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PlanningBoard | 2008-10-27 | 3 | Representatives from the SunCal Company presented their Preliminary Development Concept for Alameda Point. Individual Planning Board members passed on the following comments and questions to SunCal. No action was taken on the proposal. The Redevelopment Concept Plan is a good conceptual plan for Alameda Point and is well done. The Plan should include design principles about the importance of waterfront design to create a vital, safe, and pedestrian friendly waterfront. The Plan does a good job of addressing the need for density and the diversity of housing. The Plan sets very high expectations, and SunCal needs to be careful about setting expectations that may not be realistic. SunCal should not "over promise, and under deliver". The phasing of the schools may need to be moved up earlier in the phasing schedule to accommodate. The analysis of the school needs should consider the currently vacant Miller School, which is in the neighborhood. There is a definite need for a library in the project. The analysis of civic facilities should consider a larger area than just Alameda Point. For example, the College of Alameda has a track that is not always available to the community. The Miller School site may be an appropriate location for a new school serving the west end and Alameda Point. Co-locating of public facilities such as libraries with schools will increase the availability for State grant funds for libraries and schools. Given that the Sports Complex and the entire northern edge of the site will be in an area that is not protected from floods and adjacent to a shoreline, which may fail in a major disaster, the financial plan should include funds to rebuild public facilities that are damaged in a flood or major disaster. The plan should include a phasing schedule for the adaptive reuse area that is coordinated with the phasing for the rest of the project. The open space needs to be provided with each phase of the development. The phasing schedule should ensure that there is no net loss of playing fields for soccer leagues. Phase I in particular should be carefully considered so that it provides adequate open space. Development Guidelines and Standards are needed to ensure the highest quality development and a fine grain mix of uses is provided at the site to the maximum extent feasible. The street design and cross sections and the emphasis on narrow, calm streets are very positive. The project should not be constrained by outdated local standards, such as the 1965 City Storm Drain Standards reference in the Infrastructure Chapter. The transportation issue is the biggest issue facing the redevelopment of Alameda Point. The transportation strategy needs more details and more Page 3 of 5 | PlanningBoard/2008-10-27.pdf |