Alameda Fights Using Developer Subsidy Money to Fund Schools

Straw Poll: What Sort of Growth for Alameda Point?

Resident Calls for Termination of Alameda Fire Chief David Kapler

Sustainable Power Research and Development at Alameda Point
We’ve been talking for some time now about how adaptive reuse of the buildings at Alameda Point for sustainable energy research would be better for Alameda than building 5,000 homes a la SunCal’s Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative. We’ve mentioned Makani Power, currently at Alameda Point in a former aircraft hanger several times. Today, the San Francisco Chronicle published a story that covers Makani Power and the high-altitude wind power generators they research and produce.

City of Alameda Public Utilities Board Meeting; Alameda Municipal Power Announcement
The City of Alameda Public Utilities Board will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday evening, November 16, at 7:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers, City Hall. Alameda Municipal Power also made the following announcement earlier this week: COMMUNITY OF HARBOR BAY OFFICES A BRIGHTER, MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT PLACE Alameda, California; November 5 – The Community of Harbor Bay is now a brighter and more energy-efficient place to be, thanks to the installation of its new advanced-technology LED parking area lighting. According to Director of Maintenance Operations Joseph Landaeta, “The new fixtures offer better lighting at a lower c

Alameda Point Development Initiative – Public Benefits Could Cost $375 Million, SunCal Only Commit
On October 30th supplement to the City of Alameda Election Report on SunCal’s Alameda Point Initiative indicates that the promised public benefits could cost from $300 million to $375 million. SunCal committed only to $200 million for the same public benefits. The supplemental update reads “Based upon the general descriptions contained within the ballot initiative for regional sports complex; parks and open space; improvements to seaplane lagoon frontage; Bay Trail extension; on-site and off-site traffic and transit improvements; ferry terminal and transit hub; fire station improvemetns; and, branch library, staff conservatively estimate

Because State Agencies Are Supposed to Lose Money Each Year, Silly!
According to City of Alameda Development Services Manager Leslie Little, who is also on the board of the California Redevelopment Association, a Sacramento-based lobby group, Alameda’s redevelopment agency, the Community Improvement Commission (CIC), is supposed to lose money each year, “because agencies operate this way Statewide.” Hey Leslie, if we told all the redevelopment agencies statewide to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge, would the CIC jump off too, because everyone else is doing it? Ms. Little was respond

Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative Election Date Set for February 2, 2010
At last night’s Alameda City Council meeting, Council voted 3-1-1 to place SunCal’s Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative on the ballot for February 2, 2010. According to the City staff report, the initiative will be referred to on the ballot as “MEASURE: Alameda Point Development Initiative” Councilmember Frank Matarrese moved to set the ballot date for February 2, 2010, and Vice-Mayor Doug deHaan seconded the motion. Mayor Beverly Johnson, deHaan and Matarrese voted in favor, Councilmember Lena Tam opposed and Councilmember Marie Gilmore abstain