Title
PLN14-0359-2700 Bette Street- Applicant: Resources for Community Development (RCD) and City of Alameda Housing Authority. Minor Modifications to a Final Development Plan and Major Design Review for a 32-Unit Affordable Housing Development.
Body
CITY OF ALAMEDA
Memorandum
To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas
City Planner
Date: March 23, 2015
Re: PLN14-0359-2700 Bette Street- Applicant: Resources for Community Development (RCD) and City of Alameda Housing Authority. Minor Modifications to a Final Development Plan and Major Design Review for a 32-Unit Affordable Housing Development.
BACKGROUND
On July 28, 2014, the Planning Board reviewed and approved a final development plan and design review application for Stargell Commons, at 2700 Bette Street. As described in the July 28, 2014 staff report, the proposed project is located on a .94 parcel of land on Stargell Avenue between Shinsei Gardens Apartments and the TRI Pointe multifamily buildings on 5th Street. The project will provide 32 units for very low- and low-income households within walking distance to future parks, retail services, and transportation services. The City's Housing Authority will own the land and lease the land to a limited partnership entity.
Since the July 28, 2014 approval, RCD has made minor revisions to the design. The residential buildings are shown modified in the following ways (Exhibit 1, Proposed Design Changes):
- Buildings #1 and #2A are moved together. One "tuck-under" bay has been removed, and these stalls are open to the sky.
- The space between buildings #2B and #2C has been "filled in" with bicycle parking on the ground floor and a 3BR townhome on the upper floors. A five foot wide "walk-through" is now included to allow residents parking along Patriot Lane access to the interior courtyard.
- A five foot wide walkway has been added at the head of the stalls...
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