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PLN19-0556 - Amendment to Certificate of Approval for Site A - Block 11 and Waterfront Park Design - Applicant: Alameda Point Partners. Public hearing to consider proposed amendments to the 2016 approved Certificate of Approval for the Block 11 building adjacent to the NAS Historic District and the new Waterfront Park on the Seaplane Lagoon. The environmental effects of the proposed project were considered in the Alameda Point Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2013012043). No further environmental review is required.
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To: Chair Saxby and
Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Allen Tai, Secretary to the Board
Date: December 5, 2019
BACKGROUND
In June 2015, the City Council unanimously approved the Site A Development Plan for a three phased development on a 68-acre area within Alameda Point that extends generally from the Main Street entrance to Alameda Point to the Seaplane Lagoon and the eastern edge of the Naval Air Station (NAS) Alameda Historic District. The NAS Alameda Historic District boundary overlaps with the western edge of the Development Plan boundary, and the Seaplane Lagoon is itself a historic feature of Alameda Point. Development in these areas have been brought before the Historical Advisory Board (HAB) for certificates of approval pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code Section 13-21. Alameda Point Partners ("APP"), the Site A developer, has completed construction of over 90% of the new roads and infrastructure to support Phase I of Site A, and vertical construction has begun on several of the residential blocks.
APP is currently requesting approval to modify the approved designs for a 220-unit residential building known as Block 11 (Exhibit 1) and Phase I of Waterfront Park (Exhibit 2) located along the Seaplane Lagoon. APP is proposing these changes in an effort to reduce escalating construction costs and long term maintenance costs for both the building and the park. The HAB previ...
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