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PlanningBoard | 2007-03-26 | 10 | 9-C. Appointment of an Ad Hoc Committee to work with the Planning and Building Director on a Housing/Measure A Workshop (CW). Ms. Woodbury presented the staff report, and summarized the background of the development of this workshop. President Lynch noted that 15 speaker slips had been received for this item, and invited a motion to reduce the speakers' time to three minutes. Board member Cunningham moved to reduce the speakers' time to three minutes. Vice President Cook seconded the motion, which carried by unanimous voice vote - 7. The public hearing was opened. Ms. Ani Dimusheva inquired about the impulse behind the Committee idea, and noted that there had been a lot of discussion surrounding Alameda Point. She was not sure why the discussion around Measure A needed to be framed, and believed the discussion should be at the grassroots and community level. She inquired who the interested parties in this issue were, especially with respect to ABAG and other outside entities. She inquired whether the role of the committee would be in addition to facilitating public discussion. She inquired whether a ballot measure would be in the future. Ms. Diane Coler-Dark noted that the staff report stated that the Board and community members had expressed a strong desire for a forum on Measure A, and she had not perceived any strong desire to change Measure A. She inquired how many people had approached the Planning Board to change it, and recalled the various groups, such as ARRA, BRAG and the Community Reuse Plan, that had addressed Measure A. She believed the community goals and standards had been established. She inquired whether this was a method to get Measure A on the ballot again. Ms. Susan Battaglia was surprised to hear this committee would be forming to discuss Measure A, and supported leaving Measure A in place as it stands. She noted that multiunit buildings had replaced some grand homes, and added that a police position had been eliminated while the cost of getting Measure A on the ballot was $150,000. She noted that speed limits in Alameda were being violated constantly, and that parking was scarce in both commercial and residential neighborhoods. She did not believe that new residents would use public transit, and that the streets would become congested with more multifamily housing. Christopher Buckley believed this was an expansion of the scope of the much of the previous Measure A discussions, and supposed that it was part of the Housing Element discussion with respect to constraints. He noted that AAPS has not had time to review this proposal in detail, and to provide a formal response. He believed that AAPS would probably oppose a wholesale amendment of Measure A throughout Alameda. Planning Board Minutes Page 10 March 26, 2007 | PlanningBoard/2007-03-26.pdf |