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PlanningBoard | 2020-09-14 | 7 | Vice President Saheba spoke about sustainable growth and how the city could create a housing policy around that. He talked about the importance of looking at many things that are connected to housing needs. President Teague asked about Coast Guard Island. Director Thomas said that it is a Federal Facility today, but did ask the question of what the plan would be if the Federal Government vacated Coast Guard Island. If the Coast Guard left that would be a great place for mixed-use housing. President Teague asked if they would do the same for the Resupply Station. Director Thomas pointed out that on the General Plan there is a Federal Facility overlay. When and if the government vacated these areas general zoning would apply. President Teague opened the public comment. Staff Member Henry asked one more question submitted by the public before letting the commenters speak. Is there a section on the website about adding schools? With all the units being planned there has to be a discussion about education and the quality of education. Director Thomas answered that the General Plan does have institutional classification identified on the map and there are policies about schools and the need for land for those schools. Betsy Mathieson wanted them to determine the actual existing density of every neighborhood as it is now. We need to know what we have now before we plan for the future. David Burton, a former Planning Board Member, said the General Plan must state clearly the vision for ourselves. The broad themes must be restated in plain and concisely worded headings to make them effective. He then gave examples of what he meant and opinions on each of the themes. Jay Garfinkel said he did not see scientific problem solving being applied in the General Plan. He also commented that if there is going to be a major development somewhere more notice needs to go out to residents than what is already being done. He is concerned that this process is going on during a time when people are overwhelmed by the elections and dealing with Covid-19. He did not see the point of all of these philosophical items before addressing infrastructure. He was overall very concerned with the way this process was being done. Dolores Gallagher, a member of the Alameda Architectural Preservation Society, commented that she couldn't give the highest endorsement about the survey because there needed to be more information and details. She suggested lengthening out the process and getting more feedback from the public. She also commented on the lack of trust on both sides of Measure Z and believed that public engagement could help with this. Approved Planning Board Minutes Page 7 of 9 September 14, 2020 | PlanningBoard/2020-09-14.pdf |