Staff Emails Part 15.2 PDF

Especial thanks and appreciation to Director Flynn and Planning Manager Patrick Lane for their
cooperative consideration.
Director Flynn's 30 October letter is addressed to Oakland Tenants Union, certainly one of the
concerned and requesting organizations. The initial requests, however, relating to the "remainder
parcel" were submitted 21 May & 21 July by the Measure DD Community Coalition, the City-ordained
organization charged with monitoring and oversight of DD projects.
Accordingly, it is requested that the same letter (with minor revisions as appropriate) be transmitted to
the DD Coalition for the Coalition's records, as followup and response to the initial request and report of
DD's appointed "Subcommittee on the Lake Merritt Boulevard Remainder Parcel"
The transmittal can be addressed to:
Subcommittee on Lake Merritt Boulevard Remainder Parcel
Measure DD Community Coalition
via:
William Threlfall, DD Coordinator wthrelfall@pacbell.net
with Copies to the Subcommittee:
Naomi Schiff,
Naomi@17th.com
Joel Peter,
joelpeter88@gmail.com
James E Vann jamesevann@aol.com
Many thanks,
James E Vann,
for the Meas DD Subcommittee
Hi James,
See attached the letter from Rachel Flynn in response to your e-mail below dated
September 10, 2014 and your letter dated April 16, 2014.
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li Urban Economic Analyst
CITY OF OAKLAND, Economic & Workforce Development Department
Project Implementation Division
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Ste. 5313, Oakland CA 94612
Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
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Ferracane, Christina
Patrick Lane (plane@oaklandnet.com); Manasse, Edward; Li, Hui Chang
mpyatok@pyatok.com
FW: Tower Design Standards in Lake Merritt Area Plan - -Proposed high rise on east side of Lake Merritt
Channel
Thursday, November 06, 2014 11:07:32 AM
FYI
Mike Pyatok (copied on this email) is hosting a meeting at his office tomorrow (Friday ) morning to
discuss ideas about the proposed tower regulations for the Lake Merritt Station Area with
Chinatown Coalition and Oakland Heritage Alliance representatives.
I plan to be there.
Christina Ferracane, Planner II | City of Oakland | Bureau of Planning | 250 Frank H. Ogawa,
Suite 3315|Oakland, CA 94612 | Phone: (510)238-3903 | Fax: (510) 238-6538| Email:
cferracane@oaklandnet.com | Website: www.oaklandnet.com/planning
From: Ener Chiu [mailto:echiu@ebaldc.org]
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 4:48 PM
To: Mike Pyatok
Cc: Christopher Buckley (cbuckleyaicp@att.net); cferracane@oaklandnet.com; terusaki@gmail.com;
Alvina Wong
Subject: RE: Tower Design Standards in Lake Merritt Area Plan - -Proposed high rise on east side of
Lake Merritt Channel
How about we meet at Mikes office at 1611 Telegraph? Suite 200.

Yui Hays not back from Asia until 11/14, but I just talked with someone at his office. Someone from
YHLA might attend.
Thanks,
Ener Chiu
Commercial Planning and Services Manager
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
1825 San Pablo Ave, Ste 200
Oakland, CA 94612
p - 510.287.5353 x338
e - echiu@ebaldc.org
From: Christopher Buckley [mailto:cbuckleyaicp@att.net]
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 9:32 AM
To: 'Ada Chan'; 'Darren Yee'; slisskatz@gmail.com; Ener Chiu; 'Julia Liou'; asyee@aol.com; 'Vivian
Huang'; 'Gilbert Gong'; 'Naomi Schiff'; 'Willie Yee'; 'Steven Terusaki'; 'Geoffrey Johnson'; 'Eva Chiu';
rchan@oacc.cc; 'Michael Lok'; shirota1@earthlink.net; kthai820@gmail.com; 'Gilbert Gong';
colland@aol.com; 'tamikowong'; joel@TransFormCA.org; 'Alvina Wong ???'
Subject: FW: Tower Design Standards in Lake Merritt Area Plan - -Proposed high rise on east side of
Lake Merritt Channel
With Mike Pyotoks permission, I am forwarding a link he provided with plans for the subject project
along with his email below discussing some of the project issues and possibilities for the Lake Merritt
BART Station Plan high rise design standards.
The proposed building is over twenty stories tall with a 195 wide tower. Overall, it has about the same
massing as 1200 Lake Shore. The project is intended to conform with the staff-proposed tower
standards.
It would be built on a parcel of City-owned right-of-way left over from the 12 th Street Dam project. The
San Francisco-based developer has entered into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with the
City.
Naomi Schiff believes that that it is all market rate housing with no affordable units.
We should probably discuss the project and the ideas in Mikes email at todays Coalition meeting.
Chris
From: Mike Pyatok [mailto:mpyatok@pyatok.com]

Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 4:47 PM
To: Naomi Schiff (Naomi@17th.com); cbuckleyaicp@att.net
Subject: ideas for towers in Lake Merritt Area Plan
Hi Naomi and Chris

- Below is the link to my Dropbox where you can find the latest version of the design we
submitted to the City for entitlements for the Remainder Parcel at East 12th St and Lake
Merritt Boulevard. This is what Naomi saw when we presented it to staff and representatives
of the Measure DD Coalition about 2 months ago.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qq4fwevhffz4sg2/AACM65CpWSkywmKQj-tjZF4Wa?dl=0
I consider this to be about 75% completion of Schematic Design. There are a number of
things that we want to continue to refine in Schematic Design before we move on to Design
Development.
We are not satisfied with the way the building is topped off. The perforated metal screen
that hides the mechanical equipment will be designed in an artistic way, so it needs a lot more
thought as to its shape, profile, material and means of support.
The facades of the lower buildings (that line E 12th and face the park on the north side)
are trying to recall some of the character of the other important historic buildings that frame
this end of the lake: the library, courthouse, Fire Alarm building and Kaiser Auditorium.
They all have tall, vertical recessed openings in which the windows are placed, with simple
classical rhythms. We are trying to avoid a lot of the wilder gesticulations that seem to
characterize modern multi-family housing these days, and keeps lower elements visually
quiet and dignified like our older neighbors. Together they all frame that south side of the
lake. The material of those lower faades will be cast stone. They too will get a lot more
detail and refinement as we move forward.
The building is about 195 long (10 shorter than 1200 Lakeshore), to get 13 units served
by the required infrastructure (elevators, fire stairs, fire suppression systems, shear walls for
seismic resistance and mechanical ventilation). This seems to be the magic number of units
to match the anticipated rents possible in Oakland today to pay for all the required
infrastructure.
The tower has 2 lower wings, which increases the number of units being served by the
tower infrastructure, but also helps to relate the tower to the lower scale of the surrounding
area to the east and south. These wings are about 65 high on E 12th , and 85 on the park
side.
In response to the concerns about the length of the broad-side view, we are trying to
make it feel like the building is 2 point towers linked by a shared core. We are also
emphasizing the verticality of the tower to help visually slenderize its two halves. 1200
Lakeshore on the other hand is made to look even longer with all of its strong, horizontal
lines created by the continuous balconies.
I will try to get a meeting sometime next week between the City, you folks and myself
(maybe with a couple of other architects who design high rise buildings) to see if there is
some middle ground that can be reached. What if the allowable tower floor plate were 8500
sf with a maximum length of 125, and with a CUP this could increase by 60%. Developers
who want smoother sailing accept the 8500 sf and not go for the CUP, and the numbers they
lose with the smaller tower, they can gain in the lower portions of the building. Maybe the
8500 sf requirement kicks in at say, 120 above grade, and below that there are no limitations
in area. This would create a stepping effect. If they use the lengthier and less certain CUP
process, they can have a tower that could be about 13,000 sf, but maybe the base from which
it springs should be lower than 120 to reduce the overall mass on the site, say 85 which the
City seems to be recommending, and which we used. All of this is for towers no greater
than 275 in height. Towers that go taller than that should have their own guidelines. All
food for thought.
Michael Pyatok, FAIA

510-465-7010 ext 118
510-410-0260 Mobile
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Li, Hui Chang
Fwd: RE: Meeting Notice in Chinese
Tuesday, January 06, 2015 5:25:29 PM
Community-Meeting-Flyer_Chinese_150120.pdf
Hi Hui-Chang,
See the attached flyer in Chinese!
Ronnie
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Date:01/06/2015 4:29 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: Ronnie
Subject: RE: Meeting Notice in Chinese
Ronnie,
Here you go.
Thanks,
Jennifer
From: Ronnie [mailto:rtdevelops@comcast.net]

Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 4:20 PM
To: Jennifer Pechacek
Subject: Fwd: Meeting Notice in Chinese
Importance: High
Hi Jennifer, see the attached version text version of the flyer in Chinese.
Ronnie
Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
-------- Original message -------From: "Li, Hui Chang"

Date:01/06/2015 3:06 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: rtdevelops@comcast.net,mpyatok@pyatok.com
Cc: mjohnson@urbancorellc.com,meko11@pacbell.net
Subject: Meeting Notice in Chinese
Hi Ronnie,
As we discussed, attached is the Meeting Notice translated into Chinese. Please include this Chinese flyer in your
circulation.
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li
Urban Economic Analyst


Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
From: Tam, May

To: Li, Hui Chang
Subject: RE: Lake Merritt Boulevard Apartments Project-Community Meeting January 20, 2015 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Importance: High
Hui Chang,
Without the source file, this is the best I can do. Please see attached.
May Tam
X2368
Human Resources . Equal Access
From: Tam, May

To: Li, Hui Chang
Importance: High
Please send source file (word/ publisher).
We cannot work with PDF
May Tam
X2368
From: Tam, May

To: Li, Hui Chang
I will see what we can do, and try to get this back to you by the end of today.
Please keep in mind for future projects allow 2 weeks turn around time.
We are in the middle of a big translation project for HSD.
May Tam
X2368
From: Li, Hui Chang

