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PLN16-0314 - Certificate of Approval - Seaplane Lagoon. Applicant: City of Alameda. Public Hearing to consider a certificate of approval for a new ferry terminal and landside improvements located at the Seaplane Lagoon in the NAS Alameda historic district. The environmental effects of the proposed project were considered in the Seaplane Lagoon Addendum to the Alameda Point Environmental Impact Report. No further environmental review is required.
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To: Honorable Chair and
Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Jennifer Ott, Chief Operating Officer - Alameda Point
Michelle Giles, Redevelopment Project Manager, Base Reuse
BACKGROUND
In June 2015, the City Council approved a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) with the private developer, Alameda Point Partners, LLC (APP), for the Site A Development at Alameda Point, consisting of a 68-acre mixed-use project at the gateway of Alameda Point. Contingent upon the closing for the City's transfer of land for Phase 1 of the Site A development, APP must pay $10 million towards the costs incurred for permitting, design and construction of the Seaplane Lagoon (SPL) Ferry Terminal and associated parking improvements. The Site A Development Plan, which included mention of a new ferry terminal, was previously reviewed by the Historical Advisory Board (HAB) in early 2015.
On April 5, 2016, the City Council approved the Seaplane Lagoon (SPL) Ferry Terminal Plan (Exhibit 1), adopted a CEQA Addendum and approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) for future ferry service at SPL Ferry Terminal. The ferry terminal includes a new pier, gangway and boarding float which would extend into the Seaplane Lagoon (Exhibit 2), which is part of the locally and National Register-listed Naval Air Station Alameda Historic District (Historic District). The landside improvements are temporary and include roadway and landscape...
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