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CityCouncil | 2006-12-05 | 24 | project should be designed to ensure high quality in amenities, open space, and friendliness; proactive work needs to be done with potential store owners to let them know that potential sales would be not just from the Alameda consumer but from Jack London Square residents. The Base Reuse and Community Development Manager stated the DDA references Chapter 3 of the retail impact update; Chapter 3 contains a table that lists sample tenants; Council would have the opportunity to require Catellus to go back to the EDC, and CIC if desired, to revise the tenanting strategy if there is tenant deviation. Mayor/Chair Johnson stated said requirement should be implemented and would ease a lot of concerns. The Base Reuse and Community Development Manager stated an EDC and CIC re-examination would be triggered if staff perceives that the list of tenants is strained. Councilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Matarrese stated he would like to see a staff evaluation presented; he is concerned with the potential for an Orchard's with the existing Pagano's Hardware; the project is good and has broad support; the process has been great; the DDA should ensure that discussions happen. Vice Mayor/Authority Member/Commissioner Gilmore stated she is not satisfied with the TDM. Councilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Matarrese stated different entitlements are given; there is a switch from an all commercial R&D entitlement to an entitlement that has retail and residential; the two entitlements have different impacts; the retail entitlement impacts Webster Street and the rest of the City's retail nodes; inquired whether the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between WABA and Catellus in the DDA. The Base Reuse and Community Development Manager responded the MOU is noted in DDA Section 13.33. louncilmember/Authority Member/Commissioner Matarrese stated the MOU is not mentioned in Section 4.10. The Base Reuse and Community Development Manager stated WABA is addressed in the DA and in the DDA on page 83, and acknowledges that both parties have signed the MOU and what the obligations are; Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Reuse and 13 Redevelopment Authority, and Community Improvement Commission December 5, 2006 | CityCouncil/2006-12-05.pdf |