To: Tam, May
Subject: FW: Lake Merritt Boulevard Apartments Project-Community Meeting January 20, 2015 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Hi May,
You presented at the Economic & Workforce Development staff meeting last month.
Can your office translate the attached flyer for me?
I need a pretty quick turnaround as we are looking to send notices out today.
Let me know what you can do.
Thank you!
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
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Gallo, Aliza; Li, Hui Chang; Tam, Esther
Fwd: Top 10 Investment Opportunities in Oakland - Need your update for Mayor"s Trip to China
Monday, October 07, 2013 11:36:36 PM
Top 10 Investments 8_6_13.xlsx
ATT675614.htm
Esther has developer for 1800 San Pablo & should check project details.
The transit villages should be broken out, number of units for each. Cost seems to
only be for 200-300 units. Need to break out costs as well.
Hui Chang has 12th Street & WOTV details.
Sent from my iPhone
Patrick Lane
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From: "Gallo, Aliza" <AGallo@oaklandnet.com>
Date: October 7, 2013, 11:22:44 AM PDT
To: "Hunter, Gregory" <GHunter@oaklandnet.com>, "Gallegos, Larry"
<LGallegos@oaklandnet.com>, "Lane, Patrick"
<PSLane@oaklandnet.com>, "Hillmer, J H" <JHillmer@oaklandnet.com>,
"Williams, Keira L." <KWilliams@oaklandnet.com>, "Manasse, Edward"
<EManasse@oaklandnet.com>, "Barnard, Julie"
<JBarnard@oaklandnet.com>
Cc: "Blackwell, Fred" <FBlackwell@oaklandnet.com>, "Flynn, Rachel"
<RFlynn@oaklandnet.com>, "Roberts, Samee"
<SRoberts@oaklandnet.com>, "Casteel-Brown, Gia" <GCasteelBrown@oaklandnet.com>, "Campbell-Washington, Anne" <ACampbellWashington@oaklandnet.com>
Subject: Top 10 Investment Opportunities in Oakland - Need
your update for Mayor's Trip to China
Please see attached previously developed Top 10 Investment Opportunities in
Oakland developed in early August for discussions with international investors.
FYI - Mayor Quan will travel to China, leaving at end of this week.
Samee and I have been asked to develop a citywide map showing the location of these
projects with key information and a photo/conceptual drawing of development. We
need you to quickly review and update your projects.
In order to allow for time to design and print map, we will need your project updates
and photos/drawings by Tuesday, October 8th morning.
Your help is appreciated!
Thank you.
Aliza Gallo
(510) 238-7405 office
(510) 774-5264 mobile
agallo@oaklandnet.com
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Manasse, Edward; Hunter, Gregory (GHunter@oaklandnet.com); Lane, Patrick; Rogers, Kimani
Interview Questions for 12th St. Developer
Wednesday, March 06, 2013 4:51:00 PM
Interview Rating Sheet with Questions final.doc
All,
Gregory and I were able to meet to finalize on the questions for tomorrows interview. (See
Attached).
We expect most of these questions will be answered during their presentation and that we will only
need to call out those questions that have not already been adequately addressed.
Ed: We assigned you Project Design questions but feel free to make changes/add/delete questions
in this section as you see fit.
Thanks,
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Hui-Chang Li
Office of Neighborhood Investment

City of Oakland
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 5313
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
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Boyd, Diane
Item 9A on 2/11 PRAC agenda
Friday, February 06, 2015 11:34:00 AM
Hi Diane,
I see that the staff report for next Wednesdays PRAC meeting is posted online and that the images
are in black and white and not that great quality.
Do the copies that PRAC members receive look like this too or do they receive color copies?
I am asking b/c I am wondering if it would be helpful for the Developers design team to have
color copies of the landscape plan ready for distribution and/or a powerpoint ready for their
presentation to PRAC ?
What do you recommend?
Thanks,
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan

Li, Hui Chang
Keeping Oakland Affordable for All
Tuesday, November 04, 2014 7:11:04 AM
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KEEPING OAKLAND AFFORDABLE FOR ALL

Growth Without Displacement
This is an exciting time in Oakland, with our population growing and investment
flooding into the city. We're doing all we can to build on that momentum, while taking
care of the other side of the coin: much of what makes Oakland special is our
economic diversity and we have to keep our town affordable for everyone while we're
maximizing our growth. That's why I've pursued major projects to transform our city
and create thousands of jobs while at the same time building 1,700 units of affordable
housing (a record number), passing new tenant protections and caps on rent increases
and growing our housing developments without tearing down buildings or displacing
residents, so we can increase our housing stock and ease the pressure on the market.

Building More Housing + More Affordable Housing
My "10k2" housing initiative will build on Oakland's
housing boom throughout the city, especially in
transportation corridors, to provide much-needed
housing for increasing demand as more people move
to Oakland. Adding more than 10K in the pipeline
relieves pressure on existing residents to move in
order to make room for new residents. I pledge to fight for 25% of this new housing to
be affordable for low-income and middle-class residents. I will continue strengthening
our coordinated efforts to prevent foreclosures, protect tenants, and increase local
home ownership.
Actions on behalf of affordable housing

The following is a list of the concrete actions we have taken to prevent displacement of
current residents while creating new, market rate housing for those who move to our
city:
City of Oakland: Recent Accomplishments to Prevent Displacement of

Oakland Residents & Businesses
I. Policy changes to build and plan for affordable
housing and protect residents:
Launched the one-stop Housing Assistance
Center: since Spring 2013, served over 6,000
residents in rental assistance, foreclosure
prevention, homelessness prevention & other
housing services.
Provided administrative support to change the
One-stop Housing Assistance
Oakland Rent Adjustment Program Ordinance in
Center
2014 to protect existing rent controlled units,
capping annual rent increases at 10 percent.[1]
Proposing Seismic Retrofit Policy & Loan Fund to prevent tenant displacement in
over 14,000 soft-story units at risk for collapse or damage in a major earthquake:
Fall 2014 Council process.
Developed comprehensive action plan, the Oakland Housing Equity Roadmap, to
address major displacement threats, new affordable housing production
strategies, workforce housing development, foreclosure prevention, and housing
habitability: Fall 2014 Council process.
Conducting Nexus Study for Impact Fees: Fall 2014 study on new fees to fund
affordable housing.
[1] Changes include: debt service rent increases eliminated, 10% cap on rent increases unless
CPI is above 10%, 30% cap on rent increases within a 5-year period, enhanced noticing
requirements for capital improvements & penalties & interest for rent overcharges.
II. Increasing affordable housing resources &

preventing displacement:
Built or rehabilitated 1,654 units of
affordable rental or ownership housing[1]
(2010-14) & provided over $11 million in

first-time homebuyer funds (2010-13).
Championed in 2013 "boomerang funding"
policy to set-aside 25% of property taxes
Rendering of Brooklyn Basin Project
returning to City as dedicated, permanent
funding for affordable housing: estimated $5 million annual funds.
Mayor Quan, as ABAG/Metropolitan Transportation Commissioner, championed
set-asides for affordable housing from State cap-and-trade funds.
Developed Homeownership & Tenant Preservation Funds: in 2014, secured $1
million in national funds to provide direct funds for distressed homeowners and
vulnerable tenants.
Launched Mayor Quan's 10k2 Housing Plan: proposes to make 25% of additional
10,000 housing units affordable.[2]
Streamlined City planning & development process to facilitate new housing
development. [4]
[1] The City's $95 million rental housing subsidy leveraged over $253 million in other funds.
[2] There are 10,000 housing units currently in the pipeline, of which 1,247 units are currently
affordable with more affordable units in development including from new resources. In
addition, over 20% of the housing units are in Transit-Oriented-Development areas.
[3] There are 10,000 housing units currently in the pipeline, of which 1,247 units are currently
affordable with more affordable units in development including from new resources. In
addition, over 20% of the housing units are in Transit-Oriented-Development areas.
[4] Increased Building department staff by 10%, installed new permit tracking system, moved
area specific plans forward.
III. Public/private partnerships to serve Oakland's

working class neighborhoods
Launched International Blvd Corridor Initiative
to promote community revitalization without
displacement: developed $5 million business
sustainability plan proposal, secured $2.5
million for infrastructure improvements &
raising funds for housing and economic
development capital projects.
MacArthur Transit Village
Focusing Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities on social equity priorities.

Secured commitment of national nonprofit with private capital to launch citywide program to control Oakland Distressed Mortgage Notes and preserve
homeownership.
The Oakland Housing Equity Roadmap: Action Plan for Continuing to

Address Oakland's Housing Needs
The strategies below, which are currently in progress or under consideration by City
staff and partner agencies, are based upon best practice research and Oakland
demographic data and trends. Each bullet point represents a concrete action to address
the housing needs for Oakland's growing population.
I. Prevent Displacement
Bay Area economic recovery and strong interest in
Oakland have resulted in escalating housing costs.
The below strategies address the current top
displacement challenges faced by long-time Oakland
homeowners & tenants:
Prevent foreclosures of long-time, elderly
homeowners by purchasing distressed
mortgage notes from banks, modifying loans
and controlling disposition of foreclosed properties into new affordable housing:
secured commitment of National Community Capital for Oakland operations.
Goal of purchasing 1,000 distressed mortgage notes annually.
Create sustainable rental assistance through lower-interest rate loans or grants.
Goal of serving at least 1,000 tenant households annually.
Prevent loss of over 14,000 rental housing units at-risk in major earthquake
through requiring seismic retrofits, coupled with new loan fund program.
Prevent loss of critical rental housing stock by updating condo conversion
ordinance to cover units at greatest risk for conversion while enabling
homeownership opportunities for current tenants.
Change tenant relocation policy to require standard assistance and enable City
enforcement.
II. Build New Housing

With the loss of redevelopment funds, the City's new
innovative strategies involve leveraging private
development & capital to build both low-income
rental housing AND ownership housing for middle
class families who are significantly declining in
Oakland.
St Joseph's Terraza Palmera
Require private housing market contribution to affordable housing based upon

new nexus study being conducted. Goal of 25% new affordable housing
production.
Work with other public agencies to pass new public lands for affordable housing
policy, requiring either the development of long-term affordable housing on
public lands or set-aside of funds for affordable housing from land sale.
Develop middle class homeownership opportunities through incentives to build
on vacant lots and new first-time homebuyer grants. Goal of 1,000 new homes
affordable to Oakland's middle class. 100 housing units through pilot program.
III. Improve Current Housing Conditions

The City has developed new strategies to improve
housing habitability while preventing the "push out"
of tenants due to code enforcement activities.
Pilot a proactive rental inspection policy
utilizing code enforcement and antiCathedral Gardens, Uptown
displacement strategies coupled with new loan
fund for small scale landlords. Goal of improving
Revive City receivership program to address substandard housing conditions.
Closeup: Oakland & the World Enterprises, Inc: An Innovative Project for West
Oakland
Alameda County Supervisor Keith

Carson and Elaine Brown, former
chairwoman of the Black Panther Party
in the 70s, founded the nonprofit

Oakland & the World Enterprises,
Inc. (OAW), in July to develop a vacant,
blighted, .67 acre property near the
BART tracks at 7th and Campbell Streets
in West Oakland. The organization has
entered into a one-year license
agreement with the City of Oakland, to
develop the plot on formerly foreclosed
property that had lain vacant for years.
At the project launch, attendees

included: Alameda County Supervisor Keith
Carson, Councilmember Lynette Gibson
McElhaney, Grammy award-winning artist
D'Wayne Wiggins, Elaine Brown, Mayor Jean
Quan, CEO of Mo' Better Foods David Roach,
Oakland Housing & Community Development
Director Michele Byrd (Photo credit: Ashley
Chambers for the Oakland Post)
The intermediate and long-range plans

for the property include constructing a
housing development for mixed-income
families, including low and very low incomes, to be cooperatively owned by residents.

