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CityCouncil | 2015-03-10 | 7 | the Tube is an indication that the City has a constraint; as long as the City works within the envelop of what was promised to the State, there is latitude to put reasonable limits on the growth to respect the constraints the City is under as an Island; that he would like to see 25% affordable housing, as long as the units could be integrated into project. Councilmember Oddie expressed his support for the matter being discussed; stated that he is concerned about traffic which would be generated from the Northern waterfront; discussed Alameda Point and Alameda traffic being compared to other cities; noted that he drove his daughters to school; stated an article in the Chronicle indicated that the 29th Avenue ramp onto the freeway is one of the most dangerous; the issue is regional and cannot be addressed in a vacuum; discussed adding another express bus to San Francisco to alleviate parking at the Harbor Bay Ferry Terminal; stated the City skeptically looks at development projects and will continue to do so; projects are not rubber stamped; the Council has the City's best interest at heart; housing is a Statewide concern and the City cannot say no to housing; the required number of units should be the cap; everything should not be built so quickly that the City runs out of space; traffic cannot be used as a reason to stop housing; the City has two choices: mitigate or litigate; Council will listen to the staff proposal to mitigate, which is what needs to be done; litigating has too many risks; the City could lose funding and control to the State, which he does not want to happen; expressed concern over litigation being costly and causing the City to lose Measure A. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated the City has to abide by applicable law; the Council needs to provide direction to staff regarding revisions to the density bonus ordinance; expressed appreciation for the information provided by Vice Mayor Matarrese and requested said documentation be provided when the matter returns to Council; discussed evidence and census data; stated that she is intrigued by the free shuttle suggestion; funding sources need to be identified; discussed the difficulty of funding affordable housing; stated more affordable housing is needed, but the answer is not simple. Councilmember Daysog stated a moratorium should not be implemented on the density bonus ordinance; staff recognizes Alameda is an Island and that the City has to be nimble moving forward in limited capacity; more units could be built under density bonus and the multi-family overlay; the projects that have come forward have not used the full potential; staff is being pushed by the State, is being sensitive to the City's constraints, and recognizes the needs for a mix of more market rate and affordable rental housing; Site A at Alameda Point should be viewed as an opportunity; that he looks forward to discussing traffic solutions and implementation. Mayor Spencer stated that she is concerned about the safety of the community, which should be reviewed separately; the City needs to look at its water supply, the Tube and transportation in the event of a natural disaster; that she agrees a moratorium is not an appropriate solution; concurred with Vice Mayor Matarrese's comments about not over building and holding to the number of units, which should be reviewed; stated the City should review reducing the number of units from 30 to 21 as suggested by a speaker; Special Meeting Alameda City Council 6 March 10, 2015 | CityCouncil/2015-03-10.pdf |