Planning Board
Regular MeetingAlameda, CA · October 10, 2022
Agenda
City of Alameda
Meeting Agenda
Planning Board
Monday, October 10, 2022 7:00 PM Via Zoom
The agenda was revised on 10/10/22 at 7:45 a.m. to revise Item 7-C, Exhibit 2.
Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, codified at Government Code Section 54953, Planning
Board members can attend the meeting via teleconference.
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Meeting ID: 881 1585 9659
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1 CONVENE
2 FLAG SALUTE
3 ROLL CALL
President Ruiz, Board Members Ariza, Cisneros, Curtis, Hom, Saheba, and
Teague
4 AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION
5 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
Anyone may address the Board on a topic not on the agenda under this item by
submitting a speaker's information slip, subject to the 3-minute time limit.
6 CONSENT CALENDAR
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7 REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
7-A 2022-2458 PLN22-0271 - 916 Union Street - Applicant: Derek Turner of Qualtek
for DISH Wireless. Public hearing to consider Design Review to allow
the construction of a 13 foot tall penthouse that is approximately
64-square-feet in size to conceal six wireless antennas and related
telecommunications equipment on the roof of an existing four-story
apartment building. The project is located within an R-4 Neighborhood
Residential zoning district. The project qualifies for categorical
exemptions pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301(e) - additions
to existing structures and 15303 - new construction or conversion of
small structures. None of the exceptions to the categorical exemptions
apply
Attachments: Exhibit 1 Project Plans
Exhibit 2 Project Supplemental Documents
Exhibit 3 Public Correspondence
Exhibit 4 Draft Resolution
Item 7-A Public Comment updated 10-11-22
7-B 2022-2459 Public Hearing to Consider a Resolution Recommending that the City
Council Approve Zoning Map and General Plan Land Use Diagram
Amendments for Seven Sites listed in the Draft General Plan Housing
Element Site Inventory to Accommodate the City’s Regional Housing
Needs Allocation (RHNA) for the Period 2023-2031, Affirmatively
Further Fair Housing, and Maintain Consistency between State Law,
the General Plan Housing Element, the General Plan Land Use
Element, and the Alameda Municipal Code Zoning Map CEQA:
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15163, none of the
circumstances necessitating further CEQA review or preparation of a
new EIR are present with respect to the proposed changes to the
General Plan Land Use Diagram and Zoning Map
Attachments: Exhibit 1 Draft Resolution recommending approval of
Zoning Map and General Plan Land Use Diagram
Amendments
Item 7-B Public Comment
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7-C 2022-2460 PLN22-0401 - 2800 Fifth Street - Master Plan Amendment,
Development Plan Amendment, and Design Review - Applicant: Pulte
Homes, LLC. Public Hearing to consider Master Plan Amendment,
Development Plan Amendment, and Design Review to allow the
construction of an approximately 1,500-square-foot one-story
community building and two approximately 2,500-square-foot
three-story moderate-income affordable housing units within the
Alameda Landing Waterfront Mixed Use Project. A Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Report for the Alameda Landing Mixed Use
Development Project was certified in accordance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (State Clearinghouse
#2006012091) in 2006
Attachments: Exhibit 1 Project Plans
Exhibit 2 Draft Resolution & Attachment A: Master Plan
Amendment
Item 7-C Public Comment
7-D 2022-2461 Public Workshop to review and comment on the Draft Alameda Active
Transportation Plan
8 MINUTES
9 STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
9-A 2022-2452 Planning, Building and Transportation Department Recent Actions and
Decisions
9-B 2022-2453 Oral Report - Future Public Meetings and Upcoming Planning, Building
and Transportation Department Projects
10 WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
11 BOARD COMMUNICATIONS:
Board members may ask a question for clarification, make a brief announcement
or make a brief report on his or her activities. In addition, the Board may provide
a referral to staff or other resources for factual information, request staff to report
back to the body at a subsequent meeting concerning a City matter or, through
the chair, direct staff to place a request to agendize a matter of business on a
future agenda.
12 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:
Anyone may address the Board on a topic not on the agenda under this item by
submitting a speaker's information slip, subject to the 3-minute time limit.
13 ADJOURNMENT
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