What is unique about the project is that it calls for the property to be developed into
an urban farm and a business development incubator employing the formerly
incarcerated. The Farm will be owned and operated by formerly incarcerated and other
effectively unemployable men, women and youth. It will produce greens and other
vegetables via aquaponics and other organic methods, for sale to local restaurants,
farmers' markets and direct sales.
This is an exciting project because Oakland needs opportunity for all our residents,
including people with mistakes in their past. Oakland's economy is booming, and it's
our responsibility as a community to ensure that all our residents and neighborhoods
get to share in that growth.
In developing the project, Supervisor Carson said, "It was the education we got from
individuals in prison saying, if you don't want us to commit the crime, we have to be a
part of changing the dynamic," Carson said. "Let's support these brothers and sisters
who are returning back home become self-sufficient, to welcome them back to our
community."

Oakland & the World's project vision deals with the need for affordable housing, the
challenge of growing gentrification of West Oakland and the "shame of mass
incarceration." Brown said, "We thought we would be able to do something more
meaningful than what other people had slated for these properties. I'm not some rich
developer dropping into West Oakland with a plan to remove what's left of the black
community. We want development -- nobody wants to live in blighted areas -- but
without displacement."
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan

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Boyd, Diane
Gray, Neil D. (NGray@oaklandnet.com)
Lake Merrit Towers - landscape proposal for City Park
Friday, January 16, 2015 11:28:00 AM
Lake Merrit Blvd Tower - Project Description - Dec 2014.pdf
Lake Merritt Tower Landscape Concept_7-15-14.pdf
(Diane, as a f/u to our conversationNeil, I can fill you in later todayDiane is advising that
landscape plan go to PRAC before Planning Commission. In that case, I want to push Developer to
put more detail in plan so that you can get on PRAC agenda by 2/11. Diane says you can get her
staff report as late as 1/26)
Hi Diane,
Please see attached for project description of Lake Merritt Blvd Apts. (FYI, this is just an excerpt
that I pulled out from another study).
Summary of Project Overview (See attached for more details, including maps & figures)
Location: E12th Street & Lake Merritt Blvd.
# Stories: 24-story residential apartment tower with a 3-level podium base

# Units: 298 residential units
Commercial SF: 2,000-square-foot ground level caf
# Parking: 209 parking spaces including mechanical stackers. Long term storage for
86 bicycles
Height: The proposed building would be 249 feet in height at the roof above the
natural grade and would not exceed an overall height of 265 feet, including
architectural and mechanical features that extend above the roofline.
Last paragraph on page 4 describes the proposed improvements to the City park, as has been
informed so far by Planning staff and members of the community, most notably the Measure DD
Coalition members.
Attached is a sketch of the proposed landscape plan. As part of the Citys sale transaction for the
development parcel, we are asking the Developer to make off-site improvements to the adjacent
City-owned park
The idea is for this project to go to Planning Commission on March 18th and possibly DRC on
2/25.
Staff is seeking approval from PRAC for the developers proposed landscape plan.
Gotta run now, but will check in again in afternoon
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li

Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
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"Theresa.Wallace@lsa-assoc.com"
Gray, Neil D. (NGray@oaklandnet.com); Michael Johnson (mjohnson@urbancorellc.com)
Lake Merritt Apartments Admin CE-2
Friday, November 14, 2014 3:56:00 PM
Wind&ShadowStudy-DDCmmnts-LMBlvdApts-30Oct14.doc
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Hi Theresa,
I know that you are waiting to receive some comments from City staff about your Draft #2,
submitted on Oct 21st before working on incorporating those comments into your next deliverable,
the Screencheck Draft.
I also understand that you will be holding on this work until you receive outstanding payment from
UrbanCore, which I am hopeful will be coming soon.
In the meanwhile, could you please review the attached letter from the Measure DD Coalition and
let me know if you believe these items regarding the wind and shadow impacts from LMA are
already addressed in our current scope or not? (Measure DD Coalition is a community group who
is closely following the LMA project and its effects on the Measure DD funded-improvements and
on the experience of the Lake as a public asset in general.)
I discussed with Neil Gray and he think the items about the shadow study are already addressed in
our existing scope. We also think most of the wind study points that the DD Coalition is asking to
be studied are already covered as well, but perhaps not exactly. See my notes below in red below
about how the wind points in the study correspond to the points that the Coalition wants to see
studied.
Wind Study:
The Coalition desires that the Wind Study calculate wind speeds before and after (simulated)
construction of proposed Lake Merritt Tower Apartments for at least the following locations:
(a) several points on the surface of the lake - no points on surface of lake are studied
(b) the east side pedestrian pathway along the Channel at the line of the OUSD fence
corresponds with points 13 and 14
at both pathways under the center of the vehicle bridge already covered by points 38 and
39
(d) at the center of the north and south topside sidewalks of the vehicle bridge points 36
and 37 cover the south topside but not the north side.
(e) at the center of the bicycle-pedestrian bridge yes, covered by point 40
(f) at the easterly portion of the passive park area adjoining the project yes, covered by
points 16 and 17
(g) at the public sidewalk fronting the project along E 12th Street
yes, covered by points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Please let me know
1. Is my above assessment about the wind points accurate? Which of the wind points that DD
is interested in, if any, do you think are not already covered by your study?
2. I know for CEQA review purposes, the standard for wind is that the building under design
not increase likelihood of winds exceeding 36 mph at a given point for more than one hour
during daylight hours. The DD Coalition is asking for exact wind speeds before project and
after project is this kind of information something the wind consultant can provide?
3. Do you agree the shadow study already addresses what the shadow issues the DD Coalition
wants studied.
I would like to get your response to report to the DD Coalition at their Monday night meeting (on
the 17th ). Basically, if what the Coalition is asking for are things that can be studied but are not
already adequately covered under our existing Scope and if the DD Coalition insists on these items
being studied, then I will recommend that UrbanCore increase this Scope of work to ensure the
final environmental report addresses DDs concerns.
I look forward to your response and feel free to give me a call.
Thank you,
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
From: jamesevann@aol.com [mailto:jamesevann@aol.com]

Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2014 3:24 PM
To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: joelpeter88@gmail.com; Naomi@17th.com; jamesevann@aol.com; mikeudkow@gmail.com;
wthrelfall@pacbell.net
Subject: Re: Update on "Shadow" & "Wind" Studies at "Remainder Parcel" for Meas DD Coalition
Hello Hui,
Our apology for failure of the Measure DD Coalition to get back to you sooner with review comments
on the proposed scope for the "Wind and Shadow Studies" to be provided by LSA. We hope the
studies have not been hampered or delayed as result.
Following your update report at the Coalition's Sept 15 meeting, we presumed the Coalition heard and
accepted your report as a status update, and did not designate or assign review to the followup
committee. Accordingly, our reply is not a formal review, but are comments that most likely are already
to be addressed by LSA.
Wind Study:
The Coalition desires that the Wind Study calculate wind speeds before and after (simulated)
construction of proposed Lake Merritt Tower Apartments for at least the following locations:
(a) several points on the surface of the lake
(b) the east side pedestrian pathway along the Channel at the line of the OUSD fence
(c) at both pathways under the center of the vehicle bridge
(d) at the center of the north and south topside sidewalks of the vehicle bridge
(e) at the center of the bicycle-pedestrian bridge
(f) at the easterly portion of the 'passive park' area adjoining the project
(g) at the public sidewalk fronting the project along E 12th Street
Shadow Study:
The Coalition desires that the study provide Drawings to depict maximum shadows cast by the
proposed building during:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
the Winter Solstice

the Summer Solstice
the Equinox
particularly how the new building's shadows may impinge on the new Tidal Marsh on the
west side of the Channel (near the South entrance of the Convention Center Building).
Importance: Tidal marsh plants require full sun. The Coalition desires to be informed if the new
building's height will cast more than minimum of shadows on the Tidal Marsh. Extended lengthy
shadows would affect the Marsh's restoration effort. Success of the Tidal Marsh is a requirement of
the City's permits with the U.S. Army Corps and the State Fish & Wildlife Agency.
Naomi Schiff
Joel Peter
James E Vann
Subcommittee for Coordination on Lake Merritt Boulevard Tower Apartments Project
-----Original Message----From: Li, Hui Chang <HLi@oaklandnet.com>

To: jamesevann <jamesevann@aol.com>
Cc: Naomi <Naomi@17th.com>
Sent: Tue, Oct 28, 2014 3:02 pm
Subject: RE: Update on "Shadow" & "Wind" Studies at "Remainder Parcel" for Meas DD Coalition
Hi James and Naomi,

Just checking indo you have suggestions to forward to me relating to the scope for
LSAs wind and shadow study?
Thank you,
_____________________________________________
Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
From: jamesevann@aol.com [mailto:jamesevann@aol.com]

Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 11:21 AM
To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: Naomi@17th.com
Subject: Re: Update on "Shadow" & "Wind" Studies at "Remainder Parcel" for Meas DD Coalition
Good morning, Hui,
Our appreciation for the information you shared on shadow & wind studies for the LM Blvd remainder
parcel. Interested, relevant persons have been asked to review the submittal. We will followup with
you early next week whether or not we have additional suggestions relating to the scope .
James E Vann,
for Meas DD Subcommittee
Hi James and Naomi,

I am contacting you as two members on the Measure DD subcommittee taskforce
following the 12th St Remainder Parcel development. Please feel free to share this
communication with others on Measure DD/taskforce who would be interested, as you
deem necessary.
...
Thank you,
_____________________________________________
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Ferracane, Christina
Li, Hui Chang; Gray, Neil D.
Lake Merritt Blvd Apartments Zoning
Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:47:03 AM
There are two zoning proposals on the table for this site, and well be bringing both of these options
to the Planning Commission:
(1) Zoning District - D-LM-1 Urban Residential
Height District 275 ft
(2) Zoning District - D-LM-1 Urban Residential
Height District 85ft, with additional height (275ft) allowed with CUP
The restrictions/requirements for ground floor uses in the D-LM-1 Urban Residential zone for this
site have not changed since the original proposal was taken to Planning Commission a year ago:
New construction required to incorporate at least 750sf ground floor commercial space, since
frontage is on a "Commercial Transition
Corridor" Corridor AND is more than 25ft wide AND is (either within an opportunity site OR on a
corner lot).
Parking requirements:
Current proposal for sites east of the Channel is 1space/unit, but we will now have the option for
parking in-lieu fee for reductions
Let me know if youd like to discuss further.
Christina Ferracane
Strategic Planning Division
City of Oakland | Planning and Building Department
250 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Ste 3315 | Oakland, CA 94612
T: (510) 238-3903 | Fax: (510) 238-6538 | cferracane@oaklandnet.com
www.oaklandnet.com/planning
From: Li, Hui Chang
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 5:51 PM
To: Gray, Neil D.; Ferracane, Christina
Subject: RE: Request for Assistance: Housing Element
Neil - Here you go my write-in is in red. I did not confirm the existing zoning. I remember we
discussed how the zoning for this parcel will need to be updated as part of the LMSAP to allow
for residential tower.
Christina do you know what is the proposed zoning amendment for this parcel? Also, I am
hearing conflicting info about whether a CUP for this height will be required or notdo you know
the latest to share?
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
From: Gray, Neil D.

