Title
Approve Draft Meeting Minutes - March 9, 2026
Body
DRAFT MEETING MINUTES OF THE
CITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD
MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2026
1. ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
* Members of the public can participate in person or remotely via Zoom.
*Due to a technical issue the meeting starts at the 12:34 minute mark in the video
Present: President Cisneros and Board Members Hom, Ruiz, Wang and Saheba
Absent: Vice President Ariza and Board Member Tsou
2. AGENDA CHANGES
None
3. NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
None
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
4-A 2026-5814 Approve Draft Meeting Minutes - February 23, 2026
Minutes can be found:
<https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7933468&GUID=E18BA043-8002-4E9A-BB25-403090F3C7A1&FullText=1>.
Board Member Ruiz made a motion (*15:20) to approve Consent Calendar Item 4-A February 23, 2026, meeting minutes and Board Member Saheba seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the motion passed 4-0 with Board Member Wang abstaining due to his absence at that meeting.
There were no public speakers.
4-B 2026-5817 - PLN26-0036 - Del Monte Development Agreement Annual Review - Applicants: Star Harbor Property, LLC. The applicants are requesting a periodic review of the Del Monte Warehouse Project Development Agreement. The consideration of an Annual Report is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). No further environmental review is required.
Attachments can be found:
<https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7933471&GUID=12F386BE-5EBC-42ED-BDB3-ECDDBB865AF6&FullText=1>.
Board Member Hom made a motion (*17:00) to accept Consent Item 4-B and Board Member Wang seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and the motion passed 4-0 with Board Member Ruiz abstaining due to her residence being near the development.
4-C 2026-5818 - PLN26-0043 - Alameda Point Site A Development Agreement Annual Review - Applicant: Alameda Point Partners, LLC. The applicant is requesting a periodic review of the Alameda Point Site A Development Agreement. The consideration of an Annual Report is not a project under CEQA. No further environmental review is required.
Attachments can be found:
<https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7933472&GUID=0A29DDC0-5697-401F-A920-7D774BD542A3&FullText=1>.
Board Member Ruiz asked (*17:28) some clarifying questions.
Board Member Hom made a motion (*18:28) to accept Consent Item 4-C and Board Member Ruiz seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and the motion passed 5-0.
4-D 2026-5819 - PLN26-0105 - Boatworks Development Agreement Annual Review - Applicant: Boatworks, LLC. The applicant is requesting a periodic review of the Boatworks Development Agreement. The consideration of an Annual Report is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). No further environmental review is required.
Attachments can be found:
<https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7933473&GUID=AE64B522-FAAC-4665-A5BB-84070EDEF377&FullText=1>.
Board Member Hom made a motion (*18:51) to accept Consent Item 4-D and Board Member Ruiz seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken and the motion passed 5-0.
There were no public speakers on any of the Consent Calendar Items.
5. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
5-A 2026-5773 - Recommendation to Accept the 2025 Annual Reports on the Alameda 2040 General Plan/Housing Element, Transportation Choices Plan, Vision Zero Action Plan, Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, and Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan. CEQA Determination: Acceptance of the annual reports is statutorily exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b) (3). (Continued from the February 23, 2026, Meeting)
Tristan Suire, Planner II, introduced (*19:52) this item and gave a presentation.
The staff report and attachments can be found at:
<https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7879955&GUID=A7E14863-0916-4C5F-8D03-A9A664D2AB62&FullText=1>.
Board clarifying questions start at the 29:51-minute mark in the video.
Public Comment for item 5A
Rev Sophia DeWitt (*1:07:05), with East Bay Housing Organization and a resident of Alameda, stated she was excited to continue to work with the City of Alameda. However, the numbers were still below the RHNA (Reginal Housing Needs Allocation) numbers. There was more work that needed to be done to reach these goals.
Sean Murphy, via Zoom, (*1:09:08) with Pacific Development and Alameda Mariana, wanted to emphasis the importance of building residences in Alameda. He discussed developments that were “shovel ready” and all the work and costs that went into these projects.
Action taken for item 5A
Board discussion starts at the 1:11:45 -minute mark in the video.
Board Member Hom made a motion (*1:33:03) to accept the report with the revisions mentioned by Board Member Ruiz, having staff clarify Program 17 and to put out a commitment to expand the discussion on Program 22. Board Member Wang seconded the motion and passed 5-0.
6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
6-A 2026-5815
Planning, Building and Transportation Department Recent Actions and Decisions
Recent actions and decisions can be found at:
<https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7933469&GUID=3EB95428-35DE-4BE4-A5C2-A4089432140D&FullText=1>.
No decision or action was pulled for review.
There were no public comments.
6-B 2026-5516
Oral Report - Future Public Meetings and Upcoming Planning, Building and Transportation Department Projects
Steven Buckley, Planning Services Manager, gave an update (*1:34:46) on upcoming meetings and projects.
There were no public comments.
7. BOARD COMMUNICATIONS
None.
8. NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
9. ADJOURNMENT
President Cisneros adjourned the meeting at 8:24 pm.
*Refers to the minute mark in the video