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Review and Comment on the Encinal Terminals Project and Universal Design Waiver.
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To: Honorable Chair and
Members of the Commission on Persons with Disabilities
From: Andrew Thomas,
Planning, Building & Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this status report is to provide an opportunity for Commission on Persons with Disabilities to review, discuss, and make recommendations on the Encinal Terminals Universal Design Waiver.
BACKGROUND
The Encinal Terminals site is a vacant site located at 1521 Buena Vista Avenue between the Alaska Basin and the Fortman Marina behind the Del Monte Warehouse. The site is located within the Bay Area's regional sustainability plan (Plan Bay Area) Northern Waterfront Priority Development Area (PDA), and the site is designated as a multifamily housing opportunity site in the City of Alameda Housing Element.
The General Plan policies support a residential mixed use plan for the Encinal Terminals site and recognize that the current configuration of the Tidelands Property is a constraint on the feasibility of developing the site. The General Plan policies state in part:
"The intent of the site specific development policies for the Encinal Terminals Site is to facilitate redevelopment of the site with new land uses that will take advantage of the unique site configuration and waterfront location, increase opportunities for public access and enjoyment of the waterfront and eliminate the existing uses which contribute a large volume of truck traffic in the vicinity.
"The Master Plan should consider relocating the tidelands trust lands to the perimeter of the site to allow residential mixed-use development in the core of the site with publicly accessible open space around the perimeter of the site."
The owners of the private lands have proposed a Master Plan for the site, which will allow the site to be redeveloped consistent with the M...
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