To: Li, Hui Chang
Subject: FW: Request for Assistance: Housing Element
Hi Hu Chang,
Would you mind filling out the Lake Merritt Blvd row of the attached spread sheet? The project is a
bit of a moving target, so I thought you might have the most recent information.
Thanks,
____________________
Neil Gray, Planner III
Bureau of Planning
Development/Zoning Permits Division
City of Oakland
(510)238-3878
From: Parker, Alicia
To: Gray, Neil D.
Subject: RE: Request for Assistance: Housing Element
Hi Neil,
Can you please provide me with information on Lake Merritt Boulevard, 1900 Broadway, 1331
Harrison Project by this Thursday? Ive attached the spreadsheet I need filled out and an example of
what was included for 1331 Harrison St. in the previous Housing Element. If you dont have all the
details, thats fine, but please let me know.
Thanks,
Alicia
From: Parker, Alicia

Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 3:50 PM
To: Gray, Neil D.
Subject: Request for Assistance: Housing Element
Hello,
Can you please review the attached spreadsheet and fill in the information that is currently blank for
your projects (that have either been approved or are planned)? I pulled these projects from the
major projects list for using in the Housing Element update. If the information is not available please
indicate N/A. Can you please provide me with this information by Thursday 6/5?
We are mandated by State law to include a housing production inventory (with detailed project
information) in the Housing Element. We are scheduled to have a second draft Housing Element by
June 18, so your timely assistance with this is greatly appreciated.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Alicia Parker, AICP | City of Oakland | Department of Planning & Building | 250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,
Suite 3315, Oakland, CA 94612 | Tel. (510) 238.3362 | Fax (510) 238.6538
aparker@oaklandnet.com | www.oaklandnet.com/planning
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Date:
Attachments:
Li, Hui Chang

"JamesEVann@aol.com"; "joelpeter88@gmail.com"; "mikeudkow@gmail.com"; "wthrelfall@pacbell.net"; "Naomi@17th.com"
Estes, Lesley
Lake Merritt Boulevard Apartments Project-Community Meeting January 20, 2015 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Community-Meeting-Flyer_150120.pdf
Please help circulate and spread the word
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Date:
Attachments:
Li, Hui Chang

Cook, Brigitte
Ronnie Turner (rtdevelops@comcast.net)
Lake Merritt Boulevard Apartments Project-Community Meeting January 20, 2015 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Community-Meeting-Flyer_150120.pdf
Hi Brigitte, Could you please post this meeting notice on your weekly announcements and help get the word out? Thank
you!
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To:
Subject:
Date:
cbwurms@gmail.com
Li, Hui Chang
Lake Merritt Boulevard
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 8:17:50 PM
Dear Ms. Li,

Last night I attended the Community Meeting about the Lake Merritt Boulevard
development. I sincerely appreciate your being there, and look forward to learning
more at future opportunities.
As this process continues, please consider advocating for:
1. Adding more mixed-used spaces on the ground floor. Based on Urban CoreIntegral's suggestion that "residential comes before commercial," adding so many
new residents should create a market for new small businesses to serve these
residents (dry-cleaner, hairdresser, natural food store). This would proactively
contribute to the revitalization that the Lake Merritt Plan claims to promote.
2. Reducing tower height. I understand that the developers simply want to build to
the max allowed by Oakland's zoning code. But the City should recognize that a
building of the proposed scale will significantly alter the natural beauty and built
aesthetic of the Lake Merritt area. 1200 Lakeshore and 576 Bellevue proove that
highrise development around the lake constitute a visual blight and disturb the
experience of residents and recreational visitors.
I recognize that is far to early to pass any serious judgement on this project. So I
hope you will not understand this as a letter of opposition. What I do hope is that
the City, after granting special privileges to these developers, will be firm in
demanding that however the project ultimately evolves, it will contribute to--and
certainly not detract from--this beautiful community.
Appreciating your attention,
Chelsea
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Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Michael Johnson
Gerard, Jennie
Lane, Patrick; Li, Hui Chang; Ronnie Turner; Merlin Edwards; Brad Flewellen
Lake Merritt Tower Project - E. 12th Street
Monday, April 06, 2015 10:41:41 PM
UrbanCore DDA Term Sheet Amendment 4 3 15.docx
Jennie, please review this with Abel. I think this captures what we discussed. UDR is
reviewing this at the same time, so I will let you know if they have any proposed
changes. Let's finalize this asap so Abel can discuss his support for the project with the
other Council Members before the CED Committee meeting next Tuesday April 14th. Let
me know any questions. Thanks, Michael
_______________________
Michael E. Johnson, President
UrbanCore Development, LLC
4096 Piedmont Avenue
Suite 313
Oakland, CA 94611
c: (415) 748-2300
e: mjohnson@urbancorellc.com
www.urbancorellc.com
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Michael Johnson
Lane, Patrick; Li, Hui Chang
Flynn, Rachel; Moss, Tomiquia; Zack Wasserman
Lake Merritt Tower
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 12:19:21 PM
Patrick, Hui Chang: I have confirmed with my likely capital partner that we can close
the $5.1 million purchase of the land by June 30, 2015. I hope this gets considered
as part of the decision to pursue Option A as discussed. Let me know if you have
any questions.
Regards, Michael
_____________________________
Michael E.Johnson, President
Oakland, CA 94611
c: (415) 748-2300 mjohnson@urbancorellc.com
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Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Li, Hui Chang

Michael Johnson (mjohnson@urbancorellc.com)
Lane, Patrick
leasing vs. sale of City owned property
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 5:52:00 PM
Reso 85324 CMS on leasing City-owned property.pdf
Hi Michael,
The City Council adopted a resolution in December, 2014 to establish a general policy to lease
rather than sell City property. (See attached Resolution No. 85324; staff report link here:
https://oakland.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2012567&GUID=F80D48A1-1F60-4DFCBF4F-F046EE230698).
Exceptions to this general policy can be made on a case-by-case basis.
What this means for the 12th St Remainder project is that as part of the staff report and resolution
for DDA approval by City Council, I will need to provide a rationale that it is in the Citys best
interest to sell rather than lease the property to you. So, please help provide me some reasons to
support a sale rather than long-term lease.
The obvious one that I will mention is that this policy was adopted after the City issued an RFP
for sale of land and we were already at the end of an 18-month negotiation process so it should not
applybut I still need to be able provide some analysis that shows a long-term lease option has
been contemplated but it is not in the best interest of the City.
Thank you,
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
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To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Flynn, Rachel
Li, Hui Chang
Lane, Patrick
Letter to James Vann October 2014 - OCA comments
Sunday, October 26, 2014 7:49:59 PM
Letter to James Vann October 2014.doc
2013-2014 Aff Hsg.ppt
Hui Chang and Patrick Attached are my revisions to the letter, plus an attachment that I reference
in the letter (a list of recent affordable housing projects the City as subsidized). Under Item 3, it
appears that Kirin has some questions that I couldnt answer.
Can you please complete that portion? Ill be out Monday-Wednesday so if you want the letter to
go out before Thursday with my signature, feel free to have the letter go out under Patricks
signature. Thanks, Rachel
From: Li, Hui Chang
To: Flynn, Rachel
Subject: FW: Letter to James Vann October 2014 - OCA comments
FYI Rachel, I know you are still working on some edits yourself but see attached for the redline
changes Kirin made.
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
From: Jain, Kiran C

To: Li, Hui Chang
Subject: Letter to James Vann October 2014 - OCA comments
Here you go.

Kiran
This is a confidential attorney-client communication. This email contains confidential attorney-client

privileged information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any unauthorized review, use,
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To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Christine Cherdboonmuang
Pattillo, Chris; Moore, Jim; jahazielbonillaoaklandpc@gmail.com; Coleman, Michael;
jmyres.oakplanningcommission@gmail.com; nagrajplanning@gmail.com; Emily Weinstein
eastlakeunited@gmail.com; Li, Hui Chang; Gray, Neil D.; Lane, Patrick; Ranelletti, Darin
Letter to Planning Commission re. E. 12th St. Remainder Parcel, from Eastlake United for Justice
Wednesday, April 01, 2015 3:04:41 PM
Executive Summary EUJ Planning Commission 04.01.15.pdf
EUJ Letter to Planning Commissioners FINAL 04.01.15.pdf
Dear Planning Commissioners,

On behalf of Eastlake United for Justice, I would like to submit this letter regarding
the proposed development on the E. 12th St. Remainder Parcel. If you are able,
please review our concerns and requests in this letter before the meeting this
evening. Due to the length of the letter, we have provided an executive summary
as a separate document.
We look forward to speaking with you tonight! Please let us know if you have any
questions or comments.
Thank you,
Christine Cherdboonmuang
510 254 1879
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Gray, Neil D.
Michael Johnson
Mike Pyatok; Li, Hui Chang; Dan Hogman
LMB Apts open space maintenance/improvements
Thursday, January 08, 2015 2:53:22 PM
image001.png
image002.png
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Hi Michael,
Do you have a detailed description of how the developer will improve and maintain the open space adjacent to the
LMB apartment site? I need this description for the PRAC staff report.
Thanks,
Neil
Neil Gray, Planner III | City of Oakland | Bureau of Planning | 250 Frank H. Ogawa, Suite 2114 |Oakland, CA 94612 |
Phone: (510)238-3878 | Fax: (510) 238-4730 | Email: ngray@oaklandnet.com | Website: www.oaklandnet.com/planning
From: Michael Johnson [mailto:mjohnson@urbancorellc.com]

Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 2:54 PM
To: Dan Hogman
Cc: Mike Pyatok; Li, Hui Chang; rtdevelops@comcast.net; Ferracane, Christina; Lane, Patrick; Gray, Neil D.
Subject: Re: Lake Merritt BART Station Area Plan - Changes to Tower Regulations
Dan, I don't understand the 14, 442 calc. Can you send a diagram outline. I think the
version that should be used is the 12, 776 sf, so please send an outline of this
version. Thanks, MJ
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Dan Hogman <dhogman@pyatok.com> wrote:
Hui Chang, Mike,
Here is the latest areas takeoff, and numbers vary, depending on how you measure.
12,776 SF measured at perimeter, or the enclosed are of the tower, per Mikes previous email, slightly updated.
12,586 SF measured at perimeter, subtracting the elevator shafts. All other shafts are included. This is the actual
built floor area.
Or, measured by multiplying length and width 12,870 SF - 196-6 x 656 where 656 is the width of the bulk of the tower, bays excluded.
14,442 SF - 196-6 x 736 where 736 is the maximum width extend. Please note that the tower steps in at bulk
and steps once again, at core.

