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Oakland City Planning Commission
AGENDA


Mark McClure, Chair

Colland Jang, Vice Chair

Nicole Franklin

Clinton Killian

Suzie W. Lee

Michael Lighty

Anne Mudge

JANAURY 26, 2005

Special Meeting

BUSINESS MEETING SPECIAL MEETING TIME AND LOCATION 6:30PM .

Council Chambers, City Hall, One Frank H. Ogawa Plaza

Persons wishing to address the Commission on any item on the agenda, including Open Forum and Director’s Report, should fill out a speaker card and give it to the Secretary prior to the convening of the meeting or prior to 8:30 p.m. for matters scheduled to be heard after 8:30 p.m. Speakers are generally limited to two minutes at the discretion of the Chair. Applicants and appellants are generally limited to five minutes.

Agenda items will be called at the discretion of the Chair and not necessarily in the order they are listed on the agenda. However, a matter identified as an 8:30 p.m. item shall not be called until 8:30 p.m. or later. The order of items will be determined under "Agenda Discussion" at the beginning of the meeting. With the exception of Open Forum, a new item will not be called after 10:15 p.m., and the meeting will adjourn no later than 10:30 p.m. unless the meeting is extended by the Chair with the consent of a majority of Commissioners present.

Please check with the Planning Department prior to the meeting regarding items that may be continued. Any agenda item may be continued, without the hearing on the matter being opened or public testimony taken, at the discretion of the Chair. Persons wishing to address the continued item may do so under Open Forum.

Staff reports for items listed on this agenda will be available by 3:00 p.m. the Wednesday, one week before the meeting, to any interested party, at the Community and Economic Development Agency, Planning and Zoning Division, 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, California 94612. Reports are available at the Strategic Planning Division on the 3rd floor (Suite 3330), which closes at 5:00 p.m.

Staff reports are also available on-line, generally one week prior to each meeting, at www.oaklandnet.com by searching "Frequently Visited Pages" located on the City of Oakland Homepage. Clicking on "Planning Commission Meetings" will open a menu of Planning Commission and Committee Agendas. Staff reports are available on the selected agenda by clicking on the highlighted case file number. For further information, please call 510-238-3941. While attending Planning Commission meetings parking in the Clay Street Garage is Free. Attendees should write Planning Commission on the back of the parking ticket.

If you challenge a Commission decision in court, you may be limited to issues raised at the hearing or in correspondence delivered to the Zoning Division, Community and Economic Development Agency, at, or prior to, the hearing. Any party seeking to challenge in court those decisions that are final and not administratively appealable to the City Council must do so within ninety (90) days of the date of the announcement of the final decision.

ROLL CALL

WELCOME BY THE CHAIR

COMMISSION BUSINESS

Agenda Discussion

Director's Report

Committee Reports

Commission Matters

City Attorney's Report

CONSENT CALENDAR

The Commission will take a single roll call vote on all of the items listed below in this section. The vote will be on approval of the staff report in each case. Members of the Commission may request that any item on the Consent Calendar be singled out for separate discussion and vote.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

The hearing provides opportunity for all concerned persons to speak; the hearing will normally be closed after all testimony has been heard. The Commission will then vote on the matter based on the staff report and recommendation. If you wish to be notified on the decision of an agenda item, please indicate the case number and submit a self-addressed stamped envelope, for each case. Planning Commission decisions that involve "major" cases (i.e., major variances, major conditional use permits) are usually appealable to the City Council. Such appeals must be filed within ten (10) days of the date of the announcement of the Planning Commission decision. If you challenge a Commission decision in court, you may be limited to issues raised at the public hearing or in correspondence delivered to the Zoning Division, Community and Economic Development Agency, at, or prior to, the public hearing.

