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Draft Meeting Minutes - January 7, 2021
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DRAFT MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY OF ALAMEDA HISTORICAL ADVISORY BOARD
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021
1. CONVENE
Chair Thomas Saxby called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
This meeting was via Zoom.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Saxby, Board Members Jones, Lau, Sanchez, Wit.
Absent: None.
3. MINUTES
2020-8572 - Draft Meeting Minutes - October 1, 2020
Approved
4. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION
None
5. ORAL COMMUNICATION
None
6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
None.
7. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
7-A 2020-8573
Historical Advisory Board Meeting Schedule 2021.
Staff attachments can be found at
https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4735857&GUID=6BCC73FD-58D5-4F4C-8444-5A22094E2CF5.
Approved
7-B 2020-8574
General Plan Update - Historical Advisory Board public workshop to review and comment on the draft Alameda General Plan 2040.
Allen Tai, City Planner, Board Secretary, and City Planner, introduced this item, the staff report and attachments can be found at
https://alameda.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4735858&GUID=4802A84E-8F75-4BC8-8769-8AE7C287B954&FullText=1. Staff Member Tai also played a recorded presentation given by Andrew Thomas, Director of Planning Building and Transportation.
President Saxby opened public comments.
Christopher Buckley, from the Alameda Architectural Preservation Society (AAPS), discussed issues and comments that had been submitted in a letter by the AAPS. He addressed the ambiguity of the General Plan and questioned what was the actual intensity of development that was being proposed. The AAPS was also concerned by the amount of upzoning that was being discussed. He ended by recommending that Alameda should enact the Mills Program, which would provide reduced property taxes in exchange for the restoration of designated historic buildings.
President Saxby closed public comments and opened board questions.
Board Member Sanchez w...
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