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PlanningBoard | 2008-05-12 | 2 | Mr. Tim Hoppen, applicant, President, Harbor Bay Isle Associates, summarized the background and layout of this proposed project. He noted that their past projects had been notable because of their quality, and believed that Harbor Bay Village VI would be no exception and that it would create a compatible residential neighborhood tucked in between three existing school sites and adjacent to existing homes. Mr. Hoppen noted that several concerns and issues had been raised. For example, CLASS stated that approval of the Village VI project would compromise the settlement agreement with the Port of Oakland, and create an environment where jet aircraft would fly over rooftops. He noted that their investigation had determined that would not be the case. He added that the settlement agreement would stay in full force and effect, and after speaking with both fixed based operators at Oakland Airport's North Field, Kaiser Air and Business Jet Center, along with pilots, they learned that Village VI would have no effect on departure protocols. He noted that they had asked CLASS's representatives to point out to them exactly where in the two settlement agreements with the Port there were any provision to make the City's approval of Village VI a violation or breach of those settlement agreements, or permit the Port to terminate the agreements and walk away from the commitments to work cooperatively with the City and with CLASS on noise abatement procedures. He noted that CLASS had never done SO. He noted that they also asked CLASS for evidence that the jet aircraft operators or pilots were poised to increase flights out of North Field out of Alameda homes if the City approved Village VI. He noted that, too, had not been furnished. He asked that the Planning Board request CLASS's representatives for specific evidence to back up their claims. Mr. Hoppen noted that Peet's stated that the approval of Village VI will impact their operations, and added that Peet's was aware of the Village VI development prior to their decision to come to Harbor Bay. He noted that they created complete disclosure documents and easements to provide the necessary protections, and agreed to consider additional protections through a development agreement so that Peet's and all businesses in the park would not be impacted by this development. He looked forward to hearing detailed testimony from Peet's experts on how this project will impact their business operations. Mr. Hoppen noted that a group led by PK Consultants brought forth a variety of concerns and questions whether the original fiscal impact report was valid. Based on that information, the applicant had the firm of Economic Planning Systems (EPS) contact the appropriate people and agencies in order to update their report. He noted that their findings were highlighted in the applicant's documentation, he would like them to highlight some of the key points that had been raised that he believed demonstrated a substantial fiscal benefit to the City, compared to a buildout of business park uses and/or private schools. Mr. Jason Moody, Economic Planning Systems (EPS), noted that their findings incorporated market information as of 2008. He noted that they spoke with the Police Department and the Fire Department to get a better understanding of the impact on their public services. He noted that both the Police Department and the Fire Department confirmed what they stated in 2004, that the impact on their services would be relatively neglible. They also saw no Page 2 of 15 | PlanningBoard/2008-05-12.pdf |