original plan included 1900 spaces for the\nall office plan, a 3.25 per 1,000 square foot ratio. He said the buildings they are adding\ninclude 2.25 spaces per 1,000 square foot for the R&D/manufacturing use and that they\nstill have the shared parking easements in place across all five properties.\nThere were no public speakers.\nApproved Planning Board minutes\nPage 2 of 9\nJune 24, 2019", "path": "PlanningBoard/2019-06-24.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2019-06-24", "page": 3, "text": "Board Member Teague moved approval of the staff recommendation. Board\nMember Curtis seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-0.\n7-A 2019-7011\nAlameda Marina Master Plan Amendments and Tentative Map - 1829 Clement Avenue.\nApplicant: Alameda Marina, LLC. The Planning Board will hold a public hearing to consider\nAlameda Marina Master Plan Amendments and the Alameda Marina Tentative\nSubdivision Map for the Alameda Marina property generally located between Clement\nAvenue and the Oakland Estuary and between Alameda Marina Drive and Willow Street.\nThe Planning Board will also hold a study session to review the initial design for the first\nresidential structure in Phase 1 of the project. The environmental effects of the proposed\nproject were considered and disclosed in the Alameda Marina Master Plan Environmental\nImpact Report (State Clearinghouse #2016102064). No further environmental review is\nrequired under the California Environmental Quality Act for the proposed improvements.\nAndrew Thomas, Director of the Planning, Building, and Transportation Department, gave\na\npresentation. The staff report and attachments can be found\nat:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3983631&GUID=10F56481.\nIC9F-42AB-BD22-72BFD2ED5402&FullText=1.\nPresident Sullivan asked how trucks would retrieve a motor boat from the dry storage.\nStaff Member Thomas showed on the site plan where in the parking lot trucks could pull\nup to retrieve their boat trailer.\nBoard Member Saheba asked if the view corridor and pedestrian easement would take\npeople through the parking lot and boat storage area. He said it is not clear on the site\nplan how pedestrians in the view corridor would access the waterfront.\nStaff Member Thomas said the pedestrians would have to move east on a sidewalk when\nthey reach the parking lot before continuing north to the Bay Trail.\nBoard Member Saheba said there needs to be clear demarcation of how pedestrians\nwould move through the site to the water. He asked if a similar situation was awaiting us\nat Chestnut Street.\nStaff Member Thomas said they are not as far along with the plans for that phase of the\nproject and are not proposing any changes in that area at this time.\nBoard Member Rothenberg suggested being more prescriptive in how the open space\ngets programmed. She asked who had the burden to pay for the upgrades of utility\nservices to the site. She continued by saying that the fire code requirements should be\nmore explicit in the plan.\nApproved Planning Board minutes\nPage 3 of 9\nJune 24, 2019", "path": "PlanningBoard/2019-06-24.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2019-06-24", "page": 4, "text": "Staff Member Thomas said the fire department has been involved at every stage of the\nproject. He said the developer pays for 100% of the new infrastructure.\nBoard Member Teague asked what the traffic control plan would be for the Union Street\nintersection.\nStaff Member Thomas said that the intersection would have a four way stop sign.\nBoard Member Teague said removing the gate in the dry boat storage frees up three\nspaces and could be called out in the plan. He said the resolution added the phrase \"prior\nto final map approval\" and that it was not included in the Master Plan.\nStaff Member Thomas said they use that condition to make sure they can make sure\ncertain details are taken care of before it is too late in the process to make changes. He\nsaid the intent is not to change any of the underlying criteria that the previous condition\napplied to.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh asked if Union Street should be signalized instead of only a\nstop sign.\nStaff Member Thomas said that the projected traffic loads do not meet the warrants for a\nsignal.\nSean Murphy, Alameda Marina, gave a brief presentation about the proposed\namendments to the Master Plan.\nThere were no public speakers.\nBoard Member Curtis asked if the utility concerns for a potential boatyard have been\nthought out and put into the tentative map.\nMr. Murphy said that they are tying into the Clement Avenue backbone infrastructure,\nwhich he said was fairly robust thanks to being next door to AMP.\nBoard Member Teague asked if the demolition would be phased or done all at once.\nMr. Murphy said they are planning to do phased demolition, in conjunction with each\nbuilding area.\nStaff Member Thomas said that he checked with the architect and that the Chestnut Street\ncorridor would not need changing because the vehicular access would be off of Lafayette\nStreet.