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Public Hearing to Consider a Development Plan Amendment for Alameda Point Site A.
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Jennifer Ott, Base Reuse and Transportation Planning Director
Andrew Thomas, Assistant Community Development Director
Re: Public Hearing to Consider a Development Plan Amendment for Alameda Point Site A. The 2014 Final EIR evaluated the environmental impacts of redevelopment and reuse of the lands at Alameda Point consistent with the Town Center Plan, which included Site A. None of the changes proposed by the Plan Amendment change the overall amount or intensity of development and no further review is required for these amendments.
BACKGROUND
In June 2015, the City Council unanimously approved the Site A Development Plan and a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) with the private developer, Alameda Point Partners (APP), for a 68-acre area within Alameda Point that extends generally from the Main Street entrance of Alameda Point to the eastern edge of the Seaplane Lagoon. Site A includes 800 housing units (200 affordable), 600,000 square feet of commercial development, and extensive parks and utility infrastructure (Site A Project). The Site A Project represents the first major public/private development at Alameda Point since the base closed and lost 18,000 jobs in 1997. The DDA contemplates that the Site A Project will be constructed in three phases over the next 15 years.
Since the approval of the Site A Development Plan and DDA, APP and its team of architects, engineers, and design professionals, in coordination with City staff, have expended significant staff and financial resources making extensive progress on implementing the Site A Project over an 24-month period. APP has expended $15 million to date in equity funds on all of these predevelopment efforts that have occurred over the last 24-month period. A summary of the progress made on the Site A Project is provided in Ex...
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