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PlanningBoard | 2021-07-12 | 15 | density discussion, she did think it made sense to hold off on that until they got deeper into the Housing Element. President Teague thanked his fellow board members for their insightful comments. On page 7 he appreciated the comment on multi-family and shared housing and the changes to it. He did want to see nontraditional housing included. He really liked that it said "this multifamily in all residential zones". For LU10 he was disappointed that they had not given Alameda Point a Mainstreet yet and wanted to explore establishing one. He thought they were pretty close on the efficient land use for LU15 which optimized the use of limited land in Alameda for residential purposes. He recommended ending it there and not adding the "by maximizing the number of units on each acre" since there were many ways to optimize the use. On page 10 LU17, he pointed out that none of the action items actually talked about rehabilitation and again brought up the Mills Act. He also pointed out that "historic" meant where something historic happened and gave an example, and "historical" meant being part of a historical timeframe. He addressed that Alameda had many historical buildings but very few historic buildings. He wanted to see the Historical Study List cleaned up and protections prioritized based on the historical nature of the buildings. Director Thomas asked for more examples of what he was thinking since he had discussed this before. President Teague further explained that on the Study List if something is labeled N that should have more protections than something labeled S and so forth down the list. On page 14, he was happy to see that the height had been removed and that the density discussion was being deferred. He had not liked having those numbers in the General Plan and wanted them in the zoning. He did not think it should require them to go back and change the Land Use Element because it should say they support multi-family housing. He was not in favor of requiring owners to convert their homes, encouraging was fine but requiring was too much. He saw so many changes that were great, such as expanding the solar panels on existing development. He also agreed they should probably not say Mount Trashmore. He deferred to Staff Counsel Celena Chen if a board member should recuse themselves on the matter of owning a home over a certain amount. He addressed that he owned a lot over 5000 square feet and he would do whatever he was told to do. Director Thomas thanked President Teague and all the members of the Planning Board. This information was very helpful, and he agreed that every time they worked through this it got better and better. He addressed how the staff was becoming nervous that it was time to get this adopted and on the books, since it was so much better than what they had now, and then they could move on to the Housing Element. He asked for clarification on the comments around policy CC13 Action A, about the electrification of existing buildings. He thought what he was hearing was that incentives to electrify were great but be super careful about any types of requirements or having to do something at the point of sale. He asked about remodeled homes or homes that were being completely reconstructed. President Teague believed that remodeled and gutted homes were in a grey area. They would need to be super careful there. Director Thomas knew it would be touchy and difficult. This would be a zoning and building code change. Approved Planning Board Minutes Page 15 of 18 July 12, 2021 | PlanningBoard/2021-07-12.pdf |