APPROVING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE 1998 CORPORATE ADDRESS DESIGNATION POLICY FOR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREETS WITH THE 2007
POLICY FOR NAMING CITY PROPERTY FACILITIES AND STREETS
WHEREAS in 1998 the City Council adopted the Corporate Address Designation Policy for Public or Private Streets as an economic development incentive to attract corporate businesses to locate in Alameda and
WHEREASin 2007the CityCounciladoptedthe Policyfor NamingCityProperty Facilitiesand Streets which combinedthe separateStreet NamingPolicyand Facilities Naming Policy in effect at the time but kept the corporateaddressingprovisionsas a separate policy and
WHEREAS the PlanningBoardhelda publichearingonApril25 2016 to consider integrating the two policies above at which time all materials submitted and all comments madeby all partiesregardingthis requestwereconsideredand recommendedtheCity Councilapprovethe street renaming
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED on May 17 2016 the City Council considered the request all public testimony and all pertinent documents and reports concern the integration of the two policies attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference
BE IT FURTHERRESOLVEDthe CityCouncilfinds this projectexemptfromthe California EnvironmentalQuality Act CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 b as it can be seenwithcertaintythatthereis no possibilitythat the activityin question may have a significant effect on the environment BEITFURTHERRESOLVEDthattheCityCounciloftheCityofAlamedahereby approvesconsolidatingthe CorporateAddress DesignationPolicyfor Public or Private Streetswiththe Policyfor NamingCityProperty Facilitiesand Streets Exhibit A
City of AlamedaCalifornia
POLICY FOR NAMING CITY PROPERTY FACILITIES
AND STREETS
INTRODUCTION
It is the City of Alamedas goal to establisha uniform policy to name City facilities and portions thereof including but not limited to Parks and Park facilities Golf Complex Alameda Municipal Power Tin facilities Libraries Housing Authority facilities fire stations City Hall Police Department facilities parking lots ferry terminals City streetsandentrywaysto theCity
PURPOSE
The purposeof this policy is to honor persons organizations placesandor events in the history of the City by naming City facilities after them This processacknowledges and memorializes those honored and enhances the value and
heritage of theCity
PROCEDURES
A Responsibility of Boards and Commissions
Boards and Commissions represent the community and they have direct responsibility for various City facilities as prescribed in the City Charter andAlameda Municipal Code It shall be the responsibility of the following Boardsand Commissions to review the list of street and facility names annually andprovide additionsor deletions to the Historical Advisory Board The Boardsand Commissionsmost closely related to these facilities will upon requestfrom theCity Council make recommendationsfor potential namesand the City Council will grantfinal approval
RecreationCommission City Parks Swim Centers BoatRamps andAssociatedFacilities Golf Commission Golf Complex and Associated Facilities
PublicUtilities Board Alameda Municipal Power eeffl fFacilities Library Board Libraries
Housing Commission Housing Authority Facilities
PlanningBoard StreetsandallotherCity facilities not listed above TheHousingAuthority of theCity of Alamedais aseparatelegalentityfromtheCity of Alameda Assuch theAuthorityBoardwill takeactioninlieuoftheCityCouncilinnaming HousingAuthority facilities
B Processfor NamingCity Propertyor Facility
Groupsfrom within thecommunityandindividualsmaymakearecommendationto the BoardorCommissionatthetimeconsiderationisgiventonamingafacility andmayinitiate such action The Board or Commission will then forward their recommendation to the City Council If a facility doesnot have a connection to a Board or Commission the PlanningBoard will be the body that recommendsanametotheCity Council The City Council will consider a recommendation from a Board or Commission and make thefinal decisionto nameaCitypropertyorfacility atapublicmeetingin ordertoreceive comments in an open forum
C Processfor Naming City Streets
The Historical Advisory Board will eentinue shall maintain the List of Street and Facility Names including available namesand those that have beenused Additions or deletionsto the list shall berecommendedby the appropriateboardor commissionbased on written documentationof the historic importanceof the namein Alamedahistory and asoutlinedin thispolicy Only namesthatappearontheList of StreetandFacility Names shall be utilized for the naming of new streetsor renaming of existingstreets The Planning Board shall approve namesfor new streets
CRITERIA In selectingthenamefor aCity property facility or streetthefollowing criteria shall be used
1 A namethatreflectstheIocationof thefacility by geographicarea 2 A name that reflects the history of a facility such as the family name of the builder developeror personwho may havedonatedthe land when the individual has been deceased a minimum of three years
3 A namethat recognizesa significantcontributorto theadvancementof theCity such as a former Mayor Councilmember Board or Commission Member officers or employeesof the City or member of the communitywhentheindividual has been deceased a minimum of three years
4 A namethatrecognizesthedonorof a significantgift of landor fundsfor aCity facility
A name that is listed on the List of Street and Facility Names of the City of Alameda
2 6 Only one nameshall be usedfor eachproperty or facility and all its various components
7 Corporate Address Designations as follows
