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PlanningBoard | 2006-12-11 | 10 | She stated that she was very concerned about the clarity of the Board's intent with respect to approval of various phases, and the Board's accountability to the community. "Member Ezzy Ashcraft noted that she was passionate about the issue of the sidewalk, and disclosed that she did a walkthrough of the property with Harsch, and also with Field Paoli, and representatives from the Alameda Transportation Commission, Bike Alameda and Pedestrian Friendly Alameda." Mr. Garrison reviewed the applicant's compliance with all of the Condition of Approval from the 2003 PDA. He added that there was an existing application for the gas station, and that a mitigated negative declaration would be released for that project in the next week. Vice President Cook wanted to ensure this suburban mall could become an outward-looking mall with a respect for the waterfront. Mr. Garrison noted that the applicant's presentation would show an interim plan for that area, how it will be connected to the center, and a final plan showing its connection. Ms. Mooney requested clarification from Vice President Cook regarding a range of items. Vice President Cook stated that the Board received a letter from the developer's attorney explaining how they could proceed with the approval of the separate buildings, as proposed by the developer. She had inquired at the last meeting how the Board could look at the PDA for the entire site, as they did in 2003. "She also expressed her concern that the Planning Board had approved a PDA for this site with conditions, and that a at least one major condition had not been met. She inquired what the Board's options were at this point. She inquired how the developer could proceed in this way by first building under the PDA, and b then-returning on a building-by-building basis for approval outside of the PDA; she would appreciate a response from staff that addressed her concerns." She would like those concerns to be addressed in a subsequent taffreport. She would especially like detailed follow up in staff reports that describe why and how items were addressed, or were not able to be carried out. She believed that Alameda should aspire to higher planning standards. Mr. Thomas noted that stafftried to answer most of those questions in the November 13 staff report, He noted that the resolution, not the tapes from the meeting, delineated what was approved or not approved. The resolution that acknowledges that there may be changes in the areas outside of the approved area. It was based on those conditions and limitations that City staff believed that they could proceed with design review and with making changes to buildings outside the approved area of the originally approved planned development. Mr. Garrison noted that this was an existing shopping center, and although there were proposed changes within the shopping center that the Board did not specifically approve through the 2003 PDA, they were existing legal uses. The applicant is allowed to replace, repair and renovate those buildings. Planning Board Minutes Page 10 December 11, 2006 | PlanningBoard/2006-12-11.pdf |