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Summary Title: Approve Actions to Implement the Alameda Point Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plan
Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the City of Alameda to Ratify the TDM Fee Amount for Existing Tenants in Alameda Point;
Recommendation to Allow a Pass Through of the TDM Fees from Existing Tenants in Alameda Point to the Alameda Transportation Management Association (TMA); and
Recommendation to Allow a Pass Through of the Special Taxes Generated for Transportation Purposes from Property Owners within Community Facilities District 17-1 (CFD 17-1) at Alameda Point to the Alameda TMA. (Base Reuse 819099)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Acting City Manager
Re: Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City of Alameda to Ratify the TDM Fee Amount for Existing Tenants in Alameda Point; Allow a Pass Through of the TDM Fees from Existing Tenants in Alameda Point to the Alameda TMA; and Allow a Pass Through of the Special Taxes Generated for Transportation Purposes from Property Owners within CFD 17-1 at Alameda Point to the Alameda TMA
BACKGROUND
The City Council approved the Alameda Point TDM Plan on May 20, 2014, a crucial component of the City's approach to addressing the City's transportation issues associated with the reuse and redevelopment of Alameda Point. The intent of the Alameda Point TDM Plan is to provide strategies, measures and services that are combined into a comprehensive program to:
* Create the envisioned transit-oriented development at Alameda Point;
* Achieve the City of Alameda's General Plan goals to reduce automobile trips, and in particular, target the reduction of solo driving trips; and
* Mitigate potential traffic impacts from existing and new development.
TDM strategies are designed to change travel behavior (when, where, and by what means people travel) by using combinations of incentives, disincentives, and convenient transportation services.
The primary comp...
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