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North Housing Study Session - 300 - 501 Mosley Avenue - Applicants: Habitat for Humanity and Alameda Housing Authority. The Planning Board will hold a study session on two separate residential development proposals for a total of up to 648 units on approximately 14-acres at the North Housing site. The site is generally located between Singleton Avenue, Mosley Avenue and west of Bette Street. The site is located within the R-4-PD-MF, Neighborhood Residential Planned Development District with Multifamily Overlay. No action will be taken by the Planning Board at the study session
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Allen Tai, City Planner
BACKGROUND
The North Housing site, located at Singleton Avenue and Mosely Avenue west of Bette Street, was originally developed by the federal government in 1969 for Navy personnel housing and related services. In 2005, the Coast Guard vacated the site and the Navy declared the property to be surplus in 2007.
Between 2009 and 2018, the City Council took various actions that facilitated the Navy's sale and transfer of the land to civilian use. Those actions resulted in the site's current R-4-PD-MF zoning. The site is also identified as a Housing Opportunity Site in the General Plan Housing Element to meet the City's Regional Housing Needs Allocation.
Today, the roughly 28-acre land is divided into three sites. Carmel Partners, a private entity, is refurbishing the Navy buildings for 146 market-rate rental housing units on the western portion of the site. The remaining 14-acre portion east of Bette Street consists of the approximately 12-acre Alameda Housing Authority (AHA) site and the 2 acre Habitat site. (Exhibit 1).
The purpose of this study session is to provide the Planning Board and community an opportunity to review and comment on the two development proposals. Both proposals qualify for streamlined, ministerial review under State law.
DISCUSSION
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