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CityCouncil | 2013-09-25 | 16 | may change; predictions do not work. Member Koester left the dais at 10:55 p.m. and returned at 10:57 p.m. (13-426) Vice Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft moved approval of continuing past 11:00 p.m. Councilmember Tam seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote - 11. Absent: Member Koster - 1. * Mayor Gilmore stated there seems to be consensus that the priority zones are the Town Center and enterprise area; the City hired a consultant and the Planning Board has worked really hard to figure out what the Town Center will look like; the form based code gets down to the nitty-gritty of what actual buildings will look like and what uses are going be; that she has trouble with form based code for the rest of the Base and having some sort of mechanism to filter potential uses. Member Knox White stated the term criteria is the issue; criteria would not determine whether or not something should be brought forward, but would be used to evaluate information; the Council would determine what information will help with making decisions; the evaluation is not yes or no and simply provides financial and traffic impacts and how projects interact with other land use; the criteria could be a one page sheet with information which would go to the Planning Board and Council; nobody knows what the use will be within the zoning and EIR; the analysis will provide information which can be used to say a project that might generate a lot of traffic is important and should be done; the decision would be made in a mindful way; the City should identify important issues ahead of time, such as finance and traffic, and know what information will be evaluated; the criteria would prohibit a project that does not get four As from coming forward. Mayor Gilmore inquired how the suggestion is different than a regular staff report. Vice Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated too much specificity is not a good thing in some cases; each project is going to be unique; staff reports tend to be very thorough; the wheel does not need to be reinvented; the City Manager's ear is to the ground and he knows what other communities are doing successfully and that is all going into the mix; that she worries about building specific criteria for a situation that is not a one size fits all; a quality project is desired and there are enough ways to get that; traffic is on everybody's mind, yet the City will not redo an EIR every time a proposal comes forward; the uses are laid out with room for flexibility; that she is comfortable given the input presented tonight. Mayor Gilmore stated every Alameda Point project will influence the rest of Alameda Point; hopefully, the first project will make the area more desirable. Joint Meeting Alameda City Council and 16 Planning Board September 25, 2013 | CityCouncil/2013-09-25.pdf |