Waterfront Ballpark District at Howard Terminal RTC/FEIR

Waterfront Ballpark District at Howard Terminal RTC/FEIR

On March 1, 2022, the City Council of the City of Oakland adopted an Ordinance (“Ordinance”) approving, pursuant to Article VII of the City Charter, the relinquishment by the Board of Port Commissioners to the City Council the City’s Additional Jurisdictional Responsibilities necessary to approve, permit, and administer Project Approvals on the Port Area Project Site, consistent with the Port ENTS Resolution and the City-Port MOU. The terms “City’s Additional Jurisdictional Responsibilities”, “Project Approvals”, “Port Area Project Site”, “Port ENTS Resolution”, and “City-Port MOU” are defined in the Ordinance. As part of the approval of the Ordinance, the City Council also adopted a Resolution on February 17, 2022 (a) certifying the environmental impact report for the Oakland Waterfront Ballpark District project (ER 18-016), as recommended by the City Planning Commission; (b) adopting California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings on impacts and mitigation measures for the Proposed Project with Grade Separation Alternative (Alternative 3), and rejection of other alternatives and certain mitigation measures as infeasible; (c) adopting a Statement of Overriding Considerations; and (d) adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. The Proposed Project with the Grade Separation Alternative (Alternative 3) consists of new open-air waterfront multi-purpose Major League Baseball ballpark with a capacity of up to 35,000-persons mixed use development including up to 3,000 residential units, up to 1.5 million square feet of office (which could include a range of commercial uses, such as general administrative and professional office and life sciences/research), and up to approximately 270,000 square feet of retail uses; an approximately 50,000 square-foot indoor performance venue with capacity of up to 3,500 persons; up to approximately 280,000 square feet of hotel space including up to 400 rooms in one or more buildings and supportive conference facilities; a network of approximately 18.3 acres of publicly-accessible open spaces; a maximum of approximately 8,900 total parking spaces at full buildout; and a single vehicle grade separated overcrossing of the railroad tracks accessing the Project Site at either Market Street or Brush Street.

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