Interested parties are encouraged to submit written material on agenda items in advance of the meeting and prior to the close of the public hearing on the item. To allow for distribution to the Commissioners, staff, and the public, 25 copies of all material should be submitted. Material submitted at least ten days prior to the meeting may be included as part of the agenda packet; material submitted later will be distributed at or prior to the meeting. To ensure that material is distributed to Commissioners, it should be received by the Commission Secretary no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting, and preferably earlier.

 

 

1.

Location:

Wood Street Development Project (formerly “Central Station”), West Oakland.  Approximately 29.2 acres between 10th Street to the south, West Grand Avenue to the north, Wood Street to the east, and the I-880 frontage road to the west.

APNs - various

Proposal:

Public Hearing on a Proposal to develop a residential, live-work, retail, and other commercial mixed use development.  The site would be redeveloped with up to 1,570 residential units, including 186 live-work units in converted warehouses.  Commercial space would include 13,000 s.f. of neighborhood-serving commercial uses plus 14,487 s.f. associated with the historic Southern Pacific 16th Street train station.  The main hall of the train station and the 16th Street signal tower would be restored.  Public open space, consisting of a public plaza in front of the station’s main hall and five pocket parks totaling 1.39 acres would be provided.  In addition, 2.82 acres of private open space will be created for residents.  All other structures will be demolished; including the 16th Street Station elevated tracks and baggage wing.

Applicants:

Build West Oakland, LLC; PCL Associates, LLC; HFH Central Station Village, LLC; Central Station Land, LLC

Contact Person/Phone Number:

Andrew Getz, (510) 652-4191

Owner:

Three property owners

Case File Numbers:

ER 03-0023, GP 04-545, RZ 04-544, CDET 04-032,

Vesting TPM 8551 - 8555

Planning Permits Required:

General Plan Amendment, Zoning Code Amendment and Rezoning, Redevelopment Plan Amendment, Five Vesting Parcel Maps, Preliminary and Final Development Plans, Design Review, Tree Removal, Creek Determination

General Plan:

Business Mix

Zoning:

M-20/S-16 (Light Industrial/Industrial-Residential Transition Combining Zone); M-30, (General Industrial); M-30/S-16 (General Industrial/Industrial-Residential Transition Combining zone)

Environmental Determination:

The Final Environmental Impact Report is near completion and may be available at the Community and Economic Development Agency, Planning Division, 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 3315, Oakland, California 94612, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. prior to this meeting. Certification of the FEIR will be considered at a future meeting. Major findings and information from the Draft Environmental Impact Report have been reviewed in relation to the key issues in the staff report.

Historic Status:

16th Street Train Station and 16th Street Signal Tower; Rated A1+; City of Oakland Landmark; determined eligible for National Register of Historic Places.  Project area also includes PDHPs at 1751-57 16th Street (Dc2+) and 1111 Pine Street (Cb+2+) that are parts of adjoining Areas of Secondary Importance and adjoins the Oakland Point Area of Primary Importance (determined eligible for the National Register).

Service Delivery District:

West Oakland 1

City Council District:

3, Nancy Nadel

Action to be Taken:

Open the public hearing to discuss the major policy and environmental issues pertaining to this project.  In addition, provide direction to staff regarding how issues should be addressed.    action is contemplated or requested at this meeting.

For Further Information:

Contact Margaret Stanzione, Project Planner, Major Projects

(510) 238-4932 or mstanzione@oaklandnet.com

 

APPEALS                          

The Commission will take testimony on each appeal. Following testimony, the Commission will vote on the report prepared by staff. Unless otherwise noted, the decisions in the following matters are final and not administratively appealable. Any party seeking to challenge these decisions in court must do so within ninety (90) days of the date of the announcement of the final decision. If you challenge an appeal in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the appeal hearing, or in written correspondence received by the Zoning Division, Community and Economic Development Agency at, or prior to, the appeal hearing.

ADJOURNMENT             By 10:30 P.M. un­less a lat­er time is agreed upon by a ma­jor­ity of Com­mis­si­on­ers pre­s­ent.

 

GARY V. PATTON

Deputy Director of

Planning and Zoning