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Detailed Summary of
Transportation Demand Management Plan for Alameda Point
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BACKGROUND
Now that the City owns significant portions of Alameda Point, the City is focused on facilitating near-term construction at Alameda Point. In the interest of commencing near-term development at Alameda Point, the City is preparing for City Council consideration in early 2014 a comprehensive zoning ordinance amendment (Zoning Amendment) and associated General Plan Amendments, a Master Infrastructure Plan (MIP), a Town Center and Waterfront Precise Plan (Town Center Plan), an environmental impact report (EIR) for Alameda Point, and a Transportation Demand Management Plan (TDM Plan) (collectively, Planning Approvals). The Planning Approvals will be consistent with the 1996 Naval Air Station Alameda Community Reuse Plan (Reuse Plan) in compliance with the City's no-cost conveyance agreement with the Navy.
The Planning Approvals are designed to accommodate a mix of land uses, including approximately 5.5 million square feet of employment uses in existing and newly constructed buildings, 1,425 residential units, including 267 existing single family and multifamily housing units, and over 250 acres of parks and open space. While it is anticipated that Alameda Point will be developed in phases over the next 20 to 30 years, the pace of redevelopment will depend on economic conditions, completion of the Navy's remaining environmental remediation activities, property conveyance, and other factors.
The Planning Approvals, including the TDM Plan, were discussed at the joint Planning Board and Transportation Commission meeting on September 30, 2013. Since then, City staff and its consultant Kimley-Horn and Associates (KMA) have been working on a draft of the TDM Plan. Additionally, the Planning Board will provide comments at the November 13, 2013 meeting on the proposed off-street parking requirements, an essential parking management strategy in the TDM P...
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