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Public hearing to consider the inclusion of identified historic resources at Alameda Marina on the City's Historic Resources Inventory (formerly Historic Buildings Study List). The proposed update to the Historic Resources Inventory is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15305 Minor Alterations to Land Use Limitations and 15308 Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment.
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To: Honorable Chair and
Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Andrew Thomas, Asst. Community Development Director
Allen Tai, Secretary to the Board
Re: Public hearing to consider the inclusion of identified historic resources at Alameda Marina on the City's Historic Resources Inventory (formerly Historic Buildings Study List). The proposed update to the Historic Resources Inventory is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15305 Minor Alterations to Land Use Limitations and 15308 Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment.
BACKGROUND
The Alameda Marina site is an approximately 44-acre property, including land and submerged tidelands located on the north side of Clement Avenue, between Grand Street and Willow Avenue. The site is designated in the General Plan as a Specified Mixed Use area and zoned Mixed Use with a Multifamily-Residential (MF) Overlay. The MF Overlay was applied to the site in 2014 as part of an update to the Housing Element of the General Plan, which was adopted by the City Council to encourage more housing to meet Alameda's housing demand.
Current Status
The current owner of the Alameda Marina wishes to redevelop the site for up to 760 housing units, 143,000-square-feet of maritime, small office and commercial retail, and 17 acres of marina space (Exhibit 1). Redevelopment of the property under its Mixed Use zoning requires prep...
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