The Alameda Planning Board met via Zoom on Monday, October 26, 2020, at 7:00 PM. The board reviewed three major items: an annual review and proposed amendment to the Del Monte Development Agreement, a citywide conditional use permit amendment for commercial outdoor uses during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a development plan and design review for a new hotel at 1051 Harbor Bay Parkway. The board also approved draft meeting minutes and received staff reports.
7A: Del Monte Development Agreement Annual Review and Proposed Amendment
7B: Conditional Use Permit Amendment for Commercially Zoned Properties (COVID-19 Outdoor Use)
7C: 1051 Harbor Bay Parkway – Development Plan and Design Review for a 236-room Hotel
Please raise your hand or otherwise indicate and we will include you in the speaking. And it looks like no one has raised their hand yet. I see none. So we will move on to the consent calendar. There's no items, so we'll move into the regular agenda. First item 7A, the Del Monte Development Agreement, annual review, and proposed amendments. Staff, uh, do you have a report? Yes. Board member T before we start, board member T. I need to um recuse myself from this item. So should I go to the break room or how would you like to handle this? Uh city count, uh city attorney. Uh, what's the best way? Turn off mute and turn off video. I think that sounds like a that sounds like a equivalent of leaving the room and not participating. So why don't we do that? And then we could text board member Reese when we're ready for her to come back. So like this, and I'll mute. Yes, please. Thank you. Perfect. Thank you. Good evening, President Teague. Um, this is my name's Andrew Thomas, planning director. Can you hear me okay? Yes. Okay. Um, I'll just give a very quick brief uh introduction to this item uh from our perspective fairly straightforward. Uh the in 2014, the city approved the uh plan for the redevelopment of the Del Monte building. That approval was accompanied by a 15-year development agreement. As part of that development agreement between the property owners and developers and the city, um the city's uh required the construction of the Clement Avenue extension. So this was a major public benefit negotiated as part of that development agreement where the development of the Del Monte building would build the segment of the cross Alameda Trail and the Clement extension from essentially Atlantic and Sherman through to entrance. Um this is an important part of the cross Alameda Trail, and of course, the long-standing plan to extend Clement through the Northern Waterfront and shift the truck route off of Buena Vista. As part of that agreement in 2014, uh the uh provisions state that it had to be done concurrently with the project and had to be done before the 250th occupancy permit of the 400 odd units in the project. So that way we guaranteed that it happened concurrently with the project. We also set a deadline for the completion of the uh extension um also as part of that requirement. So 2019 was the deadline. So get it done before the 250th occupancy permit of 2019, whichever comes first. Um, as you all know, the project uh was delayed several years due to economic um just the economic difficulties with the project, extremely expensive project, the Del Monte rehabilitation uh project, over 100 million dollars. Uh it took about four years for the project to get off the ground. Um would partners entered into a um was assigned a portion of the development agreement a few years ago. They came in and they have started construction. Um it looked like we were gonna be on track um to meet the 2019 deadline, but with the delays, um we had to extend it for a year, which we were allowed to do under the development agreement by the city manager, one time one year extension. Uh would partners entered in and began the um excuse me one second. Seems to be an argument going on in the rest of the house. Um the uh the uh but then a few things happened. One uh wood started construction and realized uh East Bay uh MUD said they had to redo all the permits because the permits were originally approved four years ago, and so uh East Bay MUD required them to uh completely redo all the permits for the infrastructure that go under the street in Clement, and then COVID-19 hit and everything slowed down. So good news, Clement, the extension is under construction. Bad news, they're not gonna have it done by January of 2021, which is what the development agreement requires. So what we're recommending is a one-year extension.