Resolution 14158CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14158
UPHOLDING THE PLANNING BOARD APPROVAL OF DESIGN REVIEW,
DP07 -0003 AT TRACT 7884 (RETAIL CENTER)
WHEREAS, an application was made on May 10, 2007, by Catellus
Development Group, a ProLogis Company, for a Development Plan and Design
Review to construct a retail center with 250,000 square feet of retail space, 8,000
square feet of office space and associated parking, landscape and pedestrian
improvements on an approximately 23.3 acre site; and
WHEREAS, the subject property is designated Specified Mixed Use on
the General Plan Diagram; and
WHEREAS, the subject property is located in a MX (Mixed Use - Planned
Development) Zoning District; and
WHEREAS, on December 5, 2006, the City certified the Final
Environmental Impact Report for the Alameda Landing Mixed Use Development
Project (a Supplement to the 2000 Final Environmental Impact Report for the
Catellus Mixed Use Development Project), and adopted the Mitigation Monitoring
and Reporting Program; and
WHEREAS, the proposed project will be consistent with the Bayport-
Alameda Landing Project Master Plan (the "Master Plan ") as approved by the
City Council on January 2, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board adopted the Transportation Demand
Management Program and Development Plan for Fifth Street and Mitchell
Mosley Avenue on May 14, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board adopted the Alameda Landing Site -Wide
Master Landscape Development Plan Amendment, Waterfront Promenade
Development Plan, and the Clif Bar & Co. Headquarters Development Plan and
Design Review on May 29, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board approved the Development Plan portion
of the Alameda Landing retail center application on June 25, 2007, and directed
the applicant to return at a future date for consideration _of the design review
portion of the application; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board approved the landscape and site
improvements for Fifth Street and Mitchell Avenue Extensions on July 23, 2007;
and
WHEREAS, on September 24, 2007, the Planning Board held a public
hearing on the design review portion of the Retail Center application, examined
pertinent maps, drawings, and documents; and made the necessary findings
pursuant to AMC Section 30 -37.5 to approve Design Review DP07 -0003; and
WHEREAS, Planning Board approved Design Review DP07 -0003,
subject certain conditions of approval, which supplement the conditions imposed
on the Retail Center Development Plan by Planning Board Resolution 07 -25
approved on June 25, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the applicant, Catellus Development Group, a ProLogis
Company, appealed certain conditions imposed by the Planning Board on the
approval of the Retail Center Design Review; and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2007, the City Council held a public hearing
on the appeal of the design review portion of the Retail Center application and
has examined pertinent maps, drawings, and documents;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Alameda hereby upholds the Planning Board approval of retail center design
review application and condition of approval with the following two modifications:
1. Planning Board Resolution Condition of Approval #3 shall be modified as
follows:
Where there are substantially similar requirements or inconsistencies
contained in the conditions of this approval on the one hand, and the
Development Agreement (Alameda Landing Commercial Project), Disposition
and Development Agreement (Alameda Landing Mixed Use Project), Master
Grading, Demolition, and Infrastructure Plan (MGDIP) and /or the Mitigation
and Monitoring Reporting Program on the other hand, the provisions of the
Development Agreement (Alameda Landing Commercial Project), Disposition
and Development Agreement (Alameda Landing Mixed Use Project), MGDIP
and /or the Mitigation and Monitoring Reporting Program, as applicable shall
govern.
2. Planning Board Resolution Condition of Approval #6 shall be amended as
follows:
The southern driveway into the center from Willie Stargell Avenue shall be
signed a "right in -right out". If at a future date Willie Stargell Avenue is widened
beyond the 2010 configuration and it is determined by the Public Works Director
based upon vehicle queues, delays, or collision rates that the driveway must be
reconfigured or modified to maintain traffic safety, then the property owners shall
be required to modify the driveway to address the traffic safety concern. Potential
solutions may include but are not limited to providing a right turn lane into the
driveway for westbound traffic that could accommodate the turning traffic
demand, closing the driveway, or a traffic signal. The proposed modification
shall be subject to review and approval by the Planning Board at a noticed public
hearing based upon a recommendation by the Planning and Building Director
and the Public Works Director. Catellus, or its successor in interest "the property
owner" shall be responsible for funding the design and construction of the
approved modification provided that if the approved modification proves to be
infeasible or unacceptable to the property owner for financial, operational or
other reasons, then the property owner may remove the traffic safety concern by
closing the driveway at their expense, in which case the access required by
Condition 5 shall no longer be required. This condition shall be noted on the
tentative and final maps for the Retail Center property. Not withstanding the
above, if a right turn lane is provided as part of the Stargell Extension Project,
this condition shall no longer be in effect.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council
of the City of Alameda remands consideration of the site plan back to the
Planning Board with direction to review and reconsider Planning Board
Resolution Condition of Approval #4 with the new information and alternative site
plans submitted by the applicant for City Council consideration on November 6,
2007.
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 6th day of November 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 7th day of November, 2007.
Lara Weisiger, CityQerk
City of Alameda