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Boatworks Tentative Map 8060 Extension Applicant: Phil Banta, Boatworks, LLC. A proposed extension for a tentative map approved in 2011 to construct 182 residential units, internal roadways and alleys and a waterfront park on a 9.48-acre property located at 2229 through 2241 Clement Street at the corner of Clement Street and Oak Street commonly referred to as the "Boatworks Project".
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BACKGROUND
The subject property is a vacant 9.48-acre site located on the northern waterfront at 2229-2241 Clement Avenue, at the intersection of Clement Avenue and Oak Street, one block from the Park Street Bridge.
In 1991, the property was designated in the General Plan as a site that should be redeveloped for residential use with a public waterfront park. The General Plan called for the City to purchase approximately 4.5 acres of the property for a park. Despite several attempts to raise the funds since 1991, the City has been unable to raise the funds necessary to acquire the land for the proposed 10-acre park.
In 2008, the applicant submitted a proposal to construct 242 housing units on the property.
On October 5, 2010, after several public hearings before the Planning Board and City Council, the City Council, upon the recommendation of the Planning Board, unanimously:
* Certified a Final EIR for the redevelopment of the property;
* Approved a General Plan amendment for the property;
* Approved a rezoning for the property;
* Upheld the Planning Board's denial of the 242 residential proposal; and
* Approved a Settlement Agreement that outlined a series of steps by which the property might be redeveloped to the satisfaction of the City and the applicant consistent with a 182-unit "reduced density alternative" with a two-acre public park.
In 2011, the applicant submitted an application for a tentative map and density bonus application for a 182-unit project. The application did not include a Development Plan and Design Review a...
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