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Correction: An eagle-eyed reader with a good memory reminded us that when SunCal brought D.E. Shaw into the project last year, they shifted interest in the project from SCC Alameda Point LLC to Cal Land Venture, LLC, of which D.E. Shaw is a partner. Continue reading You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Program Sandpiper Cove HOA Special Board of Directors Meeting Community Center 3195 Mecartney Drive, Alameda, CA 94502 Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 6:30pm Alameda Fire Chief David Kapler and Brigade Commander David Tunney to discuss the recent house fire in the HOA – present the process used in fighting the fire and answer questions from residents. Critics of SunCal’s Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative have often been pejoratively, and mistakenly, labeled “anti-development” and needlessly distrustful of the “big bad developer.” But it’s coming to light, as SunCal tries to slink away from Alameda back to SoCal, that they duped even their most ardent sympathizers within Alameda. Perhaps now some of those who hurl these insults understand why Alameda residents deserve to be skeptical about developer promises. Bay Farm Community Church Update, 6:00pm, June 27th, 2009: Response from Kate Quick, President of the Alameda League of Women Voters:
Original article: We were in the midst of writing an article (which we expect we will still publish next week) on how Alameda City Council, the Planning Department, and other actors in Alameda were duped by SunCal into believing that the developer was going to bring forth a simple “change Measure A for Alameda Point” initiative. Then we got an email, from which we excerpt a paragraph below, which shows, if true, just how desperate and pathetic some City Council members are. We have been admonishing the City of Alameda for some time now to get into the East Bay Green Corridor partnership through our blog posts (and here…) and our 2007 “Greening Alameda Point” whitepaper. Er…. “greenpaper…” Finally, it seems like they have. by Denise Lai I almost missed the June 16 City Council meeting that became one of the most significant this year! I tuned in at home when Fire Chief Kapler was answering questions about a recent Bay Farm Island fire in which two firefighters sustained significant burns. I was taken aback at the glib and vague answers the chief gave, as though being affable and having a general understanding of the event was sufficient. We encourage you to check in regularly with the California Redevelopment Agency over the next few weeks of the state budget crisis as the Sacramento lobby group of builders, developers and contractors cheer on opponents of a state legislative effort to transfer local property tax dollars designated for developer subsidies to our floundering K-12 education system. Update, June 26th, 11:00 am – Greg Miley informed us that: “Approximately 30 people from various areas of ADC were affected.” Reference developments that give a peek at the future for Alameda Point abound in the Bay area, once home to a large number of U.S. Navy and U.S. Army bases. Almost directly across the Bay from Alameda Point is the former Hunters Point shipyard, and an opinion piece in this week’s SF Bay Guardian speaks to the “toxic relationship” between the City of San Francisco, and Lennar Urban, to redevelop the land. Lennar was at one time a contender for master developer status for Alameda Point. |
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