Thanks, and please let me know if you need any other areas or dimensions.
Dan Hogman / Project Architect / 510 465 7010 x125
From: Mike Pyatok

Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 12:57 PM
To: Li, Hui Chang; Dan Hogman
Cc: mjohnson@urbancorellc.com; rtdevelops@comcast.net; Ferracane, Christina; Lane, Patrick; NGray@oaklandnet.com
Subject: RE: Lake Merritt BART Station Area Plan - Changes to Tower Regulations
Hi Dan- as per the comments below, can you double-check the area of our tower? thanks

510-465-7010 ext 118
510-410-0260 Mobile
From: Li, Hui Chang [mailto:HLi@oaklandnet.com]

Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 11:25 AM
To: Mike Pyatok
Cc: mjohnson@urbancorellc.com; rtdevelops@comcast.net; Dan Hogman; Ferracane, Christina; Lane, Patrick;
NGray@oaklandnet.com
Thanks, Mike.
The comparative information on 1200 Lakeshore is helpful.
To be clear, I calculated that the Lake Merritt Tower foot print is 13,510 SF assuming a length of 193 and width of
70. Can you confirm those two dimensions are correct?
I have copied Christina Ferracane, planning staff for the Lake Merritt Plan, to this email, so she is aware of your
concerns that these recommended tower regulations will make middle-range, market-rate rental apartments
infeasible in the Oakland market.
As I understand from Christina, longer building lengths can be allowed with a CUP
This item will be heard next at the CED Committee on 10/28 (from 2 to 4pm). The related staff report for this
agenda item is not yet public, but I can track it and let you know about it once it is. So, at this point, I recommend
your team call and write a letter with your concerns to members of the City Council, especially those on the CED
committee (Reid, McElhaney, Schaaf, Kernighan). You should also plan to attend the 10/28 CED committee and
speak on this issue. After CED, this item is scheduled to be heard at City Council twice 11/5 and 11/18.
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li

Fax: 510.238.3691
Tel: 510.238.6239

Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 6:50 PM
To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: mjohnson@urbancorellc.com; rtdevelops@comcast.net; Dan Hogman
Hi Hui Chang
The enclosed area of our Lakeside Tower is actually about 12,750 sf.
I would like to point out, that 1200 Lakeshores footprint is 210 long and 75 wide, with a diagonal of about 225.
While it has about 13,000 sf of enclosed space, it has wrap-around balconies on all 4 sides, so its footprint is more
like 15,750 sf
I dont know where the Planning Commission is coming from on this issue, but I believe their recommendations will
produce infeasible projects for Oakland, or at best, they will work only for luxury condos, with only about 8 units per
floor at most. This wont work for middle-range, market-rate rental apartments which need at least 12 or more units
per floor to pay for all the structure, elevators, fire stairs and fire-fighting systems. This is the problem with studies
that refer to towers in places like San Francisco and Vancouver. Both are very high-end marketsthey simply dont
apply to Oaklands real estate conditions. The reality is that while the construction costs for such a building are the
same whether in Oakland or San Francisco, the rents or sales prices are lower in Oakland. Hence the need for a
different building type. Also, the staff recommendation of a maximum length of 150 will produce only about 10
units per floor.

510-465-7010 ext 118
510-410-0260 Mobile

Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 4:22 PM
To: Mike Pyatok
Cc: mjohnson@urbancorellc.com; rtdevelops@comcast.net
Hi again Mike,
This is what I calculated based on the latest drawings you submitted. Could you help me confirm that this is
correct? Feel free to give me a call. Thank you!
Staff
Planning
Commission
recommended
October 8,
Lake Merrit
Blvd Apts @
12th St
Remainder
Parcel
size
% of site
Maximum Floor Plate

Maximum building length of building
Maximum diagonal length
Minimum distance between towers
recommendation
10,000 SF or 65%75% of site area
150'
180'
50'
2014
6,500 to 8,500
SF
90' to 100'
125'
115'
Parcel
13510
193.2
205
n/a
(acre)
area
40075.2
34%
From: Li, Hui Chang

To: 'Mike Pyatok'
Cc: mjohnson@urbancorellc.com; rtdevelops@comcast.net; Lane, Patrick; Gray, Neil D.
Hi Mike,
If City Council decides to go with Planning Commission recommendations, then, yes the Lake Merritt Blvd Apts
would be subjected to these new rules. This agenda item (i.e. approval of Lake Merritt Station Area Plan and
associated FEIR and related zoning changes) goes to the CED Committee on 10/28. Staff is finalizing that staff
report today. Staff will have to show in the report to Council how these tower regulations would apply to the Lake
Merritt Blvd Apts.
So, can you do me a favor and fill in what the measurements are for Lake Merrit Blvd Apts in table below?
Staff is also considering including data on the last 3 towers that were built downtown Essex Ellington, and 100
Grand to show how those tower dimensions compare to the tower regulations that PC recommended.
Maximum Floor Plate

Maximum building length of building
Maximum diagonal length
Minimum distance between towers
Staff
recommendation
10,000 SF or
65%to 75% of site
area
150'
180'
50'
Planning
Commission
recommended
October 8, 2014
Lake Merritt
Blvd Apts @
12th St
Remainder
Parcel
6,500 to 8,500
SF
90' to 100'
125'
115'
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Fax: 510.238.3691
Tel: 510.238.6239

To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: mjohnson@urbancorellc.com; rtdevelops@comcast.net; Lane, Patrick; Gray, Neil D.
Subject: Re: Lake Merritt BART Station Area Plan - Changes to Tower Regulations
These changes basically kill the financial feasibility of any towers for anywhere in Oakland. I am surprised
the Commission can be so naive.

But since the lakeside tower was submitted before these changes, are we subjected to this change in rules?
Sent from my iPhone
On Oct 10, 2014, at 12:27 PM, "Li, Hui Chang" <HLi@oaklandnet.com> wrote:
Hi Michael,
I want to make sure your team is aware of the revised tower standards that were recommended by
Planning Commission as a last-minute change last night.
See email below from Christina (planner for the Lake Merritt Station Area Plan).
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Fax: 510.238.3691
Tel: 510.238.6239
From: Ferracane, Christina

Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 3:00 PM
To: Gray, Neil D.; Li, Hui Chang; Patrick Lane (plane@oaklandnet.com)
Subject: FW: Lake Merritt BART Station Area Plan - Changes to Tower Regulations
Below are the revised tower standards that were recommended by PC as a last-minute change last
night:
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I am conferring with Darin and Rachel, but I think that staff will clarify that we do not support the PCs
recommended changes. It would also be advisable for you to contact Urban Core, so they can express
their opinion about this to PC.
Christina Ferracane, Planner II | City of Oakland | Bureau of Planning | 250 Frank H. Ogawa, Suite
3315|Oakland, CA 94612 | Phone: (510)238-3903 | Fax: (510) 238-6538| Email:
From: Chris Pattillo [mailto:pattillo@pgadesign.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 9:36 AM
To: Ferracane, Christina
Cc: Merkamp, Robert; Flynn, Rachel
Subject: Re: Lake Merritt BART Station Area Plan - Chinatown Coalition and OHA comments
Christina,
First I want to thank you for the pace of your presentation. I presume you were going through
things at a slow, even pace so that the translators could follow your presentation but I also
appreciated it. I was able to follow everything you said whereas frequently the staff presentations
are delivered with such speed it strains the brain to keep up. I also thought the content was right
on, clear and just the right amount of detail. Perfectly presented. Thank you.
With regard to the Tower Design Standards I was referring to the October 5, 2014
communication from OHA which had an attachment dated June 11, 2012 written by the
Coalition. The table with comparison data from Vancouver and San Francisco was in the
Coalition letter and the recommended heights I read into the record were actually in the OHA
letter under item 2. on page 2.

I have a hard copy of Chris Buckley's wordsmithing comments on the Design Guidelines. see
attached for reference documents. If any of this does not come through clearly you could ask
Naomi or Chris for their originals. I meant to include Chris' piece under the category of No. 4
"authorize staff to make minor ongoing revisions ....." If you have a problem with some of what
Chris Buckley suggested it is OK with me if you NOT take every word literally.
Great job last night.
Chris
Chris Pattillo FASLA
President
PGAdesign
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
444 17th Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Direct | 510.550.8855
Main | 510.465.1284
PGAdesign.com
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Ferracane, Christina <CFerracane@oaklandnet.com> wrote:

Hi Chris
I am trying to incorporate the conditions of approval recommended in the PCs motion tonite into a
City Council report due this Friday. I am hoping you can clarify which comment letters you were
referring to, so I make sure to capture the correct changes, specifically related to :
Revised tower standards (Chinatown Coalition letter?)
Chris Buckleys edits to the Design Guidelines (OHA letter)
Thanks for your time and thoughts on this, Christina

Christina Ferracane, Planner II | City of Oakland | Bureau of Planning | 250 Frank H. Ogawa, Suite
3315|Oakland, CA 94612 | Phone: (510)238-3903 | Fax: (510) 238-6538| Email:
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Bondi, James
ghunter@oaklandnet.com; Li, Hui Chang
Major Projects Future Topic - 12th Street Remainder
Friday, May 02, 2014 10:47:14 AM
I want to discuss the 12th Street Remainder at the next meeting as a future topic. There are some
major policy and technical issues that have recently come up. In an effort to increase the density
more parking was needed. The new proposal is to locate some of the parking under the adjacent
open space. This requires relocation of a storm sewer line and approval of an easement under the
open space. But it also brings an opportunity to have the developer maintain this open space and
possibly additional revenue from the easement. When we schedule this discussion, we will need to
invite some PWA and Parks staff. Hui Chang is managing the project and can coordinate the
invitations.
Patrick Lane [mailto:pslane@oaklandnet.com]
Development Manager, City Of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
tel (510) 238-7362
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Li, Hui Chang
Meas DD Coalition -- re Meeting of Mon, Nov 17.
Friday, November 07, 2014 11:57:32 AM
Hello Hui,
Michael is framing the agenda for Nov 17 meeting.
I am hoping the response on the "remainder parcel" issue will be reported on either by you or me
(hopefully, the letter addressed to the Meas DD Subcommittee will be received and can be presented).
Do you plan to attend the meeting ?
If so, do you desire to be listed on the agenda ?
Are there updates you desire to report ?
Thanks,
James Vann, 763-0142
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Naomi Schiff
Li, Hui Chang; Lane, Patrick; Estes, Lesley; Flynn, Rachel
Measure DD Community Coalition; JamesEVann@aol.com Vann
Measure DD Coalition,Regarding 12th Street Remainder Parcel
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 12:19:25 PM
DD COALITION-12th St Parcel-4-21-2014.pdf
ATT718308.txt
Hello!
Attached please find a letter from the Measure DD Community Coalition, expressing some concerns
about the 12th Street remainder parcel. Thank you!
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Michael Johnson (mjohnson@urbancorellc.com)
Gray, Neil D.; Lane, Patrick; Hunter, Gregory (GHunter@oaklandnet.com)
Next steps & Community Benefit Asks - 12th St Remainder
Friday, July 25, 2014 4:47:00 PM
OTU letter April 2014.rtf
Meas DD Subcmmitte Notes 7-14-14.pdf
Hi Michael,
The report out to the Measure DD Coalition meeting Monday night went well. Here is link a to
meeting minutes, FYI, and also attached is written report from the subcommittee of our 7/17
meeting. While there were no additional comments on the design, do take note of the community
benefit asks on the last page from Meas DD group. In addition, a letter from the Oakland Tenant
Union has come to my attention (also attached).
In summary, OTU is asking the City to prohibit accruing "condominium conversion credits" on this
project (that a Developer would normally be allowed under the Citys condo conversion ordinance
if project is condo-mapped and rented out for the first 7 years) and a requirement that all tenants
be notified at the beginning of tenancy that the units are subject to being sold at any time at the
owner's discretion. (The latter point is not reflected in the attached letter but Mr. Vann elaborated
on this in subsequent emails to me).
Just to be clear, I am simply forwarding these letters to you right now as an FYI so you are kept in
the loop. I am not asking for a response from you at this point or stating a City position. I will
need to first coordinate the relevant City staff to meet internally to consider and discuss the issues
raised.
In terms of next steps, per ENA:
1. Updated project designs and applicable zoning applications due to Planning next week,
7/31 (I will remind relevant City staff to send any comments on the 7/15 drawings before
then).
2. We need to start planning the next Community Meeting, setting time, place and outreach,
which I will f/u on in a separate email
Thank you,
Hui-Chang Li


