This afternoon, the Hospital Board will interview the top 10 candidates for filling the hospital board seat vacated by Lena Tam when she was elected to the City Council. 13 interested individuals applied, showing to some extent that the minimum notification procedures for filling vacant seats is inadequate. Though some current applicants appear to have…
At last night, school staff released Proposed School Reductions in order to stave off a deficit of over $2million for FY 2007-2008. I haven’t had a chance to look too closely, or try to understand what some of the cuts are, but key one’s that jump out at me are consolidating 3 Middle Schools into…
In a convergence of issues surrounding schools, there were 35 parents standing in line last night for Kindergarten registration at Edison School. (Registration opened at 8:00am this morning). By this morning, KRON 4 and KTVU had news trucks at the school and Marcheta Williams, Edison School Principal, was interviewed on KFOG. Crazy!
The Alameda Transportation Commission January meeting (1/31 – 7:30pm) agenda and packet here will be covering two large issues with long-term implications:
After two months of talking, thinking and downright delusional discussions, a group of Alamedans have hit the airwaves of Alameda Public Access Cable with what they hope will be a long-running, weekly current events TV Show called Alameda Currents. The show will attempt to present the events, news and people of Alameda in an enjoyable…
Saturday morning, the Alameda Hospital Board of directors wisely voted to reopen the application process for the open seat vacated by Lena Tam after only one application for the seat was received. While the hospital adhered to the noticing requirements, it appeared that notice of the open seat had gone unnoticed by a number of…
United World Infrastructure (UWI): Alameda Point Proposal (5 of 5) Initial Reactions: Pro: Lots and lots of vision! Cool Transit technology (Jetsons here we come). Outside the box thinking Cons: A clear explanation of who is going to implement this project. The proposal outlines a lot of ideas, explains the process that will be used…
SunCal: Alameda Point Proposal (4 of 5) Initial Reactions: Pro: #1 that jumps out at me is the proposed team leadership. Sr. VP Amy Feilich’s boasts of Transit Oriented Development in the LA area working on in-fill urban development projects along LA’s Gold Line (Light Rail). SunCal is already working in the East Bay at…
Lennar Urban: Alameda Point Proposal (3 of 5) Initial Reactions: Pro: Lennar has a ton of experience in Bay Area military base conversion projects. Mare Island (Vallejo), Hunters Point (SF), Windermere (San Ramon), and Treasure Island (SF) are all under way. Lennar is making a lot of money converting old bases to new uses.
At last night’s council meeting, the council majority (all five) wisely voted to hold off on approving the proposed Commercial Development Agreement (DA) for Alameda Landing. The entire council requested that city staff work with Catellus/Prologis to put into place a mechanism that allows for increasing funds for the projects Transportation Demand Management (TDM)…
