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Alameda Point Draft General Plan Amendment, Draft Zoning Ordinance Amendments, Draft Master Infrastructure Plan, and Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) - Approve draft resolutions recommending City Council certification of a Final Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse #2013012043) and approval of amendments to the City of Alameda General Plan and Alameda Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance), and a Master Infrastructure Plan for the reuse and development of Alameda Point
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CITY OF ALAMEDA
Memorandum
To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas
City Planner
Jennifer Ott
Chief Operating Officer - Alameda Point
Date: January 13, 2014
Re: Alameda Point Draft General Plan Amendment, Draft Zoning Ordinance Amendments, Draft Master Infrastructure Plan, and Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) - Approve draft resolutions recommending City Council certification of a Final Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse #2013012043) and approval of amendments to the City of Alameda General Plan and Alameda Municipal Code (Zoning Ordinance), and a Master Infrastructure Plan for the reuse and development of Alameda Point
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In 1997, the United States Navy (Navy) terminated its operations at the Naval Air Station, Alameda (NAS Alameda). The largest portion of the former NAS Alameda west of Main Street is commonly referred to as Alameda Point. The departure of the Navy from the former NAS Alameda resulted in the loss of over 18,000 jobs for the Bay Area and the City of Alameda. In response to the economic impacts of the closure, the federal government agreed to remediate hazardous materials on its former property and to convey the property to the City for civilian reuse and redevelopment consistent with the 1996 NAS Alameda Community Reuse Plan ("Reuse Plan"). Seventeen years later, in June 2013, the Navy conveyed 510 acres of the 878 total ...
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