The council voted after an hours-long discussion Thursday evening in a 6-2 vote to certify the environmental impact report, a requirement under state law to establish that the city is sufficiently …
It has other hurdles to clear, but the Oakland A’s proposal to build a waterfront ballpark and mixed-use development hit a major milestone Thursday after the City Council approved a 3,500-page report that signals the project passes environmental muster.
Many of those who participated in five hours of public comment during Thursday’s council meeting continued to raise questions about the report, questioning whether it adequately addressed the many areas expected to be impacted by the major development.
A’s Team President Dave Kaval celebrated the vote in a social media post that described it as a “big step closer to a new waterfront ballpark at Howard Terminal”. The vote by the council comes weeks after planning commissioners gave it their stamp of approval. At the time, some of them said the environmental impact report was one of the most comprehensive they’d ever seen and easily complies with the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA.
There is also the question of who will fund $400 million worth of infrastructure work such as improvements to roads and sidewalks, sewer, water and electrical lines and construction of pedestrian bridges to get people to and from the ballpark. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors has tentatively signaled its intent to join the city in forming a special financing district to help pay for the improvements, but its support was lukewarm and nonbinding.
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