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PlanningBoard | 2010-04-26 | 2 | None. 9. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS: 9-A Public Hearing to Provide Comments on the Boatworks Project Draft Environmental Impact Report and Project Alternatives. The project site is located at 2229 Clement Street. Staff presented the project and project alternatives included in the Draft Environmental Impact Report. President Ezzy Ashcraft opened the public comment period. Ms. Field, resident, discussed her letter submitted to the Board and expressed concern with density, obstruction of views, increased traffic in the neighborhoods, and conflicts with trucks delivering to existing businesses in the area. She added she was speaking on behalf of residents of Elm Street. Ms. Freeman, Estuary Park Action Committee representative, spoke in favor of the proposed 10 acre park as shown in the 1991 General Plan diagram. She voiced concern with contamination levels on the assembled properties, the parking and traffic impacts, as well as the cumulative impacts from all future development in the area. She also stated that the proposed development is too large for the scale of the neighborhood. Mr. Sywald, Perforce Software owner, strongly favors integrating the street grid pattern in any future development, developing a site with lower dwelling unit density which is more in line with existing residential districts, and a higher residential density with mixed uses along the waterfront so there is activity in this area. Ms. Gordon, Alameda Architectural Preservation Society member, discussed the letter submitted by Alameda Architectural Preservation Society and favors reusing the historic warehouses. Mr. Buckley, Alameda Architectural Preservation Society member, discussed the letter submitted by the Alameda Architectural Preservation Society and favors extending Blanding into the proposed project and retaining the large, wood frame structures, which based on Woody Minors research, may be the only remaining structures from this era and of this type left in Alameda. Mr. Krueger, resident, opposes the project because it lacks an extended street grid and it does not reflect the neighborhood fabric of the surrounding residential areas. Access to the residences should be through the front of dwelling units, from walkways, and there should be greater public access to the waterfront. He does not oppose the density, but favors an approach that spreads a variety of densities throughout the development. | PlanningBoard/2010-04-26.pdf |