Resolution 13269CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13 2 6 9
APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT GPA -99 -1 FOR
THE MARINA COVE DEVELOPMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION
FROM GENERAL INDUSTRY TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND
TO INCORPORATE TEXT AMENDMENTS THAT REFLECT THE
RECENT ELIMINATION OF PORT PRIORITY DESIGNATION FOR THIS SITE
WHEREAS, an application was made on February 25, 1999 by Kaufman and Broad, South
Bay, Inc. for an Initial Study IS 99 -2, a General Plan Amendment GPA 99 -1, a Rezoning R 99 -1,
and a Planned Development PD 99 -1, to, allow residential use in a General Industrial use area of
the General Plan. The Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration ,(Initial Study, IS- 99 -02) and
Finding of No Significant Impact pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act for a
proposed development consisting of 127 detached homes and 24 attached homes on 151 lots, for
a total of 151 homes and related utilities, streets, open space and visitor parking on 20.52 acres.
The site is located north of Buena Vista Avenue between Entrance Road and Hibbard Street and
currently contains an industrial building formerly occupied by Weyerhaeuser, the Chipman
Moving Warehouse and food storage tanks along the edge of the Estuary. The subject property
is 23.82 acres, so there will be a 3.3 -acre remainder parcel following a former rail corridor, north
of the Del Monte warehouse along Buena Vista Avenue between Entrance Road and Sherman
Street, and a 2.1 acre park parcel adjacent to the waterfront; and
WHEREAS, the application was revised on September 21, 1999 to include Tentative Map
TM 7470 and Design Review DR 99 -89 Applications; and
WHEREAS, all but the Design Review application were accepted as complete on January
7, 2000; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan designation is General Industry;, and
WHEREAS, the subject parcel is located within the boundaries of the Business and
Waterfront Improvement Project (BWIP) Area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has been advised that and finds that the proposed uses do not
conform to the, adopted Community Improvement Plan (CIP) for the Business and Waterfront
Improvement Project and General Plan policies incorporated by reference within the CIP, and that
the CIP would have to be amended in a similar manner as the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board held a public hearing on this application on July 24, 2000
and has examined pertinent maps, drawings, and documents, and recommended that the City Council
not approve the of the General Plan Amendment until a Specific Plan is prepared for the "Northern
Waterfront "; and
WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on this application on September 5, 2000
and has examined pertinent maps, drawings and documents, and finds that a Negative Declaration
of Environmental Impact should be approved, as mitigated, in compliance with the California
Environmental Quality Act and
WHEREAS, the City Council also makes the folio
Amendment. request:
ing findings regarding the General P
an
The General Plan and use amendment is consistent with the rest of the General
Plan, because:
A. Proposed Medium Density Residential land use designation would allow for uses
that are compatible with, and will not interfere with, surrounding residential, recreational,
commercial and industrial uses;
B. The project would result in new residential land use in an area that presently contains
industrial, marina, single - family residential, and multi- family residential uses. Properties to the
immediate north and west of the subject property are designated General Industry by the General
Plan. Properties to the immediate east and south of the subject property are designated Medium-
Density Residential by the General Plan. The proposed single family homes and duplex units would
be compatible with surrounding residential uses and would not disrupt the physical arrangement of
the established community. The introduction of new residential uses, streetscape improvemerisand
the park would enhance the sense of neighborhood.
C. Although the project proposes to change the land use designation for this site, it is
consistent with applicable land use planning and regulatory policies contained in the General Plan
as follows:
1) Clement Avenue Extension. The General Plan requires that the need for an
extension of Clement Avenue be evaluated before the Alameda Beltline rail right -of -way is
redeveloped for another use (General Plan Policy 4.1.n). Though such analysis has not yet been
completed, the proposed project has been designed to dedicate public right -of -way and construct a
roadway along the northern edge of the site. This design preserves the opportunity for the City to
extend Clement Avenue in the future in the event that such an extension is viewed as desirable.
2) Parks and Open Space. General Plan policies encourage the expansion of
Alameda's park system. The proposed project would accomplish this objective through the
dedication of a new 2.1 -acre park adjacent to the shoreline.
3) Shoreline Access. There are several General Plan policies that seek to
preserve existing and encourage new opportunities to provide visual and physical access to and along
shorelines. The proposed project would accomplish this objective by removing existing structures
that block views of the bay and access to the shoreline, extending existing roadways through the
project site to the water's edge, constructing a new public roadway parallel to the shoreline, and by
improving a greenway and public park adjacent to the shoreline.
