The planning of Towne Centre returns tonight to Mastick Senior Center. (Would that be the Bride of planning of Towne Centre or Son of planning of Towne Centre). There’s a special meeting of the Planning Board (special because it’s on Tuesday, as yesterday was a holiday).
The meat of the meeting will be a workshop to [...]
After last night’s city council/Housing Authority meeting, I think that the housing Authority is going to remove parking at Independence Plaza.
But I’m getting ahead of myself, so let’s rewind to the beginning of the meeting.
Parking tops tonight’s council and housing authority meetings.
First, the Housing Authority (HABOC) is finalizing a deal to take 10,000sq. ft of parkland and convert it to parking for Independence Plaza. Yep, it’s the old green space to oil slicks trade. But hey, there won’t be housing on it, so nobody will mind!
The guvernator signed SB976 yesterday, mandating, with the help of our local State Senator (Perata), and our local State representative (Swanson), that the state put together a plan to take over the Alameda ferry system within the next year.
The Guv and friends (Perata and the Alameda City Council) will be at the Alameda Ferry Terminal [...]
On February 23, 2007, California State Senator Torlakson whose district covers much of Contra Costa County, introduced Senate Bill 976 (SB976), a rather innocuous amendment to the California Government Code #66540.20 which spells out the authorities of the existing San Francisco Bay Area Water Transit Authority (WTA). This bill was supported heavily by Senator Don [...]
I sat in the back of the Council Chambers on Tuesday night, confident that what actually transpired on the issues of the ferries (voted to hold a meeting, accept the staff recommendations and work on the problem in the clean up language) and Alameda Municipal Code changes (approve them) would transpire.
I left a little unsatisfied, [...]
At to night’s meeting (10/2/07), the city council will discuss Alameda’s ferry system, the main impetus for this discussion is the city’s Short Range Transit Plan, which is a well written document that must be submitted to the MTC every three years.
More interesting/important is a discussion about the state legislature’s plan to effectively seize control [...]
A quick update on the UPRR issue at the Park Street Bridge. The Oakland councilmembers who’s districts are involved are being very proactive in keeping Alameda’s leadership informed on the updates, especially Danny Wan, it’s very heartening.
This is an update sent out from Ignacio De La Fuente to residents in the area:
Dear Neighbors:
Thank you for [...]
Settlement talks have begun on the Harbor Bay Village VI housing project. This is the proposed 104 households in the middle of a business park with no direct connection to any services…oh yeah, and it is right by the airport, and in side the demarcation line where the noise from the airport will be so [...]
Last Monday, September 10th, the Planning Board was to discuss the issue of a public forum to discuss measure A. That meeting was cancelled before it could begin because of scheduling conflicts of some of the members of the ad-hoc committee. As a part of the cancellation announcement, staff proposed a special meeting be held [...]
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