General Approach:
As we try, yet again, to redevelop the base, we should be thinking about exactly what kinds of light industry we’d like out there. My preference would be for us to really go after the specialty food and wine industry at the Point, on Bay Farm and in appropriate in-fill areas. ... We should make sure that all jobs on the Island pay a living wage-level salary so that people that work in these businesses can also enjoy living here. To that end we need to increase the total number of affordable housing units available.

Regional Development:
For all too long our elected leaders have treated this place like it was an island nation 200 miles outside of the Golden Gate. The reality is that 50 yards of brackish water is all that separates us from a massive, crowded and complex metropolitan area. Everything we do will have an impact on the greater East Bay and vice versa. We’re all inter-connected -- environmentally, economically and socially -- and it’s high time that we realize it. So, yes, it’s important to consider the bigger regional picture when developing the Point.

My vision for the redevelopment of Alameda Point closely follows the current Calthorpe Plan with a few tweaks here and there. In my opinion, the Calthorpe Plan is an excellent example of a mixed-use, transit-oriented community. I would, as I noted earlier, weak the total number of housing units downward and I would reduce the total amount of office space, favoring instead the development of city-sponsored incubator business areas to foster at the Point (i.e. high-end food and beverage product production) Finally, I would saddle the entire development plan with a TDM approach to traffic mitigation. That way only the phases that fully mitigate their traffic impacts would be authorized to be built.

Wildlife Refuge:
I have no preference [of what federal agency controls the Refuge] as long as the agency that takes full responsibility for the land carries out its promises to remediate the land and take care of the Least Tern population found on that section of the base. And, yes, I would support the establishment of a National Wildlife Refuge at this location.

Alameda Point Environmental Restoration:
Approximately 40 percent [of the base has been transferred or is ready for transfer]. Approximately 35 percent [still requires remediation or is in remediation]. The remaining 25 percent remains under investigation.

Yes - I think [residential standards the same as unrestricted use]. Restoring a known Brownfield site so that human beings can safely reside there means remediating the site fully. It is the highest and most complete form of toxic cleanup. I think in this case ‘residential’ and ‘unrestricted’ are interchangeable terms. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[Cleanup standards are] probably not [adequate]. I would like to see Congress make CIRCLA definitions and standards tougher and more precise.

Characteristics of business development project:
For any new development project in Alameda to succeed (and to receive my vote) it must feature structures that can be LEED certified. The project must bring living-wage-level, environmentally clean jobs and it must have a comprehensive traffic mitigation plan.

Environmental platform plank as it relates to Alameda Point:
Quickly get the redevelopment of Alameda Point underway again — only this time I would support reality-based approaches to getting the job done while eschewing the politically artful, ‘feel-good” concepts such as municipal self-development.