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PLN22-0246 - 300 Mosley Avenue - Development Plan, Design Review, and Density Bonus - Applicant: Greg Pasquali on behalf of Carmel Partners. Public hearing to consider a Development Plan, Design Review, and Density Bonus application to construct a seven-story, 227-unit multi-family building within a 2.6 acre area of the existing Admiral's Cove development, which currently has 150 existing townhome units. The project will require the demolition of one existing fourplex. CEQA Determination: The Alameda General Plan 2040 Final Environmental Impact Report, State Clearinghouse #2021030563, was certified by the City Council on November 30, 2021. None of the circumstances requiring further CEQA review are present
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas, Planning, Building and Transportation Director
BACKGROUND
The North Housing site comprises approximately 37.36 acres of former U.S. Navy properties encircled by Mosley Avenue and Singleton Avenue. In 2017 the federal General Services Administration (GSA) began the process of selling off this surplus land. Approximately 15.13 acres were sold to Carmel Partners, 12.83 acres were conveyed to the Alameda Housing Authority (AHA) and 2 acres to Habitat for Humanity (HH). Carmel Partners renovated 150 townhome units on the project site and constructed extensions of Mosley Avenue and Singleton Avenue. In August 2020 the Planning Board approved the North Housing Development Plan for the AHA and HH parcels, which approved up to 586 units.
On May 5, 2022 the applicant submitted a preliminary application to the City for review under the California Housing Crisis Act of 2019 (SB 330). Under SB 330 a developer can submit a preliminary application that freezes the existing regulations and development fees in place to those in effect when the preliminary application was submitted if the developer submits a final application within 180 days. The applicant submitted a f...
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