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CityCouncil | 2022-01-18 | 17 | around homeownership; the North Waterfront Cove has made a proposal to change the denominator on homeownership; the last communication was understood as not good enough and yielded back to the 50% requirement. Councilmember Knox White amended his motion to approve including the mapping and windows clarification language; stated that he has heard all other proposed changes are consistent with City policy and will be required in the Plan; Council should not be getting into extreme detail direction that is already consistent with City policy. Vice Mayor Vella seconded the amended motion. Under further discussion, Councilmember Daysog requested clarification about the language related to mapping. The Planning, Building and Transportation Director stated the language will be clarified; currently the language in the Master Plan states: "50% of all units will be mapped. Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft inquired the meaning of the term "mapped." The Planning, Building and Transportation Director responded it means mapped for sale; stated the term means a unit cannot be sold unless the unit is legally separate; rental projects include the entire building as one piece of property and units cannot be sold; a condominium project must be mapped as a condominium project; maps come before Council and there is a process to ensure the properties are mapped for sale; when projects are built, the units must meet certain physical, construction requirements; the proposal for the project includes 50% of the total number of the 589 units; noted Councilmember Herrera Spencer's desire is to have more units within the apartment complexes be considered as condominiums to allow for purchase; stated the developer counter offered and proposed a mapping of 50% of the non-townhome units; there is assumption that all townhomes will be for sale; there are 200 townhome units; the remaining 389 units are distributed through multi-story buildings and will be committed to having 50% mapped for sale; roughly 190 additional units will be mapped for sale; the distribution of different product types mapped for sale is now larger. Councilmember Herrera Spencer inquired whether the language must state: "mapped for sale" as opposed to simply: "mapped," to which the Planning, Building and Transportation Director responded in the affirmative. Councilmember Herrera Spencer stated the term "mapped for sale" was missing and will clarify the intent; reducing the commercial space requirement allows more housing units within the commercial area; stated it makes sense to provide more housing by reducing the commercial space. Mr. O'Hara stated that he would like to clarify the language related to mapping in order to be precise; the proposal indicated that "at least 50% of the non-townhome, market-rate units shall be mapped through the subdivision process to allow for homeownership;" expressed support for the language as-described. Councilmember Herrera Spencer inquired whether the language is sufficient or whether the language must include "mapped for sale." Regular Meeting Alameda City Council January 18, 2022 17 | CityCouncil/2022-01-18.pdf |