Resolution 15312CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15312
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FOR ALAMEDA POINT (TDM PLAN)
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 14891 the City Council of the City of Alameda
certified the Final Alameda Point Environmental Impact Report ("FEIR") (State
Clearinghouse No. 201312043) under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"),
California Public Resources Code Section 21000 etseq. and adopted written findings and
a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program ("MMRP") on February 4, 2014, for the
Alameda Point Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved the Transportation Demand Management
Plan for Alameda Point on May 20, 2014 (TDM Plan), a crucial component of the City's
approach to addressing the City's transportation issues associated with the reuse and
redevelopment of Alameda Point and to mitigate the transportation impacts identified in the
FEIR; and
WHEREAS, the intent of the TDM Plan is to provide an array of strategies,
measures, and services which combined into a comprehensive program, creates the
envisioned transit-oriented development at Alameda Point; achieves the City of Alameda's
General Plan goals to reduce automobile trips, and in particular, targets the reduction of
Single Occupant Vehicle (SOV) trips; and mitigates potential traffic impacts from existing
and new development; and
WHEREAS, the adoption of the TDM Plan is required by the City's General Plan
and the FEIR; and
WHEREAS, the primary components of TDM Plan include: creation of a
Transportation Management Association to oversee the TDM Plan; transit services; car
and bicycle share programs; parking management; incentives and support services; and
annual monitoring, reporting, and compliance; and
WHEREAS, since approval of the TDM Plan, the City has taken active steps to
implement the TDM Plan including applying and receiving a grant from the Metropolitan
Transportation Commission (MTC) to retain expert TDM consultants to help the City
implement the TDM Plan at Alameda Point; and
WHEREAS, the City, in conjunction with these consultants, have accomplished
numerous tasks to date, including the following: (1) facilitated the formation of the Alameda
Transportation Management Association (ATMA), a stand-alone nonprofit, that will oversee
the ongoing implementation of the TDM Plan at Alameda Point and in the Northern
Waterfront area with potential for expansion Citywide; (2) established a Community
Facilities District (CFD 17-1) for services requiring a special tax on private property at
Alameda Point to fund transportation services and programs (among other public services)
consistent with the TDM Plan; (3) developed compliance worksheets for new members and
ongoing monitoring and reporting forms; (4) prepared an initial budget for overhead costs;
(5) developed a draft ATMA website; (6) prepared a draft Memorandum of Understanding
with AC Transit for bus service from Alameda Point to the 12th Street BART Station; (7)
commenced negotiations with dockless bike share companies for rollout this Fall; (8)
commenced discussions with AC Transit on how to expand their Easy Pass programs to all
project areas within the ATMA boundaries; and (9) held two workshops with existing
business about the TDM Plan and the transportation needs of existing businesses and
prepared a draft start-up program and financial plan, including a proposed fee for existing
businesses, for the first several years of transportation services and programs at Alameda
Point targeted at existing businesses at Alameda Point; and
WHEREAS, the intent of the TDM Plan is to require all property owners, residents,
and employers of Alameda Point to fund, comply with, and collaboratively manage, monitor
and continuously improve upon the TDM Plan in order to successfully create a transit -
oriented development, mitigate traffic impacts, and comply with the General Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council:
1. Ratifies the 2014 Alameda Point Transportation Demand Management Plan
(Attachment 1).
2. Approves minor amendments to the TDM Plan to clarify that all property owners,
tenants, developers and businesses are required to participate in complying with the
TDM Plan (Attachment 2).
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 a regular meeting
assembled on the 3rd day of October, 2017, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Ezzy Ashcraft, Matarrese, Oddie, Vella and
Mayor Spencer — 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 4t" day of October, 2017.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
i C. Kern, City Attorney
City of Alameda