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CityCouncil | 2007-05-15 | 7 | The City Attorney responded there are no constraints on the City Council to condition the Planning Board's action; Council can uphold the appeal, deny the appeal or make a different recommendation to the Planning Board and remand the decision for the Planning Board to do in a different way. Councilmember deHaan stated the Council determines how individual elements move forward, which has an impact on the overall development of Alameda: the overall development of Alameda should be reviewed; Measure A is a segment of it (development) ; Measure A could be discarded if there were a limit on the number of overall housing units and design were different ; there needs to be an understanding of what might be built out and how impacts will affect the City; the Council should look at how the overall growth of Alameda is going to be built out and understand all the segments together and the TMP's impacts decisions should start being made as a big picture; the Measure A portion is going to be and has been discussed, maybe not in the proper context, in the Station Area Plan; that he has not seen what the Station Area Plan next meeting will look like, which is important to him; the first meeting started off on the wrong foot; another three meetings will be held, which is a good starting point; MTC's funding provided a great opportunity since the City could not afford the staff time and effort; that he would prefer looking at the overall picture and making a determination of how the City will handle this [development] as a whole; the other [ formation of a subcommittee] should be put on the side and the appeal should be upheld because the Planning Board has a heavy agenda for the next three or four months. Mayor Johnson stated that she does not disagree with Councilmember deHaan's comments; questioned whether the normal process is to start with the Planning Board and then have the matter come to Council; stated that she agrees there should be an overall strategy, which has been done in different areas; there should be a comprehensive review. Councilmember deHaan stated it [comprehensive review] has been done somewhat in the Alameda Point PDC . Mayor Johnson stated parts have been completed, such as transportation and retail analysis. Councilmember deHaan stated the Northern waterfront and the impact of South Shore have not been done; all of the elements have not been considered together as a whole; the West End has to be one of the most important corridors and is already impacted now; Measure A might not change that [West End corridor] at all and would not Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 7 May 15, 2007 | CityCouncil/2007-05-15.pdf |