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Tag Archives: General Services Administration
The self-destructing cap
This is the story of how the one successful effort to limit residential development on the northern waterfront – the 435-unit housing cap on the North Housing site – blew up in its proponents’ faces.
The City Attorney pleads inanity
The Merry-Go-Round was looking forward to reading the analysis by City Attorney Janet Kern of the potential claims against the City arising from passage of the initiative re-zoning Neptune Pointe to open space. When Council assigned the task to Ms. … Continue reading
Merry-Go-Round to feds: Drop dead!
If you rely on John Knox White (or his online amanuensis) for legal advice, you can stop reading here. Otherwise, the Merry-Go-Round has a wager to make:
Blueprint or chessboard?
Poor Tim Lewis. If he – and we’re assuming that there is an actual person named Tim Lewis – read the draft 2014-22 Housing Element just released by City staff, he would have learned that: The “realistic capacity” of the … Continue reading
The art of the deal
The Merry-Go-Round thought of asking The Donald – Trump, not Perata – for his opinion about the three-way deal among the City, the School District, and the Housing Authority now sailing through an expedited approval process, but he was getting … Continue reading
Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing
Tagged Alameda Housing Authority, Alameda Unified School District, AUSD, Crab Cove, Doug deHaan, East Bay Regional Park District, Fred Marsh, General Services Administration, Housing Element, Jennifer Ott, John Russo, Kirtsen Vital, Liz Warmerdam, Margie Sherratt, Marie Gilmore, Michael Pucci, Neptune Point, Tim Lewis Communities, Trish Spencer, Zoning
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Taking the initiative at Neptune Point
How did things get so far out of hand? By now, a consensus has emerged that the 3.89 acres of “surplus” federal land known as Neptune Point ought to be used to expand the adjacent Crown Beach State Park, as … Continue reading
Posted in City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing
Tagged Andrew Thomas, East Bay Regional Park District, General Services Administration, Housing Element, IAFF Local 689, Joe VanWinkle, John Russo, Lena Tam, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mike D'Orazi, Neptune Point, Planning Board, Stewart Chen, Tim Lewis Communities
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Frank-ly speaking
At a time when almost everyone with a seat on the dais in City Council chambers seems to be reading off the same set of talking points, it’s heartening to see that one veteran former Councilman is willing to buck … Continue reading
Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development, Housing
Tagged Doug deHaan, East Bay Regional Park District, Foreign Trade Zone, Frank Matarrese, General Services Administration, Harbor Bay, Housing Element, IAFF Local 689, John Russo, Marie Gilmore, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Neptune Point, Rob Bonta, Ron Cowan, Stewart Chen, Town Center
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An endorsement to regret?
You can’t blame the Sierra Club if it feels these days like it got taken for a ride.
So’s your old lady!
Recently likened to a three-ring circus, the dispute between the federal General Services Administration (“GSA”), the East Bay Regional Parks District, and the City of Alameda over the 3.89-acre parcel known as Neptune Point now shows signs of becoming more … Continue reading
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