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Recommendation to Uphold the Planning Board Decision to Name Certain Streets at Alameda Point. [Call for Review by Councilmember Daysog] (Community Development Department 481005)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Uphold the Planning Board Decision to Name Certain Streets at Alameda Point
BACKGROUND
On September 26, 2016, the Planning Board unanimously named seven new side streets at Alameda Point's Site A after U.S. Navy airplane squadrons and U.S. Navy ships. Exhibit 1 includes a map of the new streets with their new names and some information about the historical connection between the selected names and the history of NAS Alameda. Consistent with the City Council's adopted City Facility Naming Policy (2007), all of the selected names were chosen from the City of Alameda list of pre-approved Street Names and all the names have a relationship to the history of the former Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda).
On October 4, 2016, Councilmember Daysog called the decision for review. His call for review states:
"I am calling for review the September 26, 2016 Planning Board Agenda Item 7B, seeking only and particularly to discuss and include a new name per the street names for Site A Alameda Point. In particular, I am seeking to include the name of Mr. Felix Fortuna, a [current] long-time Alameda resident of Filipino-American descent who, in addition to serving as the go-to realtor for many persons of Filipino descent as they made their respective way into Alameda, contributed generously to the well-being of Alameda as whole. For this reason especially, I am convinced it is right and fitting to recognize Mr. Fortuna and include his name in the list of names for street names for Site A of Alameda Point."
DISCUSSION
Pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) 30-84.5, the Planning Board names streets in Alameda. Pursuant to AMC 30-25.1.b, the Planning Board's approval...
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