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CityCouncil | 2018-07-10 | 24 | issues; stated the differences are down to 10%, which can be negotiated: Karen Bey, Alameda. Suggested the Council give direction on Clement Avenue; stated the segment of the Cross Alameda Trail is substandard; the City needs to be the broker to get a working boatyard: Brian McGuire, Bike Walk Alameda. Councilmember Matarrese inquired whether things not included in the document being approved tonight are not going to happen and things included can happen, to which the Assistant Community Development Director responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Matarrese stated the clarifying amendments addressed some of his concerns; he needs to clearly understand what is included to approve the matter tonight; having the Request for Proposals (RFP) come back to Council for an update is a little squishy; since the document does not have milestone, he wants to make sure there is a real effort to exhaust every possibility to get a boatyard, rather than leave it to chance; disincentives should be stripped out; the concierge service ships are a disincentive; the Master Plan can be amended if said service is the only alternative; the 50% homeownership/50% rental is a soft target; he wants any change to require Council action; the City should ensure there will be a boatyard in exchange for allowing only 15% of the project base to be affordable housing; the maritime business should be embedded in the Plan; expressed concern over future market driven opportunities being in the same zone as maritime parking; stated that he would like to see future market driven opportunities removed; an amendment can be made, if needed; he would like the ambiguities removed since the Plan is a governing document. The Assistant Community Development Director stated regarding the boatyard, the Master Plan says a permit will not be issued until the Request for Qualifications (RFQ)/RFP process is completed; the RFQ will be six months; having no one interested in running a boatyard on the site would be a major problem; after interested, qualified businesses are found, the RFP process will follow; the selected business will help design the final boatyard and infrastructure; in the last week, a suggestion was made that there be a public check in regarding the RFQ/RFP process; the construction process cannot begin until the RFQ/RFP process is complete; regarding the concern over future market driven opportunities, stated the idea is not to get rid of parking; there is so much demand for commercial, the project would go to structured parking; the parking for maritime cannot be eliminated; there would be structured parking with commercial on top. Councilmember Matarrese inquired whether language can be added to say that, to which the Assistant Community Development Director responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Matarrese stated page 48 lists artist studios under the maritime commercial district, which he thinks is a bad idea; the businesses should be maritime. The Assistant Community Development Director stated the maritime district straddles Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 16 July 10, 2018 | CityCouncil/2018-07-10.pdf |