This request seems very straightforward. Amending the LRPMP in the manner you have described is not a major change and certainly leaves the door open for various development options on the property.
L-R-P-M-P, find out what it’s going to mean for me
- By : Michael Kusiak
- Category : Economic Development, Town Square
- Tags: redevelopment dissolution
Economic Development
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The Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) will hear the proposal to tear down the Daughtrey’s building and replace it with a town square at Tuesday night’s 6:00 PM meeting at Castro Valley Library. Peter Rosen, a member of the Castro Valley Matters team and Castro Valley community activist, developed this packet about the proposed town square for the MAC meeting.
The MAC and community members will be able to pose questions to the Community Development Agency (CDA), which serves as the Successor Agency to the Alameda County Redevelopment Agency since California’s over 400 redevelopment agencies were dissolved to reallocate revenues to essential public services. This will be Castro Valley’s first real opportunity to discuss the future of the Daughtrey’s site in a public forum since the former Alameda County Redevelopment Agency purchased the building in 2011.
In my previous post, I suggested that this all comes down to something called a Long-Range Property Management Plan (LRPMP). We need to convince the Successor Agency Oversight Board to amend the current draft of the LRPMP before the California Department of Finance approves the final version.
It’s not succinct, it’s kind of complicated, doesn’t fit on a bumper sticker and it doesn’t make for a nice slogan to chant, but when I say “What do you want?“, you say:
“For the Successor Agency Oversight Board to amend the LRPMP so that the designated Recommended Intended Use Action for parcel 084A-0040-018-04 is changed from ‘Transfer to County and sell for development’ to ‘Transfer to County and retain’ or ‘Transfer to County and sell for development or retain.'”
The MAC meeting is the first step in this process.
The next step is to make sure Castro Valley shows up to the Successor Agency Oversight Board meeting, which I am told is scheduled for February 26, 2014 in Downtown Oakland, like in the middle of the day. Maybe our MAC could ask for the meeting to be held at the Castro Valley Library in the evening?
I’ll call the California Department of Finance on Monday to confirm the current status of the LRPMP.
Remember to please SIGN THE PETITION! And tell your friends about it and Castro Valley Matters.