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Lane, Patrick
Osborne Financial Info Review for UDR
Friday, March 13, 2015 5:35:00 PM
Patrick,
When will we hear back from Osborne about his review of UDRs financial information? I think it
should be about now. Let me know if I should try to get some time set on his calendar to discuss
or if you will just follow up directly with him/Theresa.
Thanks,
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
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Boyd, Diane
park - FW: Lake Merritt Tower
Friday, January 16, 2015 10:24:00 AM
Lake Merritt Tower Landscape Concept_7-15-14.pdf
From: Li, Hui Chang

Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 10:04 AM
To: Gray, Neil D.; 'Michael Johnson'
Cc: Lane, Patrick; 'Mike Pyatok'; 'Dan Hogman'; 'Ronnie Turner'; 'Brad Flewellen'; 'Chris Kent';
Merkamp, Robert
Subject: RE: Lake Merritt Tower
Michael,
I talked to Neil and he is telling me the level of drawing and detail is not enough for him to take
to PRAC (the attached drawing is what we have from July 2014).
I recall when your team met with staff and subcommittee of Measure DD to get additional
feedback in July, we provided the following comments:
keep it a passive, low-maintenance open space

create better access to link new building to channel trail via park
consider reducing plantings shown along south side border of park to create better
access/linkage to adjacent OUSD site as well increase general visibility of park from all
directions for safety reasons and to not block views of the new building
I assumed by now you would have updated and refined drawings that reflect those comments.
So there are two options we see:
OPTION 1 provide more details to the attached drawing/park plan, as requested by Neil by 1/20,
so he can make the 1/23 staff deadline to be on PRAC agenda for 2/11
OPTION 2 Postpone going to PRAC for park approval until after Planning Commission approval
(i.e. April 8th). In this case, you would have to pay $2,906.13 for a separate minor CUP for the
park space.
Please let us know what you decide.
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
From: Gray, Neil D.

Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 10:01 AM
To: Michael Johnson
Cc: Lane, Patrick; Li, Hui Chang; Mike Pyatok; Dan Hogman; Ronnie Turner; Brad Flewellen; Chris Kent;
Merkamp, Robert
Subject: RE: Lake Merritt Tower
Hi Michael,
Can you provide plans that are somewhat conceptual? For instance, the types of plantings instead
of the exact species could be identified. We need something real for the PRAC to advise the
Planning Commission regarding the CUP. Another option may be to approve the project with a
condition that you return later and apply for the CUP for the park improvements. In this case, you
would have to pay $2,906.13 for a separate minor CUP for the park space. I am concerned that the
community would want to see the landscape plans prior to approval of the tower.
--Neil
Neil Gray, Planner III | City of Oakland | Bureau of Planning | 250 Frank H. Ogawa, Suite 2114
|Oakland, CA 94612 | Phone: (510)238-3878 | Fax: (510) 238-4730 | Email: ngray@oaklandnet.com |
Website: www.oaklandnet.com/planning

Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 11:43 PM
To: Gray, Neil D.
Cc: Lane, Patrick; Li, Hui Chang; Mike Pyatok; Dan Hogman; Ronnie Turner; Brad Flewellen; Chris Kent
Subject: Lake Merritt Tower
Neil, the folks at Pyatok informed me that you are requesting more
detailed Landscape Plans for the proposed park adjacent to our project. I
would like to ask if we can avoid this additional design work at this time.
This will require more investment by our team in advance of getting the
entitlements approved by the Planning Commission for the project, and
getting a DDA approved by the Council. I believe there is sufficient time
to have a detailed plan prepared with the City's and Commmunity input
after these two items are approved. The design concept currently can be
explained sufficiently by our landscape architects to the Parks & Rec
Committee, and we can ask them not for final approval, but just review
of the concept, and come back to them for a formal approval later.
Please consider this approach. Thanks for your consideration. We look
forward to hearing from you. Regards, Michael
_______________________
Michael E. Johnson, President
Suite 313
Oakland, CA 94611
c: (415) 748-2300
e: mjohnson@urbancorellc.com
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Miller, Scott (SMiller@oaklandnet.com)
Manasse, Edward; Ferracane, Christina; ghunter@oaklandnet.com; Li, Hui Chang
Planner for 12th Street Remainder Site
Monday, May 20, 2013 5:12:10 PM
I received a request from the developer tentatively approved for the 12th Street Remainder Site.
They requested a pre-application meeting with Planning for the project. Given the coordination
issues with the Lake Merritt Specific Plan, and the fact that Ed was on the selection committee, I
think we need both long range and current planning staff for the meeting. Can you assign someone
to work on this project?
Redevelopment Manager, City Of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
tel (510) 238-7362
fax (510) 238-3691
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Li, Hui Chang
"jungw@pacbell.net"; "marinacarlson3@yahoo.com"; "epasewal@wm.com"; "darbyandbruno@comcast.net"; "OaklandCTChamber@aol.com";
"eastlakemerchantsassociation@gmail.com"; "isabelle.beauchamps@acgov.org"; "patwilliams3830@comcast.net"; "lithium201202@gmail.com";
"stacy_harris@dot.ca.gov"; "wilbert.lee.wl@gmail.com"; "stffnammons@yahoo.com"; "mark@borsuk.com"; "pslane@oaklandnet.com"; "bgeiser@lmi.net";
"jpapts@gmail.com"; "darbyandbruno@comcast.net"; "Angela@120lakeshore.com"; "geoff@120lakeshore.com"; "rbelle@creativedevelopmentpartners.com";
"brian_stanke@yahoo.com"; "1michaelkatz1@gmail.com"; "laneytower@peralta.edu"; "susanakonishi@gmail.com"; "nubianshakur@icloud.com";
"Jaspereoton@yahoo.com"; "rita.dettore@gmail.com"; "kent@poadesign.com"; "dana-king@sbcglobal.net"; "anotherhorizon@sbcglobal.net";
"kunzeiow@gmail.com"; "sam@4mbd.com"; "lynntieutruong@gmail.com"; "tangngocmy@hotmail.com"; "brianogan1628@yahoo.com"; Kong, Heidi;
"newdoris@gmail.com"; "robertraburn@covad.net" ; "danhogman@yahoo.com"; "jamesevann@aol.com"; "chinapharr@icloud.com";
"dannette.c.lambert@gmail.com"; "electronicarx@gmail.com"; "workingchange@yahoo.com"; "tonymarksblock@gmail.com"
PRAC Meeting, Feb 11th @ 4:30pm on park adjcaent to "12th St Remainder Parcel"
Thursday, February 05, 2015 5:18:00 PM

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Jens Hillmer (JHHillmer@oaklandnet.com); Tam, Esther (ETam@oaklandnet.com); Lebron, Christine
(CLebron@oaklandnet.com); Li, Hui Chang
Cole, Doug (DCole@oaklandnet.com)
Property Docs
Friday, November 09, 2012 4:39:28 PM
There are several docs available for the three properties - 23 rd & Valdez, T-5/6 and 12 th Street
Remainder. They include:
Property Management/Disposition Plan Descriptions
G:\Governor's Budget - Major Projects List\Property Management Plan\Property Management
Plan\C. Property Held in Retention for Future Development\ [three files]
Project Benefits Descriptions
G:\Governor's Budget - Major Projects List\Property Management Plan\Property Management
Plan\Successor Agency Disposition Strategy\ Agency Project Benefit Information Sheets PL 11-09-12
I have also half drafted the closed session report

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Lake Merritt Station Area Plan

lake_merritt_plan@oaklandnet.com
Public Meeting for Proposed Housing Development-1/20
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"rtdevelops@comcast.net"
"cbeverly@urbancorellc.com"; Michael Johnson (mjohnson@urbancorellc.com); Gerard, Jennie; Mendoza,
Mandalyn
RE: 12th St Parcel - OUTREACH LIST
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 2:36:00 PM
Hi Ronnie,
If I am understanding your email message correctly, I gather that, for this first upcoming meeting,
you will only be utilizing the stakeholder data provided by District 2 Council Office -- is that
correct?
Just to summarize, the City has provided your team the key contacts from 5 sources:
1) District 2 Office (refer to Jennies original email)
2) District 3 Office (Cleveland Heights list-serve: stevemawoodys@gmail.com and D3 listserve: bcook@oaklandnet.com)
3) Lake Merritt Station Area Plan contacts both email and snail mail addresses provided
4) Schilling Gardens contacts both email and snail mail addresses provided (for people who
were either interested in the Schilling Garden project or commented on the EIR)
5) Property owners within 1 mile and within 300 feet around the site -- snail mail addresses
only
This Oct 28th meeting is now less than two weeks away. If your team would rather not at this stage
of the project extend your outreach to those within a 300 feet radius of the site, I recommend you
at least email the meeting notice to all the above email addresses I have provided to you.
I will go ahead and get your notice to the District 3 list-serve. Will you be able to get the notice
out to all other email addresses by close of business today? (Please let me now if you need me
to resend you any of the contacts.)
Thanks,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
From: Ronnie Turner [mailto:rtdevelops@comcast.net]

Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 2:01 PM
To: Li, Hui Chang; Mendoza, Mandalyn
Subject: 12th St Parcel - OUTREACH LIST
Hui Chang and Mandalyn:

Mandalyn, Hui Chang (city staff to the 12 th Street project), has provided a list of owner addresses in
the 1 mile and 300 foot radius per zoning; as potential addresses for outreach. Theres no email
addresses, but snail mail addresses, and the planning phase of programming for the project
technically has not started just yet until after our initial outreach effort. What we want as a team is
to present our concept and get feedback from stakeholders that reside on the east side of the lake
as a development team. We would like to proceed as efficiently and effectively in getting the word
out for our October 28 community meeting. With that being said, using the established work over
the past few years surrounding the Lake Merritt Area planning process, it is our understanding that
the interested stakeholders have been identified.
We are while aware of the outreach that councilperson Kernighan has done during the Lake Merritt
Area Plan process. We want to piggy-back on that outreach and utilize the electronic data to
communicate with stakeholders already identified from this work, and this has been provided by
Mandalyn from the councilpersons office. We want to engage those who have exhibited interest for
the development of the 12 th Street site. Utilizing the stakeholder data provided by District 2 Council
Office, this will better fulfill what will begin a well conceived outreach campaign for this initial
community meeting. So, what we are looking for is a consensus on moving forward with the best
tools to help achieve the results we all want to achieve in informing those most affected by the 12th
Street development. By having the continuity of this information from the previous efforts we wont
leave out the pertinent stakeholders to interact with throughout the planning entitlement process.
We will be able to best do that by using the list provided by the District 2, which I am sure will
overlap with the planning department legal radius list. And once we are fully engaged into the
planning process, the radius list will be fully utilized along with the clearly identified stakeholders
from our outreach efforts.
Best,
Ronnie M. Turner, President

