Resolution 09758CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 9758
CERTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR PLAYA
DE LA ALAMEDA PROJECT (2.22 ACRE PARCEL AT
716 CENTRAL AVENUE)
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA that
said Council hereby certifies the Environmental Impact Report
for a General Plan Amendment from Single Family to Special, Single
Family and a Planned Development for Forty Housing Units at 716
Central Avenue, known as the Playa de la Alameda Project, and
makes the followina findings of fact thereon:
1. The Final Environmental Impact Report, composed of
the Draft Environmental Impact Report dated April, 1982, and the
Final Addendum Environmental Impact Report dated May, 1982, and
all comments and responses, has been completed in compliance with
the California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA_Guidelines, and
the Alameda Guidelines adopted pursuant thereto.
2, The City Council has reviewed both documents.
3. The mitigation measures contained in the Draft EIR
and responses to comments are approved, excluding the mitigation
measures set out in paragraph 4.
4. The following mitigation measures are excluded and
the folio wing overriding considcrations are stated therefor
a. Closure of the drive
to project traffic.
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next to the El Taco restaurant
Closure of the Central Avenue driveway to project
traffic is not feasible as two adjacent property owners
have recorded access easements over the driveway.
Closure of the driveway or restriction of 'traffic to
northbound or southbound traffic only would be in con -
flict with these recorded easements.
Regrading of driveway near 724 Central Avenue.
Regrading of the driveway near 724 Central Avenue
is not recommended as little improvement, if any, to
visibility could be gained within the limited area
and regrading would interfere with existing driveway
leading into 724 Central Avenue,
c Expansion of the marsh area in Crown Memorial State
Beach Park.
Expansion of the marsh area in Crown Memorial State
Beach Park is not considered an economically feasible
mitigation measure for a developer of low /moderate
cost housing.
d. Provide a locking gate with keys available for residents
for access to Washington Park.
Providing a locking gate with keys available to
residents for access to Washington Park may create
potential security problems for residents of the
project.
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5. The following additional mitigation measures are
approved:
a. The developer shall provide additional landscaping
within Washington Park in order to screen the lights
from the baseball field.
b. A No Left Turn" sign shall be installed at the exit
of the Central Avenue driveway in order to mitigate
potential traffic conflicts.
c. The developer shall install caution signs as a sub-
stitute for regrading the Central Avenue driveway in
the vicinity of 724 Central Avenue.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said Council certifies that
it has reviewed and considered the information contained in the
"Draft Environmental Impact Report, Playa de la Alameda, April,
1982" and the "Final Addendum Environmental Impact Report, Playa
de la Alameda, May, 1982," for a General Plan Amendment from Single
tr:\01 Family to Special Single Family and for the Plava de la Alameda
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Project, and further certifies that said EIR has been completed
in compliance with CEQA and state guidelines.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Playa de la Alameda Project
is hereby approved and the Planning Director is directed to prepare
and send a Notice of Determination to the appropriate offices.
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 1st day of June, 1982,
by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Diament, Gorman, Sherratt and President Corica - 4.
NOES: Councilman Stone - 1.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this 2nd day of June, 1982.
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