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PlanningBoard | 2017-12-11 | 2 | President Mitchell said that October 8th is a federal holiday. Staff Member Thomas said he thinks they should continue the item to the next meeting because all of the dates are 2017, not 2018. 7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 7-A 2017-5010 Hold a Public Hearing to Consider Design Review Approval for Block 9 at Alameda Point Site A. No further environmental review is required for this review of the project design Staff Member Thomas introduced the item. The staff report and attachments can be found at: tps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3268859&GUID=0531918( 4993-4D58-9C78-4EB87C84C583 Bruce Feherty, COO of Cypress Equity Investments, introduced himself and gave some background on his firm. Kevin Markarian, Pyatok Architects, gave a presentation on the design of the building. Jessie Markmen, landscape architect, described the landscaping approach to the building design. Board Member Sullivan said all the trees in the design do not get very tall and asked if there were plans to plant taller trees at key locations. Mr. Markmen said the street trees in the master plan would have much larger trees. Board Member Sullivan said she was concerned that some of the trees in the plan would not do very well in such a windy location. She asked that the grasses be green and add some color to the boxy design. She asked who the customer would be for this building. Mr. Feherty said that they are doing smaller units for people starting out with lower rents. He said that other buildings at Site A would have larger units that could cater to families. Board Member Sullivan asked what type of retail was planned for the project. Mr. Feherty said that they are too early in the process to know the answer. Board Member Curtis (inaudible) asked if the 1 to 1 parking ratio would be sufficient for the project. Mr. Feherty said they only recently became involved in the project. Approved Planning Board Minutes Page 2 of 7 December 11, 2017 | PlanningBoard/2017-12-11.pdf |