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Kofman Auditorium
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., February 23, 2008
The City of Alameda Planning Board is holding an objective, educational public workshop to provide information on the historical background of City Charter Article XXVI (Measure A) and the benefits and limitations it provides to transit and housing. The workshop will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on February 23 at the Kofman Auditorium at 2200 Central Avenue and will be free to the public.
“We look forward to providing the community this opportunity to learn more about the effects Measure A has on land use planning, development, housing and transportation from experts and residents who can provide us all with their objective perspectives on the Measure, “said Planning Board President Anne Cook.
Housing Element Update
The workshop will feature panels of experts from Alameda and the greater Bay Area who have professional experience as historians, architects, economic development and planning specialists, and transportation specialists. The workshop will also address the State-mandated Housing Element update, which the City is required to conduct every eight years.
Panels of Experts
Moderators and panelists for the event will include those listed below, as well as others.
- Woody Minor, Historian and Alameda Resident
- Hanson Hom, former City of Alameda Planning Manager and Alameda Resident
- Lee Harris, Lawyer and Alameda resident
- Jim Adams, Principal, ROMA Design Group
- Denise Brady, Local Realtor, Past President of Alameda Architectural Preservation Society, and Alameda Resident
- David Burton, Architect, Climate Protection Task Force Member, and Alameda Resident
- Jim Musbach, Managing Principal, Economic and Planning Systems
- Judge Richard Bartalini, retired, Alameda resident
- Stuart Cohen, Executive Director Transportation & Land Use Coalition
- John Ellis, Principal, WRT/Solomon
- David Howard, Co-Chair of Action Alameda and Alameda resident
Workshop Agenda
For more information on this event contact Planning and Building Director Cathy Woodbury at 747-6800 or cwoodbury@ci.alameda.ca.us.
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