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PLN16-0240 - (Portion) Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal - Tentative Map - Applicant: City of Alameda. Public Hearing to consider recommending approval of Tentative Tract Map No. 8570 to divide a portion of the Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal (APN No. 71-289-8) to create seven parcels. CEQA Determination: An Initial Study/Negative Declaration ("IS/ND") for the Project was adopted on September 20, 2016, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). No further environmental review is required. THIS ITEM IS CONTINUED TO THE SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 PLANNING BOARD MEETING.
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas, Planning Building and Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff is recommending approval of a tentative map to create six new submerged parcels adjacent to six upland residential properties on Fernside Avenue. The subdivision is for the purpose of transferring ownership from the City of Alameda to the adjacent property owner. The proposed map does not entitle or approve any new development. Any future proposal to improve facilities on the submerged parcels will require separate entitlements at that time.
BACKGROUND
On September 15, 2015, the City Council directed City staff to pursue a real estate transaction whereby the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ("Army Corps") would transfer, at no cost, the Alameda side of the Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal ("Tidal Canal") to the City of Alameda ("City") and the City would then immediately sell most of the parcels to adjacent private property owners, maintaining ownership of the center open water parcel.
On September 20, 2016, the City Council approved Tentative Map No. 8337 to divide the property into approximately 99 individual parcels, and on December 6, 2016, the City Council approved Final Map No. 8337. After approving the Final Map,
* The City retained the open water parcel (Parcel 2), which was preserved for ope...
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