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Adoption of Resolution Approving a Tentative Map for Condominium Purposes (Tract No. 8524) Located at 2800 Fifth Street and Commonly Known as the Alameda Landing Waterfront Residential Project. (Planning, Building and Transportation)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On October 14, 2019, the Planning Board held a public hearing and unanimously approved resolutions approving a Development Plan and Density Bonus for a 357 unit residential project on a 17.2-acre site on the Alameda Landing Waterfront. The Planning Board also unanimously approved a resolution recommending that the City Council approve Tentative Map Tract No. 8524 for the project. There were no speakers in opposition to the project at the public hearing.
Staff and the Planning Board now recommend City Council approval of the Tentative Map for the project (Exhibit 1). Council approval will allow the Pulte Development Company to begin work on the infrastructure improvement plans for the project.
BACKGROUND
In 2017, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 3188 amending the Bayport/Alameda Landing Master Plan and approving an Addendum to the Catellus Mixed Use Development Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (Supplemental EIR) that allows for 364,000 square feet of existing waterfront warehouses, a 4.5-acre waterfront public park, and a new residential neighborhood with up to 400 residential units at the Alameda Landing waterfront. The 2006 Alameda Landing/Bayport Master Plan and 2017 Alameda Landing Master Plan amendment are available for review on the City of Alameda (City) website at https://www.alamedaca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building-and-Transportation/Planning-Division/Major-Planning-Projects.
Bay Ship and Yacht purchased 18.3-acres of maritime commercial property and 364,000 square feet of existing waterfront warehouses and began rehabilitating the structures for maritime commercial uses in late 2017.
On September 10, 2018, t...
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