Title
Annual Review of Alameda Landing Commercial Project Development Agreement and Alameda Landing Residential Project Development Agreement. Applicant: Catellus Alameda Development, LLC. The applicant is requesting an Annual Review of the Development Agreements between City of Alameda and Catellus Alameda Development, LLC related to the Alameda Landing Mixed Use Residential Project and the Alameda Landing Mixed Use Commercial Project. Environmental Determination: Not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). No further environmental review is required.
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Allen Tai
Planning, Building & Transportation Director
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda and Master Developer originally entered into a Development Agreement in 2000, for the "Catellus Mixed Use Project" that is commonly referred to as the "Bayport neighborhood" and the 77-acre Alameda Landing area generally located north of the College of Alameda, south of the Oakland Alameda Estuary, west of the Webster and Posey Tubes, and east of the former Coast Guard housing and Shinsei Gardens apartments. Pursuant to the original Development Agreement, the City and Catellus Development Corporation began work on the Bayport neighborhood immediately and demolition and site preparation began in 2002. The Development Agreement and associated Master Plan underwent a comprehensive amendment in 2007 and a smaller amendment in 2017 related to the final waterfront phase of the project.
Alameda Municipal Code ("AMC") Section 30-95.1 authorizes the Planning Board to conduct a public hearing at which the applicant must demonstrate good faith compliance with the terms and conditions of the agreements. To demonstrate good faith compliance, the applicant has submitted a Master Developer Letter of Compliance (Exhibit 1) for the annual review as required under AMC Section 30-95.1 and Article 5 of th...
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