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Hold a Public Hearing to Consider Site A West Atlantic Design Review Application, including Final Surface Materials, Street Trees, Storm Water Retention Landscaping for Site A and Street Lights for Site A and the Entirety of Alameda Point
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CITY OF ALAMEDA
Memorandum
To: President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas, Assistant Community Development Director
Jennifer Ott, Base Reuse Director
Date: July 25, 2016
Re: Hold a Public Hearing to Consider Site A West Atlantic Design Review Application, including Final Surface Materials, Street Trees, Storm Water Retention Landscaping for Site A and Street Lights for Site A and the Entirety of Alameda Point
BACKGROUND
In June 2015, the City Council unanimously approved the Site A Development Plan for a 68-acre area within Alameda Point that extends generally from the Main Street entrance to Alameda Point to the Seaplane Lagoon and the eastern edge of the Naval Air Station Alameda Historic District (Historic District).
Since the City Council action on the Development Plan, the Planning Board and the project proponent, Alameda Point Partners (APP), and its team of architects and design professionals have completed Design Review for Block 11, Block 8 and the Phase 1 Waterfront Park approved on March 14, 2016, Design Review for Blocks 6, 7, and 10 and a use permit for Block 10 on June 27, 2016, and the Tentative Map for Phase 1 of Site A on July 11, 2016.
At this time, staff is recommending that the Planning Board review and approve the final Design Review for the reconstruction of West Atlantic Avenue between Main Street and Pan Am Way. The West Atlantic Avenue Design Review application (Exhibit 1) includes:
1. Final surface materials for the sidewalks, cycle track, and streets, including the final materials for the shared plaza in front of Block 11 and bike racks;
2. Street light designs for West Atlantic Avenue and side streets in Site A...
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