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CityCouncil | 2016-11-01 | 15 | ferry station, not away from it; bike lanes should be protected; he does not want to see a cookie cutter suburban development that does not make the City proud. Mayor Spencer inquired what are the numbers of units for the Collaborative. The Base Reuse Director responded any new market rate development in the Main Street neighborhood has to meet a 25% requirement; stated the Collaborative units are excluded; the Collaborative would like to do 267 units because the Operation Dignity tenants are currently in multiple bedroom units; the Collaborative wants to build more units for the residents that suffer from the post-traumatic stress syndrome; Operation Dignity gets the extra units and the City gets to meet the 16% requirement with the help of the Collaborative financing it. Mayor Spencer inquired whether units over the 1,425 cost an additional $50,000 per unit. The Base Reuse Director responded in the affirmative; stated the additional units would require review of the environmental review work and an amendment to the General Plan. Mayor Spencer inquired whether 600 of the 800 units at Site A are market rate. The Base Reuse Director responded in the affirmative; stated 200 are below market rate. Mayor Spencer stated that she would like to see more middle income housing between market rate and affordable housing; people are being displaced from Alameda that cannot afford the market rate housing. The Base Reuse Director stated the analysis has to be done to see how many more units would be required to do middle income housing; staff is looking at creative ways to try to address the issue in the current plan. Mayor Spencer stated there are 467 affordable and 800 market rate being built; the market rate being built in Alameda is luxury. The Base Reuse Director responded another 25 moderate units are being built; of the 200 units, 70 are moderate; moderate is up to 120% of the AMI, which is a 4 person household making approximately $100,000. Mayor Spencer inquired whether moderate is 80% of the AMI, to which the Base Reuse Director responded moderate is 80 to 100% of the AMI, stated $100,000 for a 4 person household is the maximum income. Mayor Spencer inquired what the price point would be for the moderate housing. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council November 1, 2016 | CityCouncil/2016-11-01.pdf |