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Planning Board Workshop on Alameda Point Site A Design Review for Block Eleven Architectural Design and adjacent Waterfront Street Design
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BACKGROUND
On October 12, 2015, the Planning Board held a workshop to discuss the next steps in the Alameda Point Site A planning process. At the meeting, the Planning Board reviewed the past accomplishments and some initial design concepts for the first three blocks at Alameda Point Site A, including Block 11. Since the October workshop, the Planning Board's Site A Subcommittee has been meeting to review the evolving plans for Block 11 and the adjacent waterfront street.
At the December 14, 2015 Planning Board meeting, the Subcommittee and staff would like to receive comments from the Planning Board and community on the most current architectural design for the building on Block 11 and the adjacent street. Based upon the comments received, the design team and staff will make additional changes and return in January 2016, with a final proposal and all the necessary recommendations and conditions of approval.
DISCUSSION
Block 11 and the adjacent waterfront street (Exhibit 1) are designed to meet the community's design objectives established by the Alameda community through the Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) Community Reuse Plan, the Alameda Point General Plan Element, the Alameda Point Waterfront Town Center Specific Plan (Town Center Plan), and the Site A Development Plan.
As the first major new building constructed at Alameda Point since the departure of the U.S Navy from Alameda Point almost 20 years ago, Block 11 is located at the very heart of the Site A Development Plan and Alameda Point Waterfront Town Center planning area. Given its important geographic location within Alameda Point, the Block 11 design must meet a variety of important public objectives:
Waterfront Orientation: Block 11 fronts onto the Seaplane Lagoon and the new waterfront park where it will p...
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