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CityCouncil | 2010-10-05 | 14 | the Trust for Public Land did not believe applying for funds would be worthwhile. Councilmember Matarrese stated the City would be getting two acres [for a park]; the project would allow for land cleanup and waterfront stabilization; the solution is good; coming to a compromise has taken nineteen years; the City needs to move forward. Councilmember Matarrese moved approval of the staff recommendation with the provision that the City be very clear in holding standards very high to ensure that future residents would not be impacted by whatever the predecessor activity was on the land; stated the matter should be part of the entitlement process. Mayor Johnson stated having labels on the diagrams would have been helpful; inquired what is the indentation along the landside of the waterfront, to which the Planning Services Manager responded a concept for a set of stairs, which would be subject to Design Review. Mayor Johnson reiterated that the public area needs to be accessible to everyone. The Planning Services Manager stated the final map would come back to the Planning Board and ultimately Council for final approval. Mayor Johnson inquired whether the houses on the northern lots are bigger, to which the Planning Services Manager responded in the affirmative. Mayor Johnson inquired whether staff has had discussions regarding smaller houses in order to have a bigger park area, to which the Planning Services Manager responded in the affirmative. Mayor Johnson stated that she would like to make the green area as big as possible. Vice Mayor deHaan stated Marina Village has a green area; the only activity is people walking the trail. Councilmember Matarrese stated the lack of activity is because of the small hills. Vice Mayor deHaan inquired what would be the build out schedule, to which the Deputy City Manager - Development Services responded forty-eight months. Vice Mayor deHaan inquired whether funding would ever become available, to which the Planning Services Manager responded the City has tried to buy the land for twenty years. Councilmember Matarrese stated Thompson Field is catty corner from the project; the School District and City are working on a joint use agreement for football fields; making the area residential makes sense; maximizing Thompson Field and McKinley Park would cover the "active park" portion; the Dutra property remains open for the future. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 14 October 5, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-10-05.pdf |