A corporate address designation may be approved for a street in those instances where the corporate campus which the street serves is Iarger than one acre encompassing at least two buildings in a commercial area Criteria for the use of a corporate street name are
a The Planning Board shall review specific street names making street namerecommendationsto the City Council The City Council will make the final decision to approve the use of a particular street name ensuring that it is appropriate and that it would not compromise the City s ability to provide swift emergency response
b The roadway to be named must be developed as a street The street to be named must be full radius return and be acceptable as a street under City design standardsfor sidewalks curbs and intersection configuration
c The street to be named must be located in an area of the City designated in the General Plan as Community Commercial Office Business Park Mixed Use or General Industry on corporate property greater than one acre in size with two or more corporate buildings on site
d The name to be used must be distinct from all other street names used in the City of Alameda to eliminate possible confusion during an emergency response
e The only buildings to be addressedfrom the namedstreetwhich is under the full control of said corporation shall be those which are ownedor leasedlong term andareusedfor the operationof the corporation for which the street is named In general buildings shall be addressed from the street which they face main entrance All addressingmust beapprovedby the City s Building Official f To aid in ememencyresponsethe type and location of all street signs used on the street shall meet City standards and specifications All street signs shall be installed and maintained by the property owner of record
g In the event of the disappearance of the corporation for which the street is named the street name shall remain in force until such time as the new property owner of record takes all necessary actions to rename the street subject to the approval of the Planning Board and City Council All costsassociatedwith renaming sucha streetshall be borne by the new property owner of record including the payment of all appropriate processine fees under the Master Fee Resolution
h The street to be named shall otherwise comply with the City s street naming regulations as set out in AMC Section 13 25 and this Street Naming Policv
NAMING STREETS
General Considerations for Naming Streets
1 Priority shall be given to utilizing street names that representpersons places or eventsassociatedwith thehistorical development of theCity of Alameda 2 Where feasible and appropriate historic street names shall be chosen which directly relate to that portion of the City in which the street to be named is located
Consistency in naming shall be maintained within a Subdivision Tract Planned Development or other development or geographic area where street namesthemescurrently exist areplanned or arediscernible 4 Street names shall remain the same across intersecting streets and throughout the length of the street
5 The use of the same name but different suffices for adjacent streets shall be avoided with the exception of a small court or cul de sac adjacent to a main road For example Brighton Court off Brighton Road
6 A street name shall not intersect another street name at more than one location The useof circle or loop as a suffix is not encouragedexceptunder limited specificdesign situations
7 Similarly spelledorpronouncedstreetnamesshallbe avoidedwithin theCity S The number of letters in the street name including suffix shall not exceed twenty 20 charactersand spacesin conformancewith the 911 Emergency Communication Centersystem
Designation
In general street names should include a suffix such as those following to clearly indicate that it is part of the vehicular circulation system and to minimize the possibility of confusion with development or project place names Nameslacking suchsuffice or endingin suchwords asHarbor Isle or Point are not encouraged except to retain the continuity of establishednaming schemes Names utilizing terms from other languagessuch asEmbarcadero Camino Via and other non typical names shall be considered individually for 4 appropriateness merit and general conformance to this policy 2 Cul de sac or short dead end streets
a Court
b Place
c Terrace
d Square
3 Shortconnectingstreetsgenerallylessthan 1000feetin length a Lane
4 Curvilinear streets generallythroughor connectingandof higher capacity a Drive
b Way
c Parkway
d Boulevard
S Streetrunning diagonally to an establishedgrid system a Road
b Way
6 Generally north south grid streets
a Street
7 Generally eastwest streets
a Avenue
D RenamingCity Property Facilities and Streets
ShouldtheCity contemplaterenaminga City propertyor facility acomprehensivestudy shall be conductedto determinehow the existing namewas conceived including an assessmentof the impacts to the original honoreeon renaming the facility and the impact on the adjacentneighborhoodsshouldthe propertybe renamed The appropriate Board or Commissionshall review the studyprior to making a recommendationto the City Council At that time it will beat the discretionof the City Council whether or not to renamea City property or facility
Any changeto anexistingstreetname which would affecttheaddressingof any existing businessor residenceshallrequireCity Council in additionto PlanningBoardapproval 9 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 17thday of May 2016 by the following vote to wit AYES Councilmembers Daysog Ezzy Ashcraft Oddie and Mayor Spencer 4
NOES None
ABSENT Vice Mayor Matarrese 1
ABSTENTIONS None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 18th
day of May 2016
Lara Weisiger City C rk
City of Alameda
Janet C tC rn City Attorney
City of Alameda