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Draft Meeting Minutes - Draft Meeting Minutes - April 28, 2025
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DRAFT MINUTES
MEETING OF THE
CITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD
MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2025
1. ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
* Members of the public can participate in person or remotely via Zoom.
Present: President Cisneros, Vice President Ariza and Board Members Ruiz, Hom, Saheba, Wang and Tsou.
Absent: None
2. AGENDA CHANGES
None.
3. NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT
None.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
None.
5. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
5-A 2025-5007 - Short-term Rental Ordinance. Discussion of issues and alternatives for regulating short-term rentals.
Steven Buckley, Planning Services Manager, introduced (*1:44) this item and the consultant Heather Coleman, and gave the presentation. The staff report and attachments can be found at:
https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7318925&GUID=47FB1F38-9979-489B-8C23-E4ADB59DA230&FullText=1.
Board clarifying questions start at the 18:45 minute mark in the video.
Public Comment for item 5A
Joe Keiser (*51:23) discussed how bad it was to live next to a house in Alameda that was an Airbnb house. At first it was regular renters but 2 years ago the owners started Airbnb, and it had been terrible. They had to call the police multiple times and it was a nightmare. The owners were unresponsive, and the house was not well kept. He believed any ordinance that had standards would help his family and encouraged the implantation of an ordinance.
Louai Al-Khanji (*54:28) discussed the study sighted by staff that was funded my hotels, who were of course very anti-Airbnb. He discussed other studies that pointed out the money that STR bring into communities. He then discussed how hosting a STR gave his family flexibility, both monetary and personal. Having 90-day restrictions would affect how they supplemented their i...
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