\nApproved Planning Board minutes\nPage 4 of 9\nJune 24, 2019", "path": "PlanningBoard/2019-06-24.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2019-06-24", "page": 5, "text": "Board Member Teague made a motion to approve the tentative map and recommend\nCity Council adopt the changes to the Master Plan. Board Member Curtis seconded\nthe motion.\nBoard Member Saheba asked if the motion would include increasing the number of dry\nboat spaces to 63.\nStaff Member Thomas said that the boundaries of the dry boat storage area are set and\nthat it can be striped in whatever way needed for the mix of boats they have using the\nspace. He said the board could direct staff to work with the applicant to minimize the size\nof the storm water runoff area (C3) within the dry storage area.\nBoard Member Teague accepted the direction to staff to minimize the size of the C3\narea within the dry boat storage as an amendment to his motion.\nBoard Member Saheba suggested a bulb out into the parking lot at the end of the\npedestrian access through the building to prevent pedestrians immediately confronting\nparked cars.\nBoard Member Teague amended his motion to include the bulb out at the end of the\npedestrian pathway. Board Member Curtis continued to second the motion. The\nmotion passed 6-0.\nlan Murphy, project architect, gave a presentation on the design of Building A.\nBoard Member Curtis asked how long the building would be.\nMr. Murphy said the building is 500 feet long.\nBoard Member Saheba asked how the project would deal with loading, unloading, move-\nins, move-outs, and that sort of thing.\nMr. Murphy said the building would use trash chutes and building staff would bring bins\nto\nthe street for pickup 2-3 times per week. He said they have not worked with the provider\nyet to see which street is preferred.\nBoard Member Saheba suggested those issues be given serious consideration moving\nforward. He asked if the bike parking would be distributed throughout the building or if\nresidents on the western side of the building would have to go to the parking garage.\nMr. Murphy said he expects the majority of the long term bicycle parking to be located\ncentrally in the parking garage. He said they have identified some additional corner\nlocations throughout the building where more bike parking could be placed.\nApproved Planning Board minutes\nPage 5 of 9\nJune 24, 2019", "path": "PlanningBoard/2019-06-24.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2019-06-24", "page": 6, "text": "Board Member Cavanaugh asked if the buildings in the whole project would be raised and\nwhether it would be stairs or gentle slopes to get up to the pathway level.\nMr. Murphy explained that the building is about four feet above Clement at the street in\norder to address sea level rise.\nPresident Sullivan asked how the design and size fits with the surrounding area.\nMr. Murphy said that they use a modern take on a lot of the maritime elements that are on\nthe site already. He said they tried to come down in scale and articulation at the pedestrian\nlevel to try and meet the homes in the area.\nPresident Sullivan said all the surrounding homes and buildings have a pitched roof and\nthis building is a bit incongruous with the neighborhood.\nPresident Sullivan opened the public hearing.\nSuzanne Diers questioned whether there would be sufficient parking included with the\nproject. She is concerned about spillover into the neighborhood. She said the people in\nthe upper units will be looking into the light industrial yards.\nAlex Volkovitch said he appreciates the project and anything that can be done to make\nthe area more walkable and provide access to the waterfront.\nPresident Sullivan closed the public hearing.\nBoard Member Saheba asked if our zoning requires any specific loading for a project of\nthis nature.\nStaff Member Thomas said there are not specific standards, but they try to think about\nthose things and asked if there were specific suggestions staff should consider.\nBoard Member Saheba said the number of packages getting delivered is increasing and\nwe would not want traffic stopping on Clement for deliveries. He said the applicant has\ndone a good job continuing the amenity space throughout the pedestrian corridor. He said\nthere is a lot of solid in parts of the wall in the pathway and it would be great if there is\nmore glass in this section. He said some of the windows along this area are at the scale\nof the residential windows rather than the scale of the amenity spaces. He said he feels\nlike there may be one surface material too many. He said it would be good to call out the\nstucco to be smooth on a project of this scale.\nBoard Member Rothenberg suggested that perhaps residential permit parking will be\nneeded because of this project.\nApproved Planning Board minutes\nPage 6 of 9\nJune 24, 2019", "path": "PlanningBoard/2019-06-24.