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PLN16-0314 -Certificate of Approval - Seaplane Lagoon Ferry Terminal Landside Improvement. Applicant: City of Alameda. Public Hearing to consider temporary landside plans for a new ferry terminal located at the Seaplane Lagoon in the NAS Alameda Historic District. The Historical Advisory Board will consider this project for Certificate of Approval pursuant to AMC Section 13-21. The environmental effects of the proposed project were considered and disclosed in the Seaplane Lagoon Addendum to the Alameda Point Environmental Impact Report. No further environmental review is required under the California Environmental Quality Act.
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To: Honorable Chair
Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Jennifer Ott, Base Reuse Director
Michelle Giles, Redevelopment Project Manager, Base Reuse
Allen Tai, Planning Services Manager
BACKGROUND
In June 2015, the City Council approved a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) with the private developer, Alameda Point Partners, LLC (APP), for the Site A Development at Alameda Point, consisting of a 68-acre mixed-use project at the gateway of Alameda Point. As a condition of the transfer of land, the DDA required APP to contribute $10 million toward the design and construction of a new ferry terminal at Seaplane Lagoon.
On April 5, 2016, the City Council approved the Seaplane Lagoon (SPL) Ferry Terminal Plan and approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) for future ferry service at SPL Ferry Terminal. The goal is to have the ferry terminal completed at the time that the first residents move into new housing at Site A, estimated to be in the first quarter of 2020. To make this date, the City is on a tight project schedule to gain Bay Conservation Development Commission (BDCD) approval in time to complete designs and construction prior to the first move-in for Site A residents. The project requires BCDC approval beca...
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