4) Traffic and Circulation. The proposed project would be generally consistent
with the traffic and circulation policies established in the General Plan because it would preserve the
opportunity for an extension of Clement Avenue, would extend the existing street grid system
through the site to the shoreline, would not interfere with any existing transit service, and would not
significantly degrade existing traffic conditions.
D) The project would provide additional home ownership opportunities andadequate
housing for people who work in Alameda so that there is a balance between the City's housing
supply and its employment base. Presently, the City of Alameda has more employed residents than
jobs. However, projected build out of the land uses designated in the General Plan, including the
Harbor Bay Business Park and the Catellus Business Park, will result in more jobs than employed
residents. The General Plan identifies the lack of available sites as the primary impediment to
providing additional housing on the Island. The proposed General Plan amendment would create
an opportunity to increase Alameda's housing stock, including the contribution of 23 below- market
rate homes.
2. The General Plan land use and text amendments will have no significant adverse effects
on the environment based on the recommended Mitigated Negative Declaration which
shows no significant adverse effects with all mitigations incorporated into the project.
3. The General Plan land use and text amendments will have no significant adverse effects
on the general welfare of the community because provision of housing opportunities,
including affordable housing opportunities, is a benefit to residents in the community.
4. The proposed General Plan land use and text amendments are necessary to enable the
appropriate development and maintenance of property in the City because the industrial
use of the property is less viable given changing siting, transportation, ad labor force needs,
and residential use is compatible with the nearby residential areas and meets the City's needs
to provide additional housing opportunities.
5. The proposed General Plan amendment is in the public interest because it allows for
reuse of the site, in light of changing viability of industrial` uses, with development that is
compatible with surrounding medium ' density residential communities, and replaces
industrial uses which have impacts of truck traffic and noise from manufacturing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda
hereby approves General Plan Amendment GPA 99 -1, as set out in Attachment A of this Resolution.
NOTICE. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65009(c)(1), no judicial proceedings
subject to review pursuant to California' Code of Civil Procedure Section 1085 may be prosecuted
more than ninety (90) days following the City Council's decision on this application.
ATTACHMENT A
City Council Resolution No.
General Plan Amendment, Marina Cove Subdivision
Additions in bold, deletions in strikeout, retained text in normal type.
Section 2.8 BUSINESS PARKS AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS - Description of the Encinal
Terminals Area, Page 37
Metropolitan Transportation commission (MTC) has designated Encinal Tefminals as a Port Priority
Use Area.
Encinal Terminals Area: Historically, the Alameda Belt Line Railroad and Encinal
Terminals supported and were supported primarily by five industries that had been in Alameda for
many years (Weyerhauser, Del Monte, Pennzoil, Alameda Liquid Bulk, and Georgia-Pacific).
Despite public policies that attempted to shield these uses from pressures for commercial- residential
conversion, the Alameda Belt Line has ceased the majority of their operations and several of the
industrial uses have relocated. In response to these changing trends, the Seaport Plan prepared by
the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) and the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission (MTC) was amended in March of 2000 to eliminate the Port Priority Use Area
designation for the Encinal Terminals.
2. Policy 2.8.b, page 39:
"Maintain existing and potential bulk cargo seaport capacity at Encinal Terminals and Alameda
Gateway consistent with the Seaport Plan prepared by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
and the Bay Conservation and Development Commission."
3. Policy 2.8.c, page 39:
"Support continued operation of manufacturing and distribution industries using seaport and rail
facilities."
These businesses are efficiently located for employee access and for receiving and shipping bulky
goods. They provide scarce blue - collar job opportunities and contribute about half as much traffic
per acre as offices. The major threat to their_ continued eperati-en is the real estate markct-s
supports their long -term presence.
4. General Plan Map, Designating Site: The General Plan Land Use map is changed within the
Marina Cove Subdivision boundaries from General Industry to Medium Density Residential.
G:\ CURRCORR \33\KANDB \CC \9- 5GPARE.DOC
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 special joint meeting
assembled on the 5th day of September , 2000, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Johnson, Kerr and
Mayor Appezzato - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and a
6th day of September , 2000.
he officia
of said City this
Diane Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda