pages: CityCouncil/2016-09-06.pdf, 6
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CityCouncil | 2016-09-06 | 6 | 366 The Assistant Community Development Director responded the General Plan directs the City to work towards a job/housing balance to address traffic congestion; more jobs on the Island helps traffic congestion; there is currently a poor job/housing balance in Alameda; the Planning Board decreased the assisted living and increased the office space to have the project create more jobs. In response to Mayor Spencer's inquiry about the type of jobs, the Assistant Community Development Director stated the jobs would be low salary jobs, assisting seniors with daily living. Councilmember Daysog inquired if assisted living is addressed in the Housing Element. The Assistant Community Development Director responded in the affirmative; stated residents are requesting more senior housing. Councilmember Daysog inquired if the residents at the assisted living could register to vote, to which the Assistant Community Development Director responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft stated assisted living places are often polling places. Mayor Spencer inquired whether an assisted living complex could be built in an area zoned for housing in Alameda, to which the Assistant Community Development Director responded in the affirmative. Vice Mayor Matarrese inquired about the units in the assisted living facility; inquired whether 60 to 75% would be one or two bedroom apartments and the rest a memory care facility, to which the Assistant Community Development Director responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Oddie inquired whether the senior housing units can be applied to the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), to which the Assistant Community Development Director responded in the negative; stated the units are not considered residential units. Mayor Spencer inquired what type of modification would have to occur for the units to be counted towards housing. The Assistant Community Development Director responded unit defined as residential count toward the RHNA, but residential units would not be able to go on the project site. Mayor Spencer inquired whether some units have kitchens, to which the Assistant Community Development Director responded units do not have full kitchens. Chris Garwood and Michael O'Rourke, Pacific Union Land Company, gave a Regular Meeting Alameda City Council September 6, 2016 | CityCouncil/2016-09-06.pdf |