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Final Passage of Ordinance Approving Master Plan Amendment to Include a Maritime Commercial and Residential Variant for Approximately 39 Acres of Land with the Bayport/Alameda Landing Master Plan. [A Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Alameda Landing Mixed Use Development Project was Certified in Accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (State Clearinghouse #2006012091) in 2006. An Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Actions has been Prepared.] (Community Development 256)
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city of alameda ordinance no.
APPROVING MASTER PLAN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE A MARITIME COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL VARIANT FOR APPROXIMATELY 39 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE BAYPORT/ALAMEDA LANDING MASTER PLAN.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Alameda that:
Section 1. As required by the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), the City of Alameda has independently reviewed and considered the Addendum ”) dated June 2017 (the “Addendum”) to the 2006 Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Alameda Landing Mixed Use Development Project (State Clearinghouse #2006012091) (the “SEIR”). The City finds on the basis of the whole record before it that the environmental effects associated with the Bayport/Alameda Landing Master Plan Amendment, attached as Exhibit “A,” (the “Master Plan Amendment”) are within the scope of the analysis conducted in the 2006 SEIR, such that the Master Plan Amendment does not meet the criteria under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and Public Resources Code Section 21166 requiring preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR. Therefore, the Addendum is the appropriate environmental document for the Master Plan Amendment pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164. The City Council hereby approves the Addendum and reaffirms the Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations it made in connection with the 2006 Supplemental EIR. The City Council finds that this action reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City of Alameda.
Section 2. Pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code Sections 30-22.5 and 30-22.6, the City Council finds that the Master Plan Amendment is consistent with the City’s General Plan and, as such, promotes and maintains the integrity of the General Plan. Specifically, the amendment is consistent with General Plan policies for a mixed use redevelopment plan for the Master Plan planning area that provides for commercial, residential, and open space land uses. The City Council further finds that the Master Plan Amendment would benefit the general welfare of the community by adding a development option that creates the potential for reuse of approximately 364,000 square feet of existing waterfront warehouses, development of a 4.5-acre public waterfront park that will open up a portion of the waterfront area for the public, and for residential uses with a mix of product types (condominiums, townhomes, and single-family homes) that would include some affordable units. Finally, the City Council finds that the Master Plan Amendment is equitable, in that the Master Plan Amendment will create the potential for new commercial and new housing opportunities along the waterfront that will be beneficial to the City, and to existing and new residents.
Section 3. In accordance with Subsection 30-4.20 of the Alameda Municipal Code, the Bayport/Alameda Landing Master Plan Amendment, attached as Exhibit “A,” is hereby adopted for the real property within the MX-zoned site situated within the City of Alameda, County of Alameda, State of California, located generally south of the Oakland-Alameda Estuary, west of the Mariner Square commercial area, north of Mitchell Avenue, and east of Main Street, exclusive of the Alameda Gateway Center, U.S. Coast Guard Housing, and Miller Elementary School.
Section 4. The Master Plan, as amended by the above Master Plan Amendment, is known as and referenced to as the Bayport/Alameda Landing Project Master Plan (hereinafter Master Plan) approved June 6, 2000, as amended.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of its final passage.
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Presiding Officer of the City Council
Attest:
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 5th day of September, 2017, by the following vote to wit:
AYES
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 6h day of September, 2017.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
Approved as to Form:
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Janet C. Kern, City Attorney
City of Alameda