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PlanningBoard | 2022-04-11 | 6 | Board Member Teague encourage a type of design similar to what Alameda Marina did to their townhouses that would accomplish more of the Universal Design. Vice President Ruiz supported the proposed revision on Coronado St but wanted the connection between Coronado St and Main St to be evaluated for safety to cyclist. She has similar concerns brought up by Board Member Teague about the amount of townhomes. She discussed the importance of job/housing balance and where the retail components could fit. She also discussed the difficulties of townhomes to achieve Universal Design. Director Thomas thanked everyone and stated that they would be working with the Commission on Persons with Disabilities and what the next steps were. 7-C 2022-1919 Public Workshop to Review and Comment on the April 2022 Draft Housing Element and the proposed Zoning Code Amendments to Accommodate the Regional Housing Needs Allocation for the Period 2023-2031 in Compliance with State Law. Director Thomas introduced this item. Staff report and attachments can be found at ittps://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5544817&GUID=C4CD068A- 5603-425A-AF2E-A59409B20A26&FullText=1. Vice President Ruiz opened board clarifying questions Board Member Curtis pointed out that he wanted to see just the changes that the board had suggested and what had been implemented. He also wanted clarification on the definition shared living. Director Thomas discussed what the state required for the Housing Element and what parts of the appendixes were brand new. Board Member Teague asked about the 15-30% Buffer being required in the staff report but in the reference it says recommended. He wanted clarification. He also wanted clarification on the definition shared living. He pointed out discrepancies in the definitions. He also wanted to see where his commentary had been reflected. Director Thomas said the words from HCD were "highly recommended". He then went into detail about what the benefits of the Buffer were. He then went into detail about the definition of shared living. He discussed what the focus had been with every update of the Housing Element and added that they had received comments from a huge amount of people. Planning Board Minutes Page 6 of 9 April 11 2022 | PlanningBoard/2022-04-11.pdf |