Alameda’s City Council is committed to working with community partners to address homelessness. The city supports the CARES for Alameda’s Homeless team (Collaboration Advancing Research, Efforts and Support). This business, nonprofit and public partnership explores and implements strategies to reach, support and resolve the Island’s homelessness challenges.
Project on display this weekend at Mini-Maker Faire
To get in the spirit of Sunday’s Mini-Maker Faire, meet Alameda maker Mike Muzio. A maker is the kind of person who can take a simple concept and make it reality using readily available tools and materials. Muzio has completed many projects in his fabrication shop he calls The Muz Shop and documents his process on a Youtube channel.
Neighbors have complained to the Alameda Sun about the condition of the Boatworks site at Oak Street and Clement Avenue. Weeds have been growing out of control, presenting a fire hazard. In addition, the fences that Boatworks, LLC, built around the site have not been maintained, allowing unauthorized access. In the meantime, development of the property remains tied up in court.
The City Council voted in favor of changing the city’s rent ordinance regarding rent increases and other provisions at its July 16 meeting. The Council voted 4-1 to include an annual general adjustment to determine rent increase limits for landlords. Councilmember Tony Daysog was the only Councilmember to oppose the new stipulation.
Largest hangar on track for reuse, street excavation, more
The massive aircraft hangar at the end of West Tower Avenue moved one step closer to commercial leasing last week. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) performed random radiation scanning inside the building to certify that the Navy’s cleanup of paint residue containing radium-226 was complete. The other regulatory agencies have already signed off on the radiation cleanup after the Navy performed an inch-by-inch scanning effort (“Radium-226 Paint Leaves Point Legacy,” Oct. 5, 2017.)
