From: karen bey
To: Lara Weisiger
Cc: Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft; Malia Vella; Tony Daysog; John Knox White; Trish Spencer Subject: [EXTERNAL] City Council Meeting 9/6/2022 - Agenda Item 7B - Site A Sixth DDA Amendments Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 11:25:18 AM
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Hello Lara,
Attached are my comments for tonights City Council meeting - Agenda Item 7B. Please include my comments in tonights agenda package.
Thank you,
Karen Bey
September
6,
2022
To:
Mayor,
and
City
Council
From:
Karen
Bey
Subject:
Agenda
Item
7B
Alameda
Point
Site
A
–
DDA
Sixth
Amendment
Over
the
years,
I
have
supported
the
Alameda
Point
Site
A
Plan,
because
the
Mixed-Use
Plan
addresses
the
housing
shortage
by
offering
both
market
rate
housing
and
25%
affordable;
it
adds
more
parks
and
open
space
on
the
west
end
of
Alameda,
and
the
Plan
provides
waterfront
retail
for
both
the
residents
of
Alameda
Point,
the
businesses
at
Alameda
Point,
and
all
residents
of
Alameda.
It
also
includes
plans
for
future
visitor
serving
retail.
I
believe
the
waterfront
retail
at
Alameda
Point
is
an
important
amenity.
The
original
Site
A
Plan
called
for
400,000
sq
feet
of
commercial
and
200,000
square
feet
of
retail,
for
a
total
of
600,000
sq
ft
.
The
original
Site
A
Plan
separated
out
the
retail
and
allocated
the
retail
as
follows:
(1)
Block
9 provides
200
market
rate,
2-bedroom,
1-bedroom,
and
studio
rental
units
and
8,700
square
feet
of
ground
floor
retail
space
along
West
Atlantic
Avenue
as
part
of
the
Site
A
development.
[See
approvals
from
the
12/17/2017
Planning
Board
meeting].
(2)
Block
11 Reduction
of
Retail
Area
:
The
retail
area
that
fronts
the
Shared
Plaza
is
being
reduced
from
21,947
square
feet
to
15,449
square
feet.
[See
approvals
from
the
12/9/2019
Planning
Board
meeting].
(3)
Block
10 Was
originally
planned
for
an
Urban
Park
and
retail
in
Buildings
67,
98,
and
112.
September
6,
2022
City
Council
Meeting
Site
A
–
Sixth
DDA
Amendment
Page
2 of
3 (4)
Hotel
The
Hotel
is
100,000
sq
ft
of
commercial
with
ground
floor
retail
In
the
Planning
Board
session
on
7/25/2022,
they
approved
the
following
DDA
amendments
for
Site
A:
Reduced
the
commercial
and
retail
at
Site
A
from
600,000
sq
ft
to
up
to
360,000
square
feet
with
a
minimum
of
300,000
square
feet
Separated
out
the
Retail
sq
ft
from
the
Commercial
sq
ft
For
Phase
1,
and
Phase
10B,
they
separated
out
35,5000
of
retail
as
follows:
Block
9 (10,000
sq
ft
Phase
1),
Block
10 (10,000
sq
ft
Phase
10b),
and
Block
11 (15,000
Phase1)
Corrections
can
be
made
to
match
the
Phase
1 retail
square
feet
approved:
for
Block
9 –
approved
ground
floor
retail
is
8,700
sq
ft
and
for
Block
10 approved
ground
floor
retail
is
15,
449sq
ft
The
Hotel
is
100,000
sq
ft
of
commercial
with
6,000
sq
ft
of
ground
floor
retail
–
Phase
3
The
Theater
with
some
retail
in
Phase
2 The
Site
A
team
to
date
has
done
a
phenomenal
job
at
Site
A,
and
I
am
excited
about
the
plans
for
Phase
2. However,
I
am
concerned
about
giving
up
the
gains
we
have
made
to
have
Waterfront
Retail
at
Site
A.
Again,
I
believe
waterfront
retail
at
Site
A
is
an
important
amenity.
The
Sixth
DDA
Amendment
as
written
could
reduce
the
Site
A
retail
already
approved
in
previous
development
agreement
documents.
I
am
asking
the
City
Council
to
preserve
the
24,149
sq
ft
of
already
approved
retail
in
Phase
1 (Block
9 –
8,700
sq
ft)
and
(Block
11 –
15,449).
By
changing
the
land
use
already
approved
in
previous
development
agreements
from
Retail
to
Commercial,
we
risk
losing
the
already
approved
retail
to
work
live
spaces
or
ADU’s.
September
6,
2022
City
Council
Meeting
Site
A
–
Sixth
DDA
Amendment
Page
3 of
3 Together
with
the
10,000
sq
ft
of
waterfront
retail
in
Block
10b
–
we
will
have
34,149
sq
ft
of
waterfront
retail
at
Site
A
in
Phase
1 that
will
serve
the
residents,
the
current
businesses
and
future
businesses,
the
Seaplane
Lagoon
ferry
riders,
the
west
end,
and
all
Alameda
residents.