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CityCouncil | 2006-11-21 | 20 | be engaged is a concerning factor; inquired whether the Planning Board and EDC would be the appropriate forum. Mayor/Chair Johnson stated there is a City process for engaging the community the project proposer has their own outreach responsibility. Councilmember/Commissioner Matarrese amended the motion to include direction to have the developer work with the public within the process prior to bringing back an ENA. Councilmember/Commissioner Daysog stated the public process outlined is very preliminary because the ideas presented are conceptual; that he likes the idea of having public input on the preliminary aspect; encouraged work be done within a quick timeframe following NWSP adoption; encouraged additional public meetings also be held after the public input which would occur prior to the ENA. louncilmember/Commissioner Matarrese stated after the NWSP is approved there would be a measuring device that could be used and would help the applicant fine-tune his concept; the EDC should probably be the first stop because the EDC deals in conceptsi the Planning Board would be subsequenti there would be a chance for the public to visualize from concept to economics to hard planning issues and comment at least three to four times prior to the EBA coming back. Vice Mayor/Commissioner Gilmore stated that she would add encouraging the applicant to set up a meeting with the neighbors and neighborhood association regardless of the City's public process; sometimes neighbors cannot attend public meetings and the applicant could set up the most convenient time for the neighbors who would be the most directly affected by the development and the most well versed in the history of the site. Mayor/Chair Johnson stated the motion should set forth minimum requirements, not maximum requirements because there might be some steps not being raised tonight the Council/Commission should not necessarily set a timeframe because pushing the project through is not the City's job. louncilmember/Commissioner deHaan stated the motion should address concerns about Clement Avenue extension and its impacts, which hopefully are addressed in the NWSP. Mayor/Chair Johnson stated the matter might need to go to the Transportation Commission. Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council and 8 Community Improvement Commission November 21, 2006 | CityCouncil/2006-11-21.pdf |