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Draft Meeting Minutes - September 12, 2016
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DRAFT MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY OF ALAMEDA PLANNING BOARD
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
1. CONVENE
Board Member K?ster convened the meeting at 7:01pm.
2. FLAG SALUTE
Board Member Curtis led the flag salute.
3. ROLL CALL
Present: Board Members Burton, Curtis, K?ster, Mitchell, Sullivan. Board Member Zuppan arrived at 7:07pm. Absent: President Knox White.
4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION
A portion of Staff Communications was moved to the beginning of the regular agenda at staff's request.
5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Board Member K?ster asked for a summary of City Council actions on projects that have been called for review or appealed after Planning Board actions.
Staff Member Thomas said they can add an item to the next meeting to address the topic.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
*None*
***STAFF COMMUNICATIONS***
Community Development Director, Debbie Potter made some announcements. She said the City is creating an updated economic development plan. She said the City is kicking off a year long "Love Our Island" campaign.
7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
7-A 2016-3303
Recommend that the City Council Approve the City of Alameda Housing Element Annual Report and Implementation Priorities. Approval of an annual report is not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), nor is an annual report defined as a "project" under CEQA. No future review is required.
Staff Member Thomas gave the staff report. The report and attachments can be found at: https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2824844&GUID=A5C357EA-CEC1-4AB0-AD41-3C75FA53ACCB&FullText=1
Board Member Sullivan asked if we were going to approve an additional 1500 housing units, even though we have more in the pipeline than the state requires of us.
Staff Member Thomas said that we are required to make enough land available for a minimum of 1700 units. He said our pipeline shows we have enough land zoned and we have...
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