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PlanningBoard | 2011-01-24 | 2 | Andrew Thomas, Planning Services Manager, gave a background on the Alameda Point Community Planning over the past 6 months and where the City hopes to be in the next 18- 24 months. He reported that in 1993 the Navy announced that it was leaving Alameda. The Navy and the City began a community led effort, the 1996 Reuse Plan. He stated that although the document is general it is a very good planning document containing a good description of the communities' goals and aspirations for Alameda Point. The document was completed and adopted in 1996 at which time the City and community fully expected the Navy would have the property cleaned of all hazardous materials and conveyed to the City by the year 2000. In the late 1990's it was decided to move to the next step to adopt a Master Plan and bring on a Master Developer with experience doing this scale of project. The Master Developer would in turn fund all the necessary studies and environmental review and work with the City to get a plan completed and ultimately adopted by the City Council. The first Master Developer was the Alameda Point Community Partners (APCP) worked with City staff until 2003 at which time they asked the City of Alameda to help them financially. The City agreed and put up $3 million dollars, but took the lead on the planning efforts and from 2003 to 2006 the City funded a planning effort, infrastructure planning and negotiations with the Navy using funds received from the leases at Alameda Point. In 2006 APCP notified the City that they would no longer be able to go forward with the project. The City then did another Request for Proposals (RFP) for developers and selected SunCal to pick up the project where it was left off and carry it through to entitlement. SunCal very quickly decided they wanted to do a different plan and go to the voters with their initiative. The initiative did not pass and in July 2010 the City terminated the agreement with SunCal. Throughout both of these efforts the City and the Master Developers have been maintaining a joint pro forma which is essentially a balance sheet estimate looking at all of the costs related to the project and all of the potential revenues from the project. The Navy is also using a pro forma to determine the value of the property. He reported that in September 2010, City staff initiated a planning and community engagement strategy for "going forward" at Alameda Point. The purpose and intent of the "going forward" community engagement strategy is to identify and describe a community supported, financially feasible development concept for Alameda Point. The development concept will serve as the basis for a land use and entitlement plan and conveyance agreement with the United States Navy (Navy) for Alameda Point. To implement the community engagement strategy, staff prepared the Community Planning Workbook and designed a series of community forums to engage the community in the process of creating a development concept for Alameda Point. The workbook and the forums are designed to inform and facilitate a community discussion around a number of critically important development questions for Alameda Point. These questions are designed to highlight and focus community discussion on the trade-offs that may be necessary to achieve financial feasibility and fiscal neutrality. The topics highlighted in community workbook include: 1. Land Use - What is the appropriate mix of recreational, cultural, educational, housing, service and employment uses at Alameda Point? APPROVED MEETING MINUTES 2 OF 8 PLANNING BOARD 1/24/2011 | PlanningBoard/2011-01-24.pdf |