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Adoption of Resolution Approving Parcel Map No. 11349 to Subdivide a 4.12-Acre Property into Two Lots at Alameda Point Site A Block 10 (APN: 074-1378-001).
This Project is Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15315, Minor Land Subdivisions and 15183, Projects Consistent with A General Plan. (Planning, Building & Transportation 20962710)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Planning Board adopted the Alameda Point Site A Development Plan in 2015, which designated the project site, Block 10, as entirely commercial. In 2021, the City of Alameda (City) was informed by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) that the City's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for the City's 6th cycle housing element will be 5,353 dwelling units, an increase from 1,723 in the City's 5th cycle housing element. In July 2022, to accommodate the large RHNA increase, the Planning Board amended the Alameda Point Site A Development Plan to increase the maximum number of allowed dwelling units within Site A from 800 to 1,482. As part of that Development Plan amendment, Block 10 was re-designated from entirely commercial to allowing up to 179 dwelling units (89 market rate, 90 affordable) while requiring a minimum of 10,500 square feet of ground floor commercial along West Atlantic Avenue.
The 2022 Site A Development Plan amendment combines the 90 affordable dwelling units with the 10,500 square feet of ground floor commercial into one project. As an affordable housing project, this development will require public funding, which requires the developer demonstrate "full control" of the site. Parcel Map No. 11349 will split the 4.12-acre Block 10 into two lots; the northern 2.97 acres will accommodate a future 89 dwelling unit market rate project, while the southern 1.15 acres will accommodate a future mixed use projec...
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