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PLN19-0556 -- Design Review Amendment -- PLN19-0556 - Site A Block 11 at West Atlantic Avenue and Pan Am Way -- Applicant: UDR, Inc. A Public Hearing to consider amendments to the previously-approved Design Review applications for Block 11 at Site A. This action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act under McCorkle Eastside Neighborhood Group v. City of St. Helena (2018) 31 Cal.App.5th 80. As a separate and independent basis, the environmental effects of the proposed project were considered and disclosed in the Alameda Point Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse #2013012043). No further environmental review is required.
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas, Planning Director
Date: January 24, 2022
BACKGROUND
In 2015, the City Council unanimously approved the Site A Development Plan and Development Agreement for a three phased development on a 68-acre area within Alameda Point that extends generally from the Main Street entrance to Alameda Point to the Seaplane Lagoon and the eastern edge of the Naval Air Station Alameda Historic District.
In 2016, the Planning Board approved Design Review applications for a 220-unit residential building known as Block 11 and Phase I of Waterfront Park located along the Seaplane Lagoon.
On December 9, 2019, the Planning Board held a public hearing and adopted Resolution No. PB-19-26 approving a Design Review amendment to modify the approved designs in an effort to reduce escalating construction costs and long term maintenance costs for both the building and the park. Condition of Approval No. 2.a provides, "The Residential Lobby fa?ade on the West Elevation (Sheet 14 "Current View 10-10-19") shall be revised to include multi-lite "hangar" windows shown on the same sheet in the drawing labeled "Entitlements View 3-14-16"."
The current owner and developer of the property, UDR, Inc. is requesting a minor am...
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