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PLN25-0664 - Tilden Way - Applicant: City of Alameda Public Works Department. Public hearing to consider a Certificate of Approval to allow the removal of three existing Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees that are approximately eighteen, fourteen, & fourteen inches in diameter at four and one-half feet above the ground, respectively, located within the public land area along Tilden Way as part of the Clement/Tilden Improvement Project. General Plan: Community Mixed Use. Zoning: C-2 Central Business District. CEQA Determination: the Project is being reviewed consistently with the 2040 General Plan EIR, which previously evaluated the removal of protected trees to facilitate new development, and therefore, no further environmental is necessary. On two separate and independent bases, the project is exempt from further environmental review as a Class 1 (Minor Alteration to Existing Facilities) and a Class 4 (Minor Alterations to Land) categorical exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 and 15304, respectively. No exceptions to the exemptions apply.
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Steven Buckley, Historical Advisory Board Secretary
BACKGROUND
Since 2005, the City has been endeavoring to construct the Clement Ave/Tilden Way Improvement Project (Clement/Tilden Project), which plans to utilize the abandoned railroad right-of-way at Clement Avenue and Tilden Way to extend the Cross Alameda Trail between Broadway and the Miller-Sweeney/Fruitvale Bridge, as well as to implement intersection and traffic safety improvements, provide enhanced pedestrian and bicycle facilities, and improve the truck and bus routes in this area. In 2009, the City included the proposal in an amendment to the prior General Plan Transportation Element and its associated EIR, and in 2018, the City obtained the railroad property through eminent domain. The Clement/Tilden Project was carried forward into the current 2040 Gene...
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