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PLN23-0367 - Approval of Development Plan, Use Permit, and Universal Design Waiver and recommending the City Council approve a Development Agreement - Applicant: Catellus/Brookfield Properties. Public hearing to consider approval of the West Midway Development Plan, Use Permit to exceed maximum off-street parking requirements, and Universal Design Waiver, and recommending City Council approval of the West Midway Development Agreement for the construction of approximately 478 housing units, 10,000 square feet of non-residential uses and associated infrastructure and open space on approximately 26 acres of land located between West Tower Avenue, West Midway Avenue, Main Street and Pan Am Way in the Main Street Neighborhood Specific Plan area at Alameda Point. Pursuant to Public Resources Sections 21166 and 21083.3 and Sections 15162 and 15183 of the CEQA Guidelines, no further environmental review is required
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To: Honorable President
and Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas
Planning, Building and Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The West Midway project is identified as a priority housing project for the City of Alameda Housing Element. As described in Housing Element Program #1, the West Midway project is one of three critical projects to the City's commitment to construct 1,482 housing unit over 8 years on City owned land at Alameda Point. In addition to the 478 units provided by the West Midway project, the West Midway project provides critical infrastructure and site preparation services for the adjacent RESHAP project, which includes 309 supportive housing units reserved for very low-income, low-income, and transitional households.
Staff is recommending approval of the draft resolution (Exhibit 1) in support of the West Midway Development Plan (Exhibit 2), Use Permit, Universal Design Waiver, and Development Agreement (Exhibit 3). The necessary CEQA findings for the West Midway project are supported by a CEQA Ch...
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