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Planning Board will receive a presentation on the Draft Transportation Demand Management Plan for Alameda Point and provide comment
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CITY OF ALAMEDA
Memorandum
To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Jennifer Ott
Chief Operating Officer - Alameda Point
Date: March 24, 2014
Re: Provide Comments on the Draft Transportation Demand Management Plan for Alameda Point
BACKGROUND
On February 4, 2014, the City Council certified an environmental impact report (EIR) and approved a comprehensive zoning ordinance amendment (Zoning Amendment), associated General Plan Amendments, and a Master Infrastructure Plan (MIP) for Alameda Point. The General Plan and the EIR require that all new development comply with a Transportation Demand Management Plan (TDM Plan) for Alameda Point. As a result, City staff has been actively working on preparing the TDM Plan.
The TDM Plan was discussed at the joint Planning Board and Transportation Commission meeting on September 30, 2013, and at the Transportation Commission meeting on December 11, 2013. Based on feedback from the boards and commissions and the community, City staff and its consultant, Kimley-Horn and Associates (KMA), prepared a draft TDM Plan (Exhibit 1). City staff is now requesting comments on the draft TDM Plan from the Planning Board. The draft TDM Plan and the comments from the Planning Board hearing will be presented to the Transportation Commission in April. At the April public hearing, City staff will request that the Transportation Commission recommend approval of the TDM Plan to the City Council, along with any proposed changes. City staff will incorporate comments from the Planning Board and Transportation Commission into a final TDM Plan for City Council approval. No new development will be allowed at Alameda Point until the TDM Plan is completed and approved by the City Council.
DISCUSSION
As required by the City's General Plan and the...
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