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PLN24-0279 - 677 West Ranger Ave - Design Review - Applicant: Laura Billings on behalf of Alameda Food Bank. Public hearing to consider Design Review to construct a 10,000 square foot pre-engineered metal warehouse attached to an existing building, which is a Non-Contributing building within the NAS Alameda Historic District. The project will provide new on-site landscaping, including a landscape buffer between the public sidewalk and redesigned parking lot and planters with shade trees in the parking lot. General Plan designation: Mixed Use. Zoning Designation: AP-AR, Alameda Point Adaptive Reuse Zoning District. No further environmental review of the Design Review is required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the streamlining provisions of CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Steven Buckley, Planning Board Secretary
BACKGROUND
Since 2020, the Alameda Food Bank has operated at 650 West Ranger Ave (Building 92), through a lease agreement with the City of Alameda. The Alameda Food Bank has a tentative lease agreement with a purchase option for 677 West Range Avenue (Building 607) across the street. On November 13, 2023 the Planning Board approved a Development Plan for a new site layout and use permit for the community market use at 677 West Ranger Avenue. The Alameda Food Bank is now seeking approval of Design Review for a new 10,642 square foot prefabricated addition, consistent with the approved Development Plan, to address increased demand and a shift in their operational model (Exhibits 1 and 2).
DISCUSSION
Guide to Infill Development Within the NAS Alameda Historic District
In 2014 the City certified the Alameda Point EIR ("EIR") (SCH No. 2013012043), which identified that development within the NAS Alameda Historic District ("Historic District") could cause a significant impact. To address this significant impact the EIR's Mitigation Monitoring a...
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