MO 1999-001 to 1999-005 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

City Council Staff Report February 9, 1999 General Plan Amendment; A-98-8; PD-98-2; TM 7078 Page 4 of 12 vehicle access from San Leandro Boulevard via Peralta Avenue and Russet Street from Oakland. The subdivision will represent a significant improvement to the area. The subdivision is representative of efficient site planning and design, that will be visible from San Leandro Boulevard and BART. The plans include the necessary infrastructure improvements to facilitate the comprehensive development of the Peralta Area. The Alvarado Street extension improves pedestrian and vehicular access to the downtown area and BART station since it will allow a more direct path to these amenities from the subdivision. Inclusionary Housing The project is located within the Joint City and Alameda County Redevelopment Project Area. Residential development within redevelopment project areas triggers an "inclusionary housing" requirement in which a portion of the housing project must be affordable to low- and moderate - income families. As mandated by State Redevelopment Law, the applicant has agreed to provide 15% of the dwelling units as inclusionary housing. The initial consideration was to provide the affordable housing in the courtyard phase of the development. Because the housing market experiences fluctuations, this alternative was a concern if the build -out of the courtyard homes lagged or was never completed. The duets in the single-family neighborhood provide an opportunity to phase the required affordable housing as the development builds out. The Redevelopment Administrator has reviewed the proposal and agrees with the plan for including the affordable housing in a combination of the duets and the courtyard homes. The staff reports of December 10 and January 14 include a comprehensive discussion of these issues. Comments Raised at the Planning Commission Meeting The Planning Commission, at the January 14, 1999 meeting, recommended supplemental conditions requiring that details of certain design and development elements be implemented in the construction documents. They included the following: • Stone detail on the bridge; • Pedestrian -scale light poles and fixtures within the subdivision and not the cobra -style street lights; • Trees to accent the pedestrian areas; • Wainscoting of other materials, such as stone instead of stucco, on 50 % of the single-family homes; and • A minimum of 609, 24-inch, box street trees, in addition to the park trees, buffer area trees, and the Condition of two trees per lot. Furthermore, the Commission required that prior to approval of the Final Map, the applicant must provide the following details to the Commission's satisfaction: 4