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Public Hearing to Consider Resolutions Recommending Approval of a Tidelands Exchange and a Resolution Recommending Approval of the Amended Encinal Terminals Master Plan for the Redevelopment of the Encinal Terminals Properties (072-0382-001, 072-0382-002 and 072-0383-003) and City Tidelands Property (APN 072-0382-009) located at 1521 Buena Vista Avenue. A Supplemental Environmental Impact Report for the Tidelands Exchange and Master Plan was prepared and certified in 2017, in conformance with the California Environmental Quality Act
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff is recommending that the Planning Board conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution recommending that the City Council approve a Tidelands Exchange to facilitate development of housing on the Encinal Terminals site in support of General Plan Housing Element regional housing needs obligations. Staff is also recommending consideration of a resolution recommending that the City Council approve an amended Master Plan and for the development of the Encinal Terminals site consistent with a Tidelands Exchange.
Staff is also working on a Development Agreement for future Planning Board consideration at a future meeting for the development of the project during the next Housing Element cycle 2023-2031.
BACKGROUND
The Encinal Terminals site is a vacant site located at 1521 Buena Vista Avenue between the Alaska Basin and the Fortman Marina behind the Del Monte Warehouse. The site is located within the Bay Area's regional sustainability plan (Plan Bay Area) Northern Waterfront Priority Development Area (PDA), and the site is designated as a multifamily housing opportunity site in the City of Alameda Housing Element.
The site is comprised of four parcels: three owned by North Waterfront Cove, LLC (Applicant) and one 6.4 acre site owned by the City of Alameda in trust for the State of California (Tidelands Property). The Tidelands Property is located in the middle of the site.
In 2008, a...
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