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2019-06-24", "page": 7, "text": "Staff Member Thomas said that permit parking is always an option for the neighborhood.\nHe described how the unbundled parking would work and noted that each unit would come\nwith a bus pass.\nBoard Member Curtis said he likes the design, but is concerned about the parking. He\nasked what the developer would do if they rented all the available parking before the\nbuilding is filled.\nStaff Member Thomas explained that the parking would be managed and prices should\nincrease with the demand. He said they are trying to encourage people to not rely on cars.\nBoard Member Saheba asked if any guest parking was required on this project.\nStaff Member Thomas said they have been moving away from relying on guest parking\nfor these projects. He explained that residents just fill those spaces and put junk in their\ngarages.\nBoard Member Teague said he liked the warm wood tone paneling breaking up the giant\nwall. He said he would like to see the historic buildings in the renderings to see how they\nsit next to each other. He said the parking issue was decided in the master plan. He said\nhe sees no plan for trash and moving vans.\nBoard Member Saheba said he was commenting on the grey siding, not the wood toned\npanels.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh asked if there are plans for a water taxi with this project.\nStaff Member Thomas said that there would be a water shuttle dock and funding provided\nby the site for transportation options, which could be used toward a water shuttle.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh asked to see some renderings of the project at night in order\nto see the lighting and landscaping. He asked to hear about plans for artwork associated\nwith the project.\nBoard Member Curtis asked when the Board could expect to hear more regarding the\nboatyard RFQ.\nSean Murphy said they have done their interviews and plan to bring it back to the City\nCouncil after the August recess. He said the board would be hearing a lot from them over\nthe coming year.\n8. MINUTES\n8-A 2019-7013\nDraft Meeting Minutes - May 28, 2019\nApproved Planning Board minutes\nPage 7 of 9\nJune 24, 2019", "path": "PlanningBoard/2019-06-24.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2019-06-24", "page": 8, "text": "Board Member Teague asked that his comment asking for the differentiation between the\nhotel and coffee shop building be clarified in the minutes.\nBoard Member Teague moved approval of the minutes with the proposed\ncorrection. Board Member Rothenberg seconded the motion. The motion passed 6-\n0.\n9. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\n9-A 2019-7014\nPlanning, Building and Transportation Department Recent Actions and Decisions\nThe staff report can be found at:\nhttps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3983653&GUID=A523B6BE-\nAOAA-4755-BED9-9ED9B8A429EA&FullText=1\n10. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n11. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS\nBoard Member Teague said he would like staff to take a run at the ADU changes to\nconsider potential impacts of AB68.\nBoard Member Curtis said that this would be President Sullivan's last meeting. He said he\nhas enjoyed working with her and that she has done an excellent and difficult job.\nPresident Sullivan said it has been her pleasure to work with the board. She said the\nrecent tour was very effective.\nBoard Member Rothenberg said she is impressed that any of the housing is able to get\nbuilt in the public sector, given the challenges. She said the green spaces were a little\ngeneric and do not serve seniors and children well. She said it would really enhance the\nhuman scale quality. She said the 2100 Clement project was very well designed. She said\nthe simple architecture is more timeless.\nBoard Member Cavanaugh said the tour was fantastic. He said he could really connect\nthe work done by the board and the finished products. He thanked President Sullivan for\nher work.\nPresident Sullivan said she hopes the Board can recognize some of the community\nmembers that really helped with the Mulberry project to make it something to be proud of.\nStaff Member Thomas thanked President Sullivan for her work. He said her knowledge of\nlandscaping issues have really helped. He said the tour would not have happened without\nher and they are all glad they did it. He said the Council will appoint two new members\nJuly 2, 2019.\nApproved Planning Board minutes\nPage 8 of 9\nJune 24, 2019", "path": "PlanningBoard/2019-06-24.pdf"}
{"body": "PlanningBoard", "date": "2019-06-24", "page": 9, "text": "Board Member Rothenberg suggested doing another tour of different types of buildings,\nsuch as hotels. She said there is enough good work in Alameda to use as examples for\nfuture projects.\n12. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS\n*None*\n13. ADJOURNMENT\nPresident Sullivan adjourned the meeting at 9:04 p.m.\nApproved Planning Board minutes\nPage 9 of 9\nJune 24, 2019", "path": "PlanningBoard/2019-06-24.pdf"}