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CityCouncil | 2010-06-01 | 20 | without transit and traffic solutions; job one is paying for transit solutions; the project will not be successful if there is not enough money to pay for transit solutions. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Matarrese stated the first recommendation in the staff report is to direct the Planning Board to provide an advisory recommendation on the OEA; that he has no faith that any amount of money would solve the issue of getting people who are in the 4,800 housing units on and off the island; having the Planning Board provide an advisory recommendation is important; financing can be reviewed in parallel because financing needs to be based on the project. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Gilmore inquired whether staff is assuming that SunCal would provide a complete application by the Planning Board meeting, to which the Deputy City Manager - Development Services responded in the negative. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Gilmore stated generally, the Planning Board provides a recommendation to Council based on a complete application; a work session or scoping session would take place if an application is incomplete; a formal vote would not be taken; a policy determination would be needed without a formal application; making a policy determination is the Council's job. The Deputy City Manager - Development Services stated the application on file is not deemed complete yet; the matter is an advisory recommendation. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Tam inquired what the Planning Board would be reviewing if the application were incomplete. The Planning Services Manager responded the application includes a General Plan amendment and rezoning for the property; stated Council cannot take action on entitlement without an advisory recommendation from the Planning Board; Council's action would be to either deny or not deny the request and let the process continue; staff wanted to provide Council with the option of extending or not extending the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) or not given the timeframe of the ENA; staff thought it was important to get advice from the Planning Board before the hearing; having a completed application is not required in order to get the Planning Board's advice. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Gilmore inquired whether a Planning Board recommendation is required for General Plan amendments or rezoning, to which the Planning Services Manager responded in the affirmative. Councilmember/Board Member/Commissioner Gilmore stated a determination couldn't be made without a completed application. Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority, and 9 Community Improvement Commission June 1, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-06-01.pdf |