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PLN20-0431 - Delisting from Historical Buildings Study List - 620 Central Avenue - Alameda Federal Center. Applicant: Alameda Point Collaborative. Public hearing to consider delisting the Alameda Federal Center site at 620 Central Avenue from the Historical Buildings Study List. The property is listed on the Historical Buildings Study List with an "s" designation. The delisting of 620 Central Avenue from the City's historic resources inventory is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. As a separate and independent basis, this action is not a project under CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b) and Public Resources Code section 21065.
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Henry Dong, Planner III
Date: March 4, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A historic evaluation made by the State Office of Historic Preservation (OHP) in 2003 concluded the property located at 620 Central Avenue (Alameda Federal Center) does not have any historical or architectural significance to be considered a historic resource. The request for delisting of the Alameda Federal Center site is being made as a clean-up removal of this non historic property from the Historical Buildings Study List consistent with the OHP determination. The delisting of the site will also allow the applicant to obtain demolition permits to facilitate the construction of the McKay Wellness Center Project without requiring a Certificates of Approval by the Historical Advisory Board. If the Board approves the delisting, Planning Division staff will proceed with the Design Review component of the McKay Wellness Center Project.
BACKGROUND
Alameda Federal Center History
The Alameda Federal Center site was part of a 100-acre federal facility developed in 1942 as t...
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