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Public Hearing to Consider An Appeal Filed by Brian Tremper of the May 28 and July 22, 2019 Planning Board Decisions for a 172-Room Hotel and Restaurant at 2900 Harbor Bay Parkway (PLN 18-0381) and Adoption of Related Resolution. (Planning and Building 481005)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In December 2018, the City of Alameda (City) Planning Board approved Design Review and a Final Development Plan for a 172-room hotel and restaurant located at 2900 Harbor Bay Parkway in the Harbor Bay Business Park (project). The Planning Board Resolution PB18-23 (Exhibit 1) included Condition No. 6, which required that the applicant return at a later date for Planning Board review and approval of the final architectural details, colors and material selections, and landscape materials. On February 5, 2019, the City Council considered an appeal of the Planning Board's decision and upheld Resolution PB18-23 approving the Design Review and Development Plan for the project. The City Council also asked that the Planning Board consider the building setback when the applicant returned to fulfill the requirements of Condition No. 6.
On May 28, 2019, the Planning Board reconsidered and reaffirmed the building setback for the project. On June 6, Brian Tremper (appellant) filed a Petition for Appeal of the Planning Board's decision on behalf of the Freeport Homeowners Association (Exhibit 2).
On July 22, the Planning Board approved the final architectural details, colors and material selections, and landscape materials for the project, as required by Condition No. 6. On August 19, the appellant supplemented the Petition for Appeal by electronic mail to reflect the Planning Board's July 22 decision (Exhibit 3, and together with Exhibit 2, the "appeal").
As described below, the appellant has failed to demonstrate that the Planning Board's actions, findings and conclusions are in violation of the Alameda Municipal Co...
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