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CityCouncil | 2018-12-18 | 6 | should be is similar to determining the scope of the sensitive uses being protected. Vice Mayor Vella inquired if the words "martial arts center" are in the definition of protected youth center. The Assistant City Attorney responded the original definition did not include martial arts center, but the carve-out definition does. Vice Mayor Vella inquired if "martial arts center" was included in the original definition of youth center at the July 24, 2018 Council meeting, to which the Assistant City Attorney responded in the negative. Vice Mayor Vella inquired when the challenge to the definition of youth center was filed, to which the Base Reuse and Community Development Director responded within the past two months. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft inquired if the term "tumbling center" was included in the original ordinance, to which the Assistant City Attorney responded in the negative. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft inquired when the determination was made not to locate a cannabis dispensary on Park Street due to the proximity to Ruby's Tumbling. to which the Assistant City Attorney responded that he does not know. The Base Reuse and Community Development Director stated staff considered the tumbling center a sensitive use from the beginning of the process because it exclusively serves minors. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft inquired why the Alameda Recreation and Parks Department (ARPD) is able to designate its centers as protected youth centers when classes are offered to both adults and youth in the same facilities. The Base Reuse and Community Development Director responded ARPD centers have been designated as a youth center under the ordinance since the beginning; ARPD is allowed to make a request that a community center be designated as a youth center; ARPD has not made such a request. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft inquired if the protection exists within the ordinance. to which the Base Reuse and Community Development Director responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Ezzy Ashcraft inquired why the same right would not be afforded to the martial arts center on Webster Street. The Base Reuse and Community Development Director responded the Council's previous decision had been to keep the changes narrow and to respect the definition as it stood at the time it was memorialized with respect to the community centers within Special Meeting Alameda City Council 5 December 18, 2018 | CityCouncil/2018-12-18.pdf |