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Final Passage of Ordinance: Alameda Open Space Fiscal Responsibility Ordinance Pertaining to the Initiative Measure to Amend City of Alameda General Plan Including the 2007-2014 Housing Element and the Zoning Ordinance to Classify Approximately 3.899 Acres of Land Adjacent to Mckay Avenue to Open Space. [CITY COUNCIL] (City Attorney 2310)
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CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. ________
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ALAMEDA OPEN SPACE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE INITIATIVE MEASURE TO AMEND CITY OF ALAMEDA GENERAL PLAN INCLUDING THE 2007-2014 HOUSING ELEMENT AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO CLASSIFY APPROXIMATELY 3.899 ACRES OF LAND ADJACENT TO MCKAY AVENUE TO OPEN SPACE
SECTION 1. PURPOSE
To ensure that the adoption by the City Council of the "Initiative Measure to Amend City of Alameda General Plan including the 2007-2014 Housing Element and the Zoning Ordinance to Classify Approximately 3.899 acres of Land adjacent to McKay Avenue to Open Space" ("Initiative Ordinance") will not impose on the City of Alameda (the "City") an unfunded liability to pay for and maintain the property, requiring diversion of millions of dollars of City revenues currently used for police, fire, library and other city services.
SECTION 2. FINDINGS
The City Council of the City of Alameda finds and declares as follows:
WHEREAS, the 3.899 acre portion of Alameda County Assessor's Parcel No. 74-1305-026 (the "Property") is currently zoned for residential development and its General Plan designation is Medium Density Residential; and
WHEREAS, the Property is currently owned by the federal government and the City of Alameda is informed that the federal government is under contract to sell the Property to a private developer who wishes to build residential housing on the Property in accordance with the current zoning and General Plan designation; and
WHEREAS, on February 10, 2014, a Notice of Intent to Circulate a Petition was filed ...
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