Please file a speaker’s slip if you wish to address the Board. Anyone wishing to address the Board on agenda items or Oral Communications may speak for a maximum of 5 minutes per agenda item when the subject is before the Board. The Board may limit the speakers’ time to 3 minutes when five or more speaker’s slips are submitted.

1. Convene
   

2. Flag Salute
   

3. Roll Call
   President Ezzy Ashcraft, Vice-President Autorino, Board members, Cook, Cunningham, Kohlstrand, Lynch, and Zuppan.

4. Minutes
   

     Minutes from the meeting of August 24, 2009 (Pending)

     Minutes from the meeting of September 10, 2009 (Pending)

5. Agenda Changes and Discussion
   

6. Staff Communications
   

     6-A Future Agendas   [ view item ]

     6-B Zoning Administrator Report   [ view item ]

7. 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 5 minute time limit.

8. Consent Calendar
   Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted, approved or adopted by one motion unless a request for removal for discussion or explanation is received from the Planning Board or a member of the public by submitting a speaker slip for that item.

     8-A Design Review – DR05-0132 - for a new single family dwelling – 3295 Adams Street – Applicant – Forrest Reed. The applicant proposes to construct a two-story single family dwelling with an attached garage on a vacant corner lot. Staff is requesting continuance to the October 26, 2009 Planning Board Meeting to allow applicant time to revise the project drawings.   [ view item ]

9. Regular Agenda Items
   

     9-A Rezoning – PLN09-0222- Applicant - City of Alameda. A rezoning of property located at 1523 and 1501 Entrance Road/Buena Vista Avenue (Encinal Terminals and Del Monte Warehouse) from M-2, General Industrial (Manufacturing) District, to M-X Mixed Use Planned Development District to conform to the General Plan Mixed Use Designation.
   
   Zoning Text Amendment – PLN09-0243- M-X Zoning District Regulations - Applicant: City of Alameda. A proposed text amendment to the M-X Mixed Use Planned Development District zoning regulations to allow for application for interim use permits prior to approval of a master plan for the property under certain conditions.
   
   Use Permit – PLN09-0184 – Applicant - Chengben Wang for Encinal Terminals – A request to approve an amendment of the existing use permit UP-94-06 to allow for limited use of the site located at 1523 Entrance Road/Buena Vista Avenue (Encinal Terminals) until August 31, 2012.   [ view item ]

     Attachment 1. Letter dated September 22, 2009 from Morrison and Forrester   [ view item ]

     Attachment 2. Draft Rezoning and Zoning Text Amendment Resolution   [ view item ]

     Attachment 3. Draft Use Permit Resolution   [ view item ]

     Attachment 4. Letters from interested parties   [ view item ]

     9-B Draft Master Street Tree Plan: Consideration of a new Citywide Master Street Tree Plan and recommendation to the City Council.   [ view item ]

     Attachment 1. Draft Master Street Tree Plan   [ view item ]

     Attachment 1a. Draft Master Street Tree Plan   [ view item ]

     Attachment 2. Major Street Tree   [ view item ]

     Attachment 3. Neighborhood Tree   [ view item ]

     9-C Variance and Major Design Review – PLN08-0211, 1700 Park Street (Former Cavanaugh Motor Site) Proposed commercial buildings, including a two-story structure, remodel of existing buildings and a parking lot to be accessed from Buena Vista Avenue. The project requires a variance for a reduction in the required number of off-street parking spaces, modification to the ratio of standard to compact parking spaces, reduction in the depth of landscape areas, and modification to the distance vehicles may encroach into landscape areas.   [ view item ]

     Attachment 1. Resolution   [ view item ]

     Attachment 2. Project Plans   [ view item ]

     Attachment 3. Application   [ view item ]

     Attachment 4. Design Review by City Design Collective   [ view item ]

     Attachment 5. Public Letters   [ view item ]

     9-D Oakland Chinatown Advisory Committee Consideration of a recommendation from the Oakland Chinatown Advisory Committee regarding environmental review of transportation impacts of redevelopment of Alameda Point on Oakland’s Chinatown neighborhood.   [ view item ]

     Attachment 1. Settlement Agreement   [ view item ]

10. Written Communications
    

11. Board Communications
    

12. Adjournment
    

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