What do you think needs to be done with Alameda Point– and what steps would you take to make that happen?

It is important to learn from our prior experience as a city. The City of Alameda provides outstanding public services, but we cannot be as competitive in the fierce market place of land development that requires significant capital outlay and exposure to risk. These are the lessons we learned when we operated the telecom system at a loss. We need to look at a master planned community at Alameda point, leveraging private dollars to realize the community’s cohesive vision.

As your Councilmember, I think it is important to control our destiny in determining the
best alternative to revitalize Alameda Point. I believe some key realistic expectations
include (1) cleaning up the toxics at Alameda Point that is acceptable to our community
and (2) conducting an Environmental Impact Report that analyzes a full range of
alternatives and its corresponding impacts on the environment and economy, particularly on traffic. I firmly believe that these two things can be done in my last four years as your Councilmember. This will enable the community to proceed on deciding upon the amenities we all want and determining how we will pay for these amenities with minimal risks to the taxpayers. Alameda Point continues to have the potential to be a great asset to Alamedans, as a well-planned, transit-oriented community of healthy neighborhoods with good-paying jobs, parks, senior and all housing types, open space, retail and commercial opportunities.

Would you seek to preserve Measure A or amend it and if you’d amend it, under
what circumstances would you do so?
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With respect to Alameda Point, I believe our community needs to focus on what
we do want since we seem to have agreement on what we do not want. As we
converge on a community vision for the redevelopment of Alameda Point, we will

have an opportunity to evaluate and present alternatives on creating jobs that are
compatible with a mix of housing types that build on Alameda’s unique small
town community spirit. We need to encourage and define neighborhoods that
reduce traffic with neighborhood shops, public parks, libraries and plenty of off-
road walking and biking paths. Public transit around neighborhood "hubs" or
"nodes" could also mitigate traffic that would be generated by new residential
units. At this time, the community needs to come together on a plan for the
former Naval base and determine whether modifications to Measure A are needed
to carry out the community’s vision of Alameda Point.