Resolution 14049CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14049
APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, GPA-06-01: GENERAL
PLAN AMENDMENTS TO: (A) AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN LAND
USE DIAGRAM TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OF
APPROXIMATELY 74 ACRES OF THE CATELLUS MIXED USE
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SITE FROM BUSINESS PARK TO
SPECIFIED MIXED USE AREA, AND (B) AMEND SECTIONS 2.2, 2.3,
2.6 AND ASSOCIATED TABLES OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT TO
REFLECT THE NEW SPECIFIED MIXED USE AREA
WHEREAS, the subject property is part of a larger project that is
currently entitled to allow the construction of 485 single-family homes, 101
multi-family residential units, approximately 1.3 million square feet of
commercial office/research and development space, a seven-acre school site
and 15 acres of public open space ("Catellus Mixed Use Development"); and
WHEREAS, the subject property is presently designated Business Park
on the General Plan Diagram; and
WHEREAS, the City certified a Final Environmental Impact Report
("2000 EIR") for the Catellus Mixed Use Development on May 13, 2000, as well
as an Addendum to the 2000 EIR on December 18, 2001, and a Second
Addendum to the 2000 EIR on July 6, 2004; and a Third Addendum to the 2000
EIR on September 25, 2006; and
WHEREAS, an application was made by Palm Tree Acquisition
Corporation (successor by merger to Catellus Development Corporation)
requesting General Plan Amendments relating to approval to replace the
existing office/research and development entitlements with entitlements for up
to 400,000 square feet of office space; a 20,000 square foot health club or
similar use; up to 300 housing units; and 300,000 square feet of retail space
(Variant A) or 50,000 square feet of retail space and 370,000 square feet of
research and development space (Variant B) on approximately 74 acres of the
Catellus Mixed Use Development Project, plus public open space. The project,
known as the Alameda Landing Mixed Use Development Project, would be
completed in phases over a multi-year period, depending on market conditions;
and
WHEREAS, the applicant is requesting General Plan Amendments to (a)
amend the General Plan Land Use Diagram to change the designation of that
portion of the Catellus Mixed Use Development Project site currently
designated Business Park to Specified Mixed Use Area (approximately 74
acres), and (b) amend Sections 2.2, 2.3, 2.6 and associated tables of the Land
Use Element to reflect the new Specified Mixed Use Area; and
WHEREAS, the proposal for a General Plan Amendment is necessary to
allow a mix of uses on the site; and
WHEREAS, on July 24, 2006, the Planning Board of the City of Alameda
recommended that the City Council certify a Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Report ("FSEIR") regarding the environmental impacts related to this
project; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board held a public hearing on this application
on July 24, 2006, and recommended approval of the application; and
and
WHEREAS, on December 5, 2006, the City Council certified the FSEIR;
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on this application on
December 5, 2006, and examined pertinent maps, drawings, and documents in
connection with the application; and
WHEREAS, the subject property is located within the Business and
Waterfront Improvement Project (BWIP); and
WHEREAS, the City Council has made the following finding:
1. The City Council has been advised that subject to meeting City
standards and requirements, the proposed General Plan
Amendment would substantially conform to the adopted
Community Improvement Plan (CIP) for the Business and
Waterfront Improvement Project (BWIP), including the Mixed Use
land use designation of the site, and the General Plan policies
incorporated by reference within the CIP; and
WHEREAS, the City Council made the following findings relative to the
General Plan Amendment:
1. The proposed General Plan text and diagram amendments are
consistent with the policies and intent of the General Plan. The
City's General Plan policies focus on five broad themes that
strengthen awareness of the City's island setting, its small town
feeling, respect for history, de-emphasis of the automobile, and
retention of multi-use development on the Northern Waterfront.
The project, as proposed, is consistent with these themes. The
proposed General Plan amendments are internally consistent with
the themes and policies of the General Plan.
2. The project incorporates all the mitigation measures described in
the SEIR, but will have significant adverse effects as a result of (a)
generation of hazardous waste during demolition; (b)
unacceptable levels of service at intersections and roadway
segments; (d) air emissions; and (e) cumulative air quality, traffic
and circulation, population and housing, and public services
impacts, and, therefore, requires a Statement of Overriding
Considerations.
3. The proposed General Plan text and diagram amendments will
have acceptable effects on the general welfare of the community
because they will facilitate development of a former military site
with a mixed use development that includes residential,
commercial and /or research and development uses.
The proposed General Plan text and diagram amendments are
necessary to enable the appropriate development and
maintenance of property in the City because they will facilitate
development of a currently underutilized site
5. The proposed General Plan text and diagram amendments are in
the public interest as they would allow redevelopment of the site
with appropriate uses consistent with the nearby Marina Village
Business Park, Aegis senior housing project and existing
residential uses in the West End of Alameda.
6. The Project will increase tax revenues to the City and provide
substantial public amenities, including affordable housing and
public waterfront open space.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Alameda hereby approves the General Plan Amendment, GPA -06 -01 as shown
in Exhibits "A" and "B
Exhibit A: General Plan Amendment 06-01
Section 2.2 of Land Use Element. Revised specified Mixed Use section to change the number
of Specified Mixed Use areas from "Eight" to "Nine" and add "MU-7: Alameda Landing" to list
of Specified Mixed Use Districts.
Section 2.3 of Land Use Element. Amend Table 2-1 to include:
"MU-7 Alameda Landing; Residential, Office, Commercial: 300 residential units, 300,000 sq.ft.
commercial retail, 400,000 sq.ft. office, and 20,000 sq.ft. of health club facilities. Up to 250,000
sq. ft. of commercial retail may be exchanged for up to 370,000 square feet of research and
development uses. Other uses may be exchanged or substituted as permitted by the Master Plan."
Section 2.3 of Land Use Element. Amend Table 2-3 "Summary of Assumed Development
Increment Table: Residential Properties 1990-2010" to maintain consistency with Table 2-1.
Section 2.3 of Land Use Element. Amend Table 2-5 "Summary of Assumed Development
Increment Table" to maintain consistency with Table 2-1.
Section 2.6 Specified Mixed Use Areas of the Land Use Element. Add description of MU-7:
MU-7 Alameda Landing
This area of the former Fleet Industrial Supply Center Alameda Annex and Facility provides an
opportunity to create a new waterfront oriented, mixed-use district with residential, commercial,
research and development, office and other uses and a major new nubile waterfront park.
Implementation policies, standards, and guidelines for private and public developments and
improvements in this mixed use area are included in the Bayport/Alameda Landing Mixed Use
Master Plan.
Land Use Diagram: Amend Land Use Diagram to change designation of area located north of
Tinker Avenue and west of Mariner Square Loop that is currently designated Business Park to
MU-7.
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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 the Special Joint
Meeting of the City Council, Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority and the
Community Improvement Commission on the 5t" day of December 2006, by the
following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS: None.
Councilmembers Daysog, deHaan, Gil
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
None.
more, Matarrese
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal o
said City this 6th day of December, 2006.
Lara Weisiger, City l-rk
City of Alameda