TURNER DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE GROUP
4100 Redwood Road, Suite 170
Oakland, CA 94619
510.395.2766 Direct
510.250.0853 Fax
www.TurnerDevelopmentRG.com
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 12:03 PM
To: Michael E. Johnson; Merlin Edwards
Cc: Ronnie Turner; Michael Pyatok; Peter Waller
Subject: RE: 12th St Parcel - OUTREACH LIST
Michael,
Attached are two lists of property owners surrounding the site: one is a 1 mile radius, the
second is a 300 ft radius (the Citys standard noticing radius for Planning cases). This is just
property owners, and does not include individual addresses for units unless they are condos.
Did you decide on a date/plan for public meeting # 1 at your Thursday meeting?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
From: Michael E. Johnson [mailto:mjohnson@urbancorellc.com]

Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 9:42 PM
To: Merlin Edwards
Cc: Li, Hui Chang; Ronnie Turner; Michael Pyatok; Peter Waller
Subject: Re: 12th St Parcel - OUTREACH LIST
Thx Merlin. Hope to see you on Thurs. MJ

Michael E. Johnson
President
UrbanCore-Integral, LLC
457 10th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
On Aug 20, 2013, at 9:22 PM, Merlin Edwards <meko11@pacbell.net> wrote:
I have been in conversation with Councilmember Pat Kernighan and her staff. I
have received a list of community groups and the contact information for them.
As we move forward we will put in place a plan that will be develop by the
Urban Core team. I the organizations listed below are not on the list we will be
sure to incorporate them on to my list.
Merlin
From: Michael E. Johnson <mjohnson@urbancorellc.com>
To: "Li, Hui Chang" <HLi@oaklandnet.com>
Cc: Ronnie Turner <RTdevelops@comcast.net>; Merlin Edwards
<meko11@pacbell.net>; Michael Pyatok <mpyatok@pyatok.com>; Peter Waller
<pwaller@pyatok.com>
Hui Chang, thanks for all the info. I will review it all with our team at our
Thursday mtg. We will contact the various groups as appropriate. Then we will
get back to you with a proposed approach. Thx, Michael
Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
On Aug 20, 2013, at 5:19 PM, "Li, Hui Chang" <HLi@oaklandnet.com> wrote:
Michael,
[This is the 3rd email I am sending you containing contact info for
outreach of the first public meeting for the 12th St Parcel].
Attached is the e/mailing information for all the people who were
either interested in the Schilling Gardens project or commented on
the EIR.
(Background: Schilling Gardens is the project adjacent to Snow
Park. Opponents/historic preservation types/anti-high rise types of
this project were asking for the City to swap this site for the 12th St
Parcel in order to save the gardens/ prevent development on the
gardens.
http://oaklandwiki.org/Schilling_Gardens
Note: some on the attached mailing list might be ones who would be
opposed to development on the 12th St parcel too).
Heather Klein, (Planner for the Schlling Gardens site) recommends
that at a minimum that the following folks be notified:
Oakland Heritage Alliance info@oaklandheritagealliance.org

446 17th Street, Suite 301, Oakland CA 94612
Coalition of Advocates for Lake Merritt c/o 251 Wayne

Ave, Oakland CA 94612
Golden Gate Audubon Society 2530 San Pablo Ave, Suite

G, Berkeley, CA 94702
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Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
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RE: Lake Merritt Boulevard Apartments Project-Community Meeting January 20, 2015 6:30-8:00 p.m.
EWD201501a CH Community Mtg.pdf
High
Hui Chang,
Without the source file, this is the best I can do. Please see attached.
May Tam
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To: Li, Hui Chang
Importance: High
Please send source file (word/ publisher).

We cannot work with PDF
May Tam
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To: Li, Hui Chang
I will see what we can do, and try to get this back to you by the end of today.
Please keep in mind for future projects allow 2 weeks turn around time.
We are in the middle of a big translation project for HSD.
May Tam
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From: Li, Hui Chang
To: Tam, May
Subject: FW: Lake Merritt Boulevard Apartments Project-Community Meeting January 20, 2015 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Hi May,
You presented at the Economic & Workforce Development staff meeting last month.
Can your office translate the attached flyer for me?
I need a pretty quick turnaround as we are looking to send notices out today.
Let me know what you can do.
Thank you!
_____________________________________________
Hui-Chang Li


Tel: 510.238.6239
Fax: 510.238.3691
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Li, Hui Chang
RE: RE: E 12 Street Property - DRAFT ENA
Friday, May 10, 2013 8:48:38 AM
Hi Hui Chang:
Thank you for communicating with Michael Johnson. Please draft a quick email to Gregory to let him
know about the planning issue that we discussed yesterday. Please let me see the email before you
mail it to him. Thank you!
Jens
Jens Hillmer
Urban Economic Coordinator
City of Oakland
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Ste. 5313
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel.: 510-238-3317
Jhhillmer@oaklandnet.com
From: Li, Hui Chang
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 5:24 PM
To: Michael Johnson
Cc: Hunter, Gregory; Hillmer, J H
Subject: RE: E 12 Street Property - DRAFT ENA
Michael,
Attached is the ENA draft that has been reviewed by the City Attorneys office. There are no
substantive changes in this version compared to what I sent you earlier. The proposed schedule
remains essentially the same. However, please review this attached draft and record any
comments, questions, or proposed modifications using the track changes function and email
back to me.
At this point, I am aiming to get this item (i.e. Authorization for an ENA with UrbanCore-Integral for
development of 12 th Street Remainder Parcel) scheduled on the CED Committee June 25 th agenda
and will begin to draft the staff report to City Council. I might be calling on you for information, if
needed, for the purposes of writing the report. A draft of our ENA will be included as an Attachment
to the staff report, so we should have a substantially agreed upon ENA by May 30 th, (which is when
the staff report is due for me.)
I will continue to keep you posted on the staff report schedule as things develop.
I am also attaching an updated Schedule of Performance that assumes a July 2nd ENA execution
date.
Let me now if you have any questions,
Thanks!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li
Uban Economic Analyst

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
From: Li, Hui Chang

Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 3:10 PM
To: 'Michael Johnson'
Cc: Hunter, Gregory; Lane, Patrick
Subject: CORRECTION RE: E 12 Street Property - DRAFT ENA
Michael,
I found out that I need to correct statements I wrote in my email from last week.
Apparently, the 12 th Street parcel *is* part of the State clawback order from the Controller . This
means that the transaction for the purchase of this property by the Redevelopment Agency from
the City will need to be reversed. The property will no longer be under the control of ORSA and so
this property will not be a part of the Property Management Plan, but will instead be returned to
the City.
As far as what this means for our ENA, it means we will remove references to ORSA, Property
Management Plan and Redevelopment Agency. Though we wont need to wait for Property
Management Plan approval before staff can seek ENA authorization from City Council, we still need
to wait for a Finding of Completion. (It seems because the funds to be returned to ORSA for the
Property transfer will be part of the payments ORSA will need to make to State before a Finding of
Completion can be issued). The Finding of Completion is expected in May, and I will keep you
updated about that.
However, all this doesnt change my expectation that the earliest we can take this to City Councils
CED Committee is July 9th, followed by a City Council vote on Tuesday, July 16 th. (Again, if it can be
earlier, I will let you know.)
Also, in regards to the Citys plans for the open space adjacent to the subject property, I spoke to
City staff and found out that there is no additional landscaping planned other than maintenance of
existing pond and grass seeding. Let me know if you have other questions about this.
Thank you,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
From: Li, Hui Chang

Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 5:18 PM
Cc: Hunter, Gregory; Lane, Patrick
Subject: RE: E 12 Street Property - DRAFT ENA
Hi Michael,
(First background once again.:-) The City received its DDR last week and we are now awaiting a
Meet & Confer meeting with the State about the amount demanded before the City makes a
payment. Once the DDR payment is made, the City expects to receive its Finding of Completion.
And only after the Finding of Completion can the City get the "Property Management Plan"
(which designates 12th St Remainder as parcel to be disposed for future development) approved by
the Oakland Oversight Board an States Department of Finance.
After approval of the Property Management Plan, then staff will return to City Council to seek
authorization to enter into an ENA with
UrbanCore-Integral for 12th St. Parcel. At this time, the earliest staff can expect to be scheduled for
City Councils CED Committee is July 9th, followed by a City Council vote on Tuesday, July 16 th. (If
things change and it can be sooner, I will surely try for that and let you know!).
Attached is a ENA document I *drafted* that is pending approval from the City Attorneys office but
I am sending to you now for your (/ attorneys) review, comments, and questions. For your easy
reference, I have summarized the proposed Schedule of Performance in the attached Excel
document sorted by 1) Deliverable Type and 2) Due Date (see two worksheets).
Please comment directly onto the attached draft of the ENA and propose modifications or make
comments and record using Track Changes and email back to me. I expect us to go back and
forth via email a few times and, of course, can meet/discuss as well if necessary.
We should aim to finalize/agree on the language and the schedule of the ENA between now and
before the Property Management Plan is scheduled for approval (I will let you know that date once I
get it, but right now is expected to be in May).
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239

Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:02 AM
To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: Hunter, Gregory; Lane, Patrick; Ronnie Turner
Subject: Re: E 12 Street Property
Thank you for this notification. We are very pleased to be selected and
are committed to developing a great project. I understand the steps you
outlined. We will await the draft ENA. Thanks, Michael
On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:52 PM, Li, Hui Chang <HLi@oaklandnet.com> wrote:
Hi Michael,
Good news! The City Council accepted staff's recommendation to select
your development team to proceed with an ENA for development of the 12th
St Remainder Parcel.
Let me outline some next steps....
1. The City is now awaiting a "Due Diligence Review" (DDR) determination
from the Department of Finance (DOF) which is due this month. (The DDR
determines the amount in former ORA accounts to be distributed to taxing
entities.)
2. After the DDR amount demanded is paid, then DOF can issue the
Successor Agency a "Finding of Completion" .
3. After the City/Successor Agency receives a Finding of Completion,
then staff can submit a "Property Management Plan", which will designate
12th St Remainder as parcel to be disposed for future development, for
approval by the Oversight Board an DOF.
4. After approval of the Property Management Plan, then staff will
return to City Council to seek authorization to enter into an ENA with
UrbanCore-Integral for 12th St. Parcel.
I will start drafting the ENA document, etc. before sending you a draft
for your review and comments. I will aim to get you a draft in the next
2 weeks. We should aim to finalize/agree on the language and the
schedule of the ENA between now and #4 above so that once the Property
Management Plan is approved, the actual ENA is ready to go for Council
Approval.
Let me know if you have any questions.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li
City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
-----Original Message----From: Li, Hui Chang
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 3:13 PM
To: 'Michael E. Johnson'
Subject: RE: E 12 Street Property
Hi Michael,
Thanks for checking. The report to Council is finalized and is on the
close session agenda for this coming Tuesday. I will be sure to let you
know the outcome of that meeting after it happens.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li
City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
-----Original Message----From: Michael E. Johnson [mailto:mjohnson@urbancorellc.com]

Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 1:09 PM
To: Li, Hui Chang
Subject: E 12 Street Property
Good afternoon, I am just checking in with you on the status of your
report to the Council. Please advise us if you need anything else and
what your schedule is? Thx, Michael
Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Golde, James
Li, Hui Chang
Lane, Patrick
Re: "The Wedge"
Friday, August 16, 2013 6:23:03 PM
Great I can get the rest from Gill.

