Title
PLN20-0431 - Delisting from Historical Building Study List and Certificate of Approval - 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 Building Study List. In addition, the applicant requests a Certificate of Approval to demolish two main buildings and four accessory structures on the project site. The property is listed on the Historical Building Study List with an "s" designation. The City of Alameda has prepared an Addendum to a Mitigated Negative Declaration pursuant to Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines and no further environmental review is required.
Body
To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Henry Dong, Planner III
Date: May 6, 2021
BACKGROUND
On March 4, 2021 the Historical Advisory Board (HAB) held a public hearing to review the request to delist the Alameda Federal Center from the Historical Building Study List and directed staff and the applicant to return with additional information about the historical status of the site, including the 1996 Page and Turnbull report1 which was the basis of a 2003 State Office of Historical Preservation determination that the property was not eligible for inclusion on the National Register (Exhibit 1). A copy of the staff report and exhibits can be found on the City website by clicking here.
On March 23, 2021, the 1996 Page and Turnbull report (including the Historic Building Preservation Plan and Supporting Materials for Determination of Eligibility National Register of Historic Places - Alameda Federal Center) was made available to the HAB and posted on the City website. The delisting request has been refined to include only the northern 3.65-acre portion of the 7.5-acre Alameda Federal Center site. The remaining portion would remain listed on the Historical Building Study List under the appropr...
Click here for full text