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TransportationCommission | 2008-10-22 | 2 | 7A. Review of SunCal Company's Redevelopment Concept Plan for Alameda Point Andrew Thomas, Planning Services Manager, presented the SunCal Preliminary Redevelopment Concept for Alameda Point, with a focus on its transportation strategy. He noted that the document was an important milestone in the redevelopment process for Alameda Point, and was the first major submittal by the SunCal Companies that was intended to lead to a final plan for Alameda Point, which would then lead to Alameda Point's actual redevelopment. He detailed the background of this item, and noted that the plan was submitted on September 19, 2008, and that City staff was reviewing the plan, concurrently with the Alameda community and the Alameda boards and commissions. Weekly meetings have been held with those boards and commissions, focusing on various aspects of the plan. Once comments have been received from all boards and commissions, staff will present all the comments to City Council on November 5, 2008, sitting as the ARRA. He added that the Draft Master Plan will be submitted to the City by December 19, 2008. Staff believed the transportation issue was probably the most difficult and significant issue to tackle for Alameda Point, which was an extremely complex development. Staff was very concerned that SunCal put together a strong transportation plan to complement the land use plan. Staff believed it was very important to have a transportation strategy that can actually be implemented. He noted that in addition to Pat Kelleher, SunCal Companies was also represented by Nick Kosla and Sara Chavez. Mr. Pat Kelleher, SunCal Companies, noted that this was a very challenging site for a number of different reasons, and added that understanding the physical site constraints was critical to understanding how Alameda Point could be developed. He noted that one of the constraints was the PDC floodplain, which was assumed during the PDC process. He displayed a PowerPoint presentation. He noted that one critical item was determining whether or not the finished floor levels of the historic buildings would be out of the flood plain. They did not believe it would be feasible to fill between six to ten feet of dirt around the buildings. He noted that a significant portion of the finished floor levels was above the floodplain. He noted that the environmental conditions had not changed from the PDC, and that the environmental cleanup issues were a current concern. He described the presence of the young bay mud, which was subject to differential settlement issues, and loosely consolidated sand on the side closest to the marina and seaplane lagoon hangars were subject to liquefaction. Mr. Kelleher noted that Peter Calthorpe, the urban planner, had four guiding principles: diversity and balance in the project; human and pedestrian scale; conservation and restoration; and connections and interdependence. He noted that there had been an extensive community planning process, and that three large workshops had been held, attended by approximately 700 people. He added that they had done considerable polling, and that many comment cards had been received. He described the proposed affordable housing units, and noted that connectivity within the site was critical. He displayed the layout for four soccer fields, as well as football and lacrosse fields, and four baseball fields. He noted that diverse housing opportunities would be important to the project's 2 | TransportationCommission/2008-10-22.pdf |