Resolution 14655CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14655
SUPPORTING THE FOCUS PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA
APPLICATION FOR THE NORTHERN WATERFRONT
WHEREAS, the Association of Bay Area Governments and the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission in coordination with the Bay Area Air
a Quality Management District and Bay Conservation and Development
Commission (collectively, the "regional agencies ") are undertaking a regional
LL planning initiative called FOCUS; and
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WHEREAS, FOCUS program goals support a future regional
t development pattern that is compact and connected; and
WHEREAS, the regional agencies seek local government partners to
create a specific and shared concept of where growth can be accommodated
and what areas need protection in the region; and
WHEREAS, a priority development area must meet all of the following
criteria: (a) within an existing community, (b) near existing or planned fixed
transit (or served by comparable bus service) and (c) is planned, or is planning,
for more housing; and
WHEREAS, local governments in the nine county San Francisco Bay
Area are eligible to apply for designation of an area within their community as a
priority development area; and
WHEREAS, the regional agencies are committed to securing incentives
and providing technical assistance to designated priority development areas so
that positive change can be achieved in communities working to advance
focused growth.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Alameda authorizes
submitting an application to designate the Northern Waterfront area a priority
development area.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in
regular meeting assembled on the 21st day of February, 2012, by the following
vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Johnson, Tam and
Vice Mayor Bonta — 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Mayor Gilmore - 1.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of the said City this 22nd day of February, 2012.
Lara Weisiger, City
of Alameda