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PLN18-0198 - McKay Wellness Center - Applicant: Alameda Point Collaborative Public Hearing to consider a Mitigated Negative Declaration, Zoning Map Amendment and General Plan Land Use Diagram and text amendment to allow conveyance of approximately 3.65 acres of land (APN 74-1305-26-2) from the Federal Government to the Alameda Point Collaborative for use as a Wellness Center for formerly and currently homeless individuals. A draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
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BACKGROUND
The applicant, the Alameda Point Collaborative, is requesting a General Plan and Zoning Map amendment for the approximately 3.65 acre property located on the west side of McKay Avenue (APN 74-1305-26-2). The property is currently owned by the Federal Government and occupied by eleven vacant laboratory, office, and residential buildings. The former federal facilities were constructed in 1942 to support a training facility and barracks for the US Maritime service during World War II. The Federal Government is intending to convey the land to the Alameda Point Collaborative, which proposes to use the property for a "Wellness Center" for formerly and currently homeless individuals. The Wellness Center will include:
* 90 units of assisted senior housing for formerly homeless individuals, which are some of Alameda's frailest and most vulnerable residents, many of which are suffering from debilitating illnesses, including complex and chronic medical and psychosocial conditions;
* A 50-bed medical respite center, which provides rehabilitation services for homeless individuals that have recently been discharged from a hospital, thereby reducing the frequency of emergency room visits and avoiding hospital readmissions that are preventable with proper care transition support for homeless individuals;
* A Resource Center that assists Alameda residents in a housing crisis or recently homeless to locate appropr...
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