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Tag Archives: Infrastructure
Stimulus for Alameda
Imagine, if you will, the following scene: In-person Council meetings now are allowed. The five elected officials, and staff, are sitting, masked and six feet apart, on the dais. The doors to Council chambers burst open, and in comes Vice … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, City Hall, Development, Firefighters, Housing, Pensions
Tagged Affordable housing, Campaign finance, Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, COVID-19, Homelessness, Infrastructure, Kamala Harris, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, OPEB, Pension/OPEB trust, Stimulus, Transportation Choices Plan, Trish Spencer
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Mailing it in
If you’re an Alameda property owner, you got in the mail a day or so ago a four-page document from the City of Alameda entitled, “Notice of Public Hearing/2019 Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee.” And you may well have … Continue reading
Cloudy vision for Site B
Monday night, our Council members will take a tour of the Enterprise District (or the portion thereof known as “Site B”) at Alameda Point. Afterwards, they’ll hold a meeting at the Ron Cowan WETA facility, aptly – but, under the … Continue reading
Battle of Midway
Tonight, Council will hold a special meeting at which the four finalists vying to be selected to develop the “West Midway” site at Alameda Point will make presentations. Slideshows of proposed designs are banned. Instead, expect to hear the presenters … Continue reading
Delay of gain
Typically, residential development projects have been sold to skeptics in Alameda by emphasizing the “public benefits” they provide. For those who aren’t persuaded that the City needs more housing for the affluent (the pitch goes), just look at what else … Continue reading
Autopsy report
The infrastructure bond proposal presented to Council last Tuesday earned a distinction unique in the term of the current Council: it was the first major issue on which Mayor Trish Spencer found herself on the same side as both of … Continue reading
They’re there in Oakland
For more than a while now, the Merry-Go-Round has been listening as the developers of Site A at Alameda Point and the Del Monte warehouse try to explain why their projects have not broken ground, more than two years after … Continue reading
Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development, Housing
Tagged Alameda Point Partners, Carmel Partners, Del Monte warehouse, Greg Pasquali, Infrastructure, Joe Ernst, John Russo, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, North Housing, PLA, Project Labor Agreement, Site A, Tim Lewis Communities
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Hard times at Site A
Is the Site A project at Alameda Point – long-described as the “catalyst” for the redevelopment of the former Naval Air Station – in trouble? It’s not an idle question.
Posted in Alameda Point, Development
Tagged Alameda Point Partners, Bruce Dorfman, Infrastructure, Jennifer Ott, Jim Oddie, Joe Ernst, Malia Vella, Site A
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Is profit the Point?
Those who were hoping that development of Alameda Point would solve the City’s financial problems suffered another disappointment Tuesday night when staff presented a “draft fiscal impact analysis” to City Council.
Show her the money
As the clock ticked toward midnight on August 20 and the City’s consultant finished his presentation on the master infrastructure plan for Alameda Point, Planning Board chair David Burton called on Board members for questions. Dania Alvarez-Morroni, a recent appointee, … Continue reading
Alameda Merry-Go-Round 