Title
Public Workshop on Alameda Point Site A Development Plan
Body
CITY OF ALAMEDA
Memorandum
To: Honorable President and
Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Andrew Thomas, City Planner
Jennifer Ott, Chief Operating Officer - Alameda Point
Date: May 7, 2015
Re: Public Workshop on Alameda Point Site A Development Plan
BACKGROUND
The work presented in this report is the culmination of an extensive public process that began on November 18, 2014 when the City Council approved an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) with Alameda Point Partners (APP), the preferred developer for a 68-acre mixed-use development site at Alameda Point (Site A), consistent with the Waterfront Town Center Plan. The ENA requires that APP complete a DDA and a Development Plan for Site A before the end of the 6-month ENA period, subject to extension. The developer has also requested a DA to vest Site A's current and future project approvals for the term of the DDA. Generally speaking, a DA would allow the City greater latitude and flexibility in imposing conditions and requirements in the form of public benefits on the project while affording the developer greater assurance that once approved, the City's regulatory structure, e.g. its zoning code and development standards, will remain the same during the life of the project. This evening's meeting is part of the ongoing extensive community process that includes monthly hearings before the City Council and Planning Board, meetings with other boards and commissions, stakeholder meetings and community open houses.
The terms in the ENA with APP focus on Site A's development funding and constructing initial transit infrastructure for Alameda Point including measures, such as dedicated bus rapid transit lanes and contributing to funding of a new ferry terminal as a concurrent obligation of its development; constructing utilities that will ultimately be ...
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