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CityCouncil | 2010-07-07 | 14 | Mr. Brown stated that he understood the allegations are not confirmed; in talking with his folks, SunCal strongly believes that nothing inappropriate has occurred; SunCal has communication all the time with the entire Council and City staff; communication occurs all the time, which is common in his experience; SunCal does not believe that anything inappropriate has occurred; that is SunCal's position today. Mayor/Chair Johnson stated when reviewing the report, SunCal will see that the documents are attached; the fact that communication occurred, is not disputed; Mr. Colantuono is a highly regarded expert in the area; he is an attorney for the League of California Cities, he has done a very thorough job of reviewing the matter and providing his opinion, which is available to the public. Jim Daisa, Kimley-Horn and Associates, stated the presentation which was developed over the past few months, was developed for a different context, and was not prepared for tonight; SunCal hired him because he has been doing this for 20 years has been working in the Bay Area on transit oriented development for that long, and has worked with Peter Calthorpe since the beginning; SunCal knows that he does not rubber-stamp any project and call it TOD until he is very comfortable that it can perform like true TOD; contrary to what was said tonight, TOD is not a cute development ploy; it works; it has been around for a long time; there is a lot of empirical data here in the Bay Area that shows that it reduces traffic by half of what similar amounts of development in suburban areas do; it is just a fact at this point; there is plenty of data to show that the location is ideal location for self selection, for people who use transit; the project is going to attract people who work in San Francisco because it is an ideal location with good high speed transit to San Francisco, which is subsidized; the project is going to attract a lot of people, young professionals, couples, families that self select these types of developments; in the Bay Area, transportation costs combined with housing costs are a family's single biggest expense; if families can find a way to reduce transportation costs through transit, they will select to live in a place that provides that; items in the strategy need to work together and are part of what TOD is; first and foremost is the land use, not that it is oriented toward transit, it is the density, the right mix, the way it looks, the way it feels because it creates a place that people want to live, work, and all that; the environment encourages people to use transit; the project is oriented toward transit and served by multiple forms of transit; there is a pedestrian and bicycle trail network, focused, but not just in the project itself, connecting to the rest of the Island because what SunCal is trying to do with the transportation system is integrate it into Alameda and let it serve everybody on the Island, not just the Alameda Point development; all of the transportation strategies are available to the rest of the Island as well; beyond the capital program, an important aspect will be the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program, which is an intentionally designed, flexible program that is monitored annually in perpetuity; the TDM program includes the soft things that encourage people to use alternate modes of transportation and there are many other benefits to TOD other than just reduction in traffic, including improved health for the community because they could get physical exercise in an atmosphere and environment that is pleasing; the Special Joint Meeting Alameda City Council, Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority, and 13 Community Improvement Commission July 7, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-07-07.pdf |