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Review and Make Recommendations on the Alameda Marina Open Space Design
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Recreation and Park Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Review and Make Recommendations on the Alameda Marina Open Space Design
BACKGROUND
The Alameda Marina property is a 44-acre site located on Clement Avenue between Alameda Marina Drive and Willow Street in the Northern Waterfront Priority Development Area. The site is comprised of approximately 27 acres of uplands and submerged lands owned by Pacific Shops, Inc. ("the applicant") and an adjacent 17 acres of waterfront land and submerged lands owned by the City in trust for the State of California ("Tidelands") that are leased to the applicant. Neighboring land uses include Alameda Municipal Power to the west, the Navy Operational Support Center to the east, and a variety of light industrial, retail and residential uses across the street on Clement Avenue.
In 2012, the City Council amended the General Plan and Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) to designate 21.62 acres of the non-Tidelands portion of Alameda Marina land as a multifamily housing opportunity site in support of future mixed use development on the property.
In 2016, the applicant submitted the first draft Master Plan for the site. Over the last two years, the applicant has made many revisions to the Master Plan to address public concerns raised at approximately 75 community and group meetings, five (5) Planning Board subcommittee meetings and five (5) full Planning Board meetings. Throughout the two-year planning process, the Planning Board consistently advocated for and required that the Master Plan provide a mix of uses that includes residential uses, boatyard operations and facilities, and open space; that the plan maintain the most unique and interesting historic features on the site, while recognizing that not every existing building and space could be preserved; and that the plan addr...
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