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CityCouncil | 2007-01-02 | 7 | on Otis Drive to the rest of the shopping center; the Acting Planning Director determined that the plan was appropriate and administratively approved the plan; the public, Transportation Commission, and Planning Board want an east/wes sidewalk; staff will go back to the Planning Board in the next few weeks with a plan to show what is feasible. Councilmember Gilmore stated she was on the Planning Board in 2003; the project was conditioned nine ways to Sunday hours were spent discussing pedestrian access; the Planning Board made it very clear that there should be a sidewalk from Office Max along the back side of the business; technical reasons may have prohibited said sidewalk: an administrative decision was made but never came back to the Planning Board; the Planning Board feels that conditions do not matter if the conditions are changed without coming back to the Planning Board; parking lot trees were extensively discussed; the conditions of approval state that Eucalyptus trees are prohibited; the landscaping plans show Eucalyptus trees; she feels very uneasy in allowing the Applicant to go ahead with plans based upon Council conditioning said plans after what has occurred. The Planner III acknowledged that the Acting Planning Director's administrative decision should go back to the Planning Board; stated landscaping is an on-going processi staff is working with the Applicant to determine what is or is not approved under the current PDA; Eucalyptus trees were denied when the new Walgreen's was built; the Shoreline area gets overlooked in the new PDA application because of Target the Shoreline area redesign is part of the application which would remove the car wash and Big 5 and includes more restaurants, public plazas, and public art. Mayor Johnson inquired what is the timeframe for the redesign of the area. The Planner III responded a final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) would be presented in a couple of months stated design workshops are scheduled with the Planning Board; a hearing would be scheduled shortly thereafter Mayor Johnson inquired whether the eventual removal of Big 5 and the car wash would be included. The Planner III responded a removal is planned but he is not sure whether the Applicant could respond because of lease issues. stated very few Shoreline area comments have been received; the current parking standard is four spaces per thousand square feet; the Applicant has indicated the ratio would be maintained; staff will finalize the site plan that addresses adding sidewalks and bike Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 7 January 2, 2007 | CityCouncil/2007-01-02.pdf |