Resolution 14136CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14136
APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, GPA07 -0002: GENERAL
PLAN AMENDMENTS TO: (A) AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN LAND
USE DIAGRAM TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATION OF
APPROXIMATELY 110 ACRES WITHIN THE NORTHERN
WATERFRONT TO SPECIFIED MIXED USE AND MEDIUM DENSITY
E � RESIDENTIAL, AND (B) AMEND SECTIONS AND ASSOCIATED
TABLES OF THE GENERAL PLAN
o WHEREAS, the Northern Waterfront General Plan Amendment is the
result of a community planning process initiated by the City of Alameda City
Council in 2000; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council appointed Northern Waterfront Advisory
Committee held numerous public workshops and many public meetings to
discuss appropriate land use policies for the planning area between 2000 and
2003; and
WHEREAS, the Northern Waterfront Advisory Committee's
recommended General Plan Amendment was circulated for public review
beginning in 2004 and reviewed by the City of Alameda Transportation
Commission, Recreation and Parks Commission, Economic Development
Commission in 2005 and 2006; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Northern Waterfront General Plan Amendment
includes policies to guide the future redevelopment of the planning area in
manner consistent with the public welfare and the community's vision for the
formerly industrial area; and
WHEREAS, the an Environmental Impact Report was prepared and
circulated for public review to identify and disclose the potential environmental
impacts of the proposed General Plan Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the planning area is presently designated General Industry
on the General Plan Diagram; and
WHEREAS, the proposal for a General Plan Amendment is necessary to
allow a mix of uses and improved waterfront access in the planning area; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board held a public hearing on this application
on February 26, 2007 and March 26, 2007, and examined pertinent maps,
drawings, and documents in connection with the application; and
WHEREAS, on March 26, 2007, the Planning Board of the City of
Alameda recommended that the City Council adopt an Environmental Impact
Report ( "EIR "), regarding the environmental impacts related to this project; 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 has 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 proposed General Plan text and diagram amendments will
have acceptable effects on the general welfare of the community
because they will facilitate redevelopment of former industrial and
manufacturing sites with a mixed use development that includes
residential, commercial and /or maritime commercial uses and
support and facilitate the development and operation of child care
facilities.
3. 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 sites and support child
care operations and facilities.
4. The proposed General Plan text and diagram amendments are in
the public interest as they would allow redevelopment of the sites
within the area with an appropriate mix of uses consistent with
community priorities, adjacent land uses and neighborhoods, and
in a manner that will provide substantial public amenities,
including affordable housing and public waterfront open space
and support childcare facilities citywide.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Alameda approves General Plan Amendment, GPA07 -0002 which includes:
Attachments A, B and C to the June 19, 2007 Staff Report as amended as
follows:
1. Policy E -T 5 shall be deleted.
2. Add following policy to Northern Waterfront Urban Design Guiding
Policies:
"To ensure design compatibility with adjacent developments and
neighborhoods, limit new building heights to 45 feet."
3. The following policy shall be added to the Land Use Element:
"Re- evaluate the City of Alameda parking provisions as they pertain to
new uses in existing buildings older than 10 years to ensure that
adequate parking exists to support new uses in existing buildings and
minimize parking shortages in adjacent neighborhoods."
4. Add following policy to Northern Waterfront Transportation Guiding
Policies:
"Non- residential uses should be located adjacent to the Clement Truck
Route to minimize disturbances to residents from truck traffic on Clement
Street; however, if residential uses are proposed adjacent to the Clement
Truck Route, residential structures shall be adequately set back and /or
provide design features to minimize disturbances to future residents. In
accordance with policy 10.8.f, sound walls shall not be used to buffer
residential uses from the truck route."
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda during the Regular
Meeting of the City Council on the 17th day of July 2007, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam
and Mayor Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 18th day of July, 2007.
Lara Weisiger, City
City of Alameda