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CityCouncil | 2006-08-01 | 6 | what big box retail does to the Bay Area; City staff needs to be unbiased. Councilmember deHaan stated he placed the matter on the agenda because discussion needs to go forward now; proposals will be before Council and have already been before the Planning Board; the City is trying to capture off-island sales leakage many studies have been conducted; the June 7 Alameda Landing study specified that the leakage was not that big and does not constitute a large box format; the drawings show four 225,000 square foot boxes; he would like to start reviewing the opportunity of an ordinance, recommendation, or proposal control is needed on a level that is manageable for the City; additional entitlements are requested and would be a problem; the studies indicate that big boxes have an economic impact on local business; there are wage and benefit concerns ; he would like to have more dialogue on the matter and would like to have the leakage study go back to the Economic Development Commission (EDC) for further discussion to determine what is really needed; he would like to have the matter continued. louncilmember Matarrese stated the Economic Development Strategic Plan Task Force (EDSP) had the same discussion in 1999 ; the Strategic Plan states that Alameda does not want to have big box retail; discussion was mainly focused on Walmart, the Home Depot and COSTCO, which are warehouse stores; the Strategic Plan is being updated; concurred with Councilmember deHaan's suggestion; EDC review is a good idea; stated that re-establishing the goals of the Strategic Plan is good after seven years; big boxes should be defined; there are concerns with how employees are treated and the drain on the public health system. Vice Mayor Gilmore stated a shopping center study was conducted in the last two years; the study addressed the need for anchor stores at shopping centers; several stores on the list could have been anchor tenants but had minimal approval from Alameda residents; the EDC needs to review anchor stores being big box stores; a big box might not be needed to make an Alameda shopping center successful : the two components need to be reviewed together. Councilmember Matarrese stated the same process should be established for the Strategic Plan; the EDC recommended the Strategic Plan with the output of the process brought to Council: the Transportation Commission was an outcome of the processi traffic patterns need to be reviewed. the Strategic Plan needs to be renewed and brought back. Councilmember Daysog stated that big box retail discussions need to be part of the conversations involving Alameda's economic vision, Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 6 August 1, 2006 | CityCouncil/2006-08-01.pdf |