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Consider Addressing the Process for Potential Changes to the Jean Sweeney Open Space Park Design Development Plan, including Public Input. (Councilmembers Herrera Spencer and Daysog) [Continued from March 16 to March 30, 2021]
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item.
3) Take dispositive action if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Councilmembers Herrera Spencer and Daysog
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): 3/4/2021
Council Meeting date: 3/16/2021
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
After more than two decades of community efforts, including a citizen initiative in 2000 http://www.sweeneyopenspacepark.org/docs/Alameda_Beltline_Initiative_FullText.pdf, on July 5, 2016, Council unanimously approved the Jean Sweeney Open Space Park Design Development Plan. Agenda Item 6-B https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2769319&GUID=3A6D6F41-027D-4A1D-B957-74FB4CF903F7&FullText=1; including Exhibit 1 Detailed Park Design (drawings). That Plan included the parcels to expand the Jean Sweeney Open Space Park. From Staff report, "On July 15, 2015, the City Council approved the Sweeney Park Master Plan, which was designed pro bono by Kristoffer Koster of KKDesign through an extensive public input process. On March 1, 2016, the City Council approved a contract with Placeworks Landscape Architects to provide design services for Jean Sweeney Open Space Park. Since then, staff has been working with Placeworks to develop the design...
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