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PlanningBoard | 2012-03-12 | 14 | areas given where the market is for residential development versus commercial. The two important pieces to this effort are that the City and community maintain control over the entitlement process and to create entitlement certainty in order have entitlements in place. The next step from there is the entitlement process and they are proposing base- wide zoning. It's important to create this foundation because it will keep them focused on what the community wants as part of the larger vision of Alameda Point. What they are looking for at this meeting is to get feedback regarding some of the big picture questions and the zoning boundaries. They conducted an extensive community outreach effort in November of 2010 and received a lot of feedback. They presented that feedback last April to the City Council and they have built upon this information in order to come to the Board with some suggestions on how to move forward with some of these districts. Finally, they will come back to the Board on April 23rd with a draft of the zoning code in order to meet the June deadline. Board member Ezzy Ashcraft asked Ms. Ott for more clarification on the recommendations that will go before the City Council in March. Ms. Ott replied that there are working on two different efforts. First, they are working with the City Council or the "landowner" regarding the disposition and development strategy. Then, they are working with the Planning Board on the entitlements and zoning of the parcel, which will then be approved by the City Council. Board member Henneberry asked about the parcel and the runways other than the Northwest Territory portion. He asked for a brief thumbnail on the development status. Additionally, he referred to a report about the 1990 Biological Opinion and the California Least tern. Ms. Ott stated that the Northwest Territory is a triangular portion made up of 215-acres and listed as open space. The runway is south of portion and it is part of a federal-to- federal transfer, which is not part of the property that will come to the city. The parcel still owned by the Navy and the Navy is in discussions with the Veterans Affairs Department to transfer the property as an outpatient clinic and a columbarium. Board member Henneberry is correct about the parcel being home to a colony of nesting California Least terns, which is an endangered species. So, as part of the transfer process the Navy has to comply with the Endangered Species Act. The Biological Opinion was relative to their property and they had to place restrictions on their property. Also, the Veterans Affairs is conducting their process right now. Board member Henneberry asked if the columbarium proposal would be in that southern half of the runway where the VA was going to place that. Ms. Ott stated that is the Veterans Affair's current public proposal. They are in discussions about how to locate the building in a different location in order to allow the process to move forward slightly faster. Board member Henneberry replied so is the development precluded in the Northwest Approved Meeting Minutes Page 14 of 23 March 12, 2012 | PlanningBoard/2012-03-12.pdf |