James
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James, I only know answers to some of the basics. See if attached write-up
helps.
2. I assume there is no APN designated yet since this is a newly created parcel
from former right-of-way.
3. 40,271 SF or .925 acres
4a. City of Oakland
4b. No
4c. City of Oakland acquired title by grant deed filed 6/20/11
6g. 2.5 million (%5,958 in closing costs)
6i. No
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Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
From: Golde, James

Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 2:52 PM
To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: Lane, Patrick
Subject: RE: "The Wedge"
Patrick or Hui Chang,

To expedite the process, can you take a look at this and fill out whatever
information you know on the site?
Thanks,
Regards,
JamesGolde
Manager | Real Estate Services

510-238-6354
From: Li, Hui Chang

Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 10:55 AM
To: Golde, James
Cc: Lane, Patrick
Thanks for taking care of this James,

Just to give me an idea of what to expect: how long will it take to get this
done? i.e. for the title company to provide us a PDF of the recorded
document?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
From: Lane, Patrick

Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 5:58 PM
To: Hayes, Gil
Cc: Li, Hui Chang; Estes, Lesley; Hbert, Raymond; Lau, David W; Golde, James;
Neary, Mike
Thanks
I met with James Golde and gave him the maps. I will work with him to have
them recorded.
Oakland CA 94612
tel (510) 238-7362
fax (510) 238-3691

From: Hayes, Gil
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 10:01 AM
To: Lane, Patrick
Cc: Li, Hui Chang; Estes, Lesley; Hbert, Raymond; Lau, David W; Golde, James;
Neary, Mike
Subject: "The Wedge"
Patrick:
Just a follow up to our meeting yesterday in which I gave you the
original, yet-to-be-recorded, and completed (now signed almost by all
necessary parties) map for the Wedge. This map, once recorded, will
legally create the parcel which can, in turn, be sold or conveyed as
necessary. To complete this process you will need to have your title
company assist. As part of their process they will need to:
 Pick up the map from your offices
 Prepare copies and tax waiver
certificates as required by the County of Alameda. With these completed
the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors will sign and seal the map.
 Record the map with the County
Recorder. Note that there are TWO original copies of the map. The
Clerk of the Recorders office will pick either copy for County processing
and will prepare the other map as a Conforming Copy.
 This Conforming copy is to be
returned to my office for our records.
 In addition to this, the Title
company should provide an electronic (.PDF) copy of the recorded
document to yourself and to my office. From this PDF we can run as
many copies as may be required for your subsequent sale or transfer.
Once recorded, please note that the LEGAL description of the wedge
will be: Parcel Two of Parcel Map 10111, as recorded in the office of
the Recorder for the County of Alameda, (followed by the
recording data of date , book, and page). A metes and bounds
description should not be used to insure that the easement information on
the map is conveyed to buyers
In addition, I have asked that $5,000 be reimbursed to the survey group
for a portion of the work over the last two years via the escrow process
of the sale. This should be coordinated thru Nila Wong so that it gets
deposited (however) into the correct account.
Hopefully (from my end) it is
g
finally
done.
GILBERT E. HAYES, PS
- City Surveyor
Public Works Agency

250 Frank Ogawa Plaza; Suite 4344
Oakland, California - 94612
510-238-3697 (Voice) - 510-238-6633 (Fax)

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From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Michael E. Johnson
Merlin Edwards
Li, Hui Chang; Ronnie Turner; Michael Pyatok; Peter Waller
Re: 12th St Parcel - OUTREACH LIST
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 9:42:28 PM

Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
Merlin
Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
Michael,
outreach of the first public meeting for the 12 th St Parcel].
Attached is the e/mailing information for all the people who were either
interested in the Schilling Gardens project or commented on the EIR.
(Background: Schilling Gardens is the project adjacent to Snow Park.
Opponents/historic preservation types/anti-high rise types of this
project were asking for the City to swap this site for the 12 th St Parcel in
order to save the gardens/ prevent development on the gardens.
opposed to development on the 12 th St parcel too).
Heather Klein, (Planner for the Schlling Gardens site) recommends that at
a minimum that the following folks be notified:
Oakland Heritage Alliance

info@oaklandheritagealliance.org 446 17 th Street, Suite 301,
Oakland CA 94612


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
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From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Farmer, Casey
Wald, Zachary; Li, Hui Chang
"Michael Johnson (mjohnson@urbancorellc.com)"
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:39:39 PM
Hi all,
I think Jennie Girard or Mandalynn Mendoza from the D2 staff may have more contacts in this area.
Sometimes large buildings, like 1200 Lakeshore, have list-servs or the property managers send
information so you might call or visit them.
This is a tricky area since its between a few official neighborhoods like Eastlake, Laney,
Chinatown, Lakeshore, etc. There is a Cleveland Heights list-serve which you could contact Steve
about: stevemawoodys@gmail.com (I dont know if there is interest from this neighborhood, as its
slightly removed, but its worth a shot).
I think that door-to-door outreach would be more effective here as many of the local buildings are
of non-English speakers or senior residences. Its not our district, so I dont have contacts for any of
these neighboring buildings.
Best,
Casey
From: Wald, Zachary
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 10:15 AM
To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: Michael Johnson (mjohnson@urbancorellc.com); Farmer, Casey
Subject: RE: 12th St Parcel - OUTREACH LIST
Hui Chang
Thats good to know. Casey Farmer will be able to supply our contacts for the area.
Zac
From: Li, Hui Chang
To: Wald, Zachary
Cc: Michael Johnson (mjohnson@urbancorellc.com)
Hi Zac,
UrbanCore-Integral or UCI, the Developer holding an ENA with the City on the 12th St
Remainder Parcel located in District 2, is getting ready to host its first public community meeting
to present their proposal, design, program. They are thinking about scheduling this for mid/late
September, after the market feasibility study (currently underway) is complete (expected early
September). [I have copied Michael Johnson, principal of Urban Core, to this email].
I am helping to coordinate the outreach for this first public meeting. I reached out to Christina
Ferracane (Planner for the Lake Merritt Station Area Plan) and Heather Klein (Planner for the
Schilling Gardens Site in District 3) as well as District 2 Office to provide key contacts for this
outreach.
Both Christina and Heather passed on e/mail distribution lists and key stakeholder contacts for
their respective projects and the D2 office forwarded key contacts as well. In addition, a list of
property owners and mailing addresses within a ~ 1 mile buffer around the site will be provided to
UCI. I think that should about cover it, but thought I should also check in with you about any
group/one we must NOT miss. Although this site is in D2, I am thinking there may be interested
people/groups in D3 located around/near the Lake that should be included as well.
The goal is to make sure there is broad outreach and adequate/advance notice for this first public
meeting.
Are there key contacts that you could pass on to be included this outreach?
Thanks in advance!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Klein, Heather
Li, Hui Chang
Tuesday, August 20, 2013 3:11:30 PM
I can give you my e-mail and mailing distribution lists if you want them but there are a LOT of people
on those. Let me know if you want those; however, you might want to limit the distribution to the
following which constitute just groups.
Oakland Heritage Alliance info@oaklandheritagealliance.org 446 17 th Street, Suite 301, Oakland
CA 94612
Coalition of Advocates for Lake Merritt c/o 251 Wayne Ave, Oakland CA 94612
Golden Gate Audubon Society 2530 San Pablo Ave, Suite G, Berkeley, CA 94702
Heather Klein, CGBP, LEED AP
Planner III
City of Oakland
250 Frank H Ogawa Plaza, Suite 3315
Oakland, CA 94612
ph: (510)238-3659
fax: (510)238-6538
email: hklein@oaklandnet.com
3 Please consider the environment before printing this email

From: Li, Hui Chang
To: Klein, Heather
Hi Heather,
The Developer of the 12th St Parcel (UrbanCore-Integral or UCI) is getting ready to host its first
public community meeting to present their proposal, design, program. They are thinking about
scheduling this for mid/late September, after their market feasibility study (currently underway) is
complete (expected early September).
I am helping to coordinate the outreach for this first public meeting. I reached out to Christina
Ferracane and both the D2 and D3 offices to provide key contacts for this outreach.
Christina passed on the email distribution lists and key stakeholder contacts for the LMSAP and
the D2 office forwarded some key contacts as well. In addition, a list of property owners (and
mailing addresses) within a certain buffer around the site will be provided to the Developer. I think
that should about cover it, but then I remembered I should check in with you about anyone we
must NOT miss. I have in mind the various key people following/anti- the Schilling Gardens
development.
The goal is to make sure there is broad outreach and adequate/advance notice for this first public
meeting.
Are there key contacts that you could pass on to be included this outreach?
Thanks in advance!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Li, Hui Chang

"Michael E. Johnson"; Merlin Edwards
Ronnie Turner; Michael Pyatok; Peter Waller
Wednesday, August 21, 2013 5:47:00 PM
Sounds good, Merlin, and look forward to hearing back about how you all decide to proceed.
Just to summarize:
Here are the 5 sources for key contacts I am passing on to your team:
1) District 2 Office (Merlin also got this info directly from Jennie)
2) District 3 Office (Cleveland Heights list-serve: stevemawoodys@gmail.com and D3 listserve: bcook@oaklandnet.com)
3) Lake Merritt Station Area Plan contacts
4) Schilling Gardens Contact
5) Property owners within 1 mile around the site I will provide this to you next week.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239

To: Merlin Edwards

Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
Merlin
Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
Michael,
outreach of the first public meeting for the 12th St Parcel].
Attached is the e/mailing information for all the people who were
either interested in the Schilling Gardens project or commented on
the EIR.
(Background: Schilling Gardens is the project adjacent to Snow
Park. Opponents/historic preservation types/anti-high rise types of
this project were asking for the City to swap this site for the 12th St
Parcel in order to save the gardens/ prevent development on the
gardens.
opposed to development on the 12th St parcel too).
Heather Klein, (Planner for the Schlling Gardens site) recommends
that at a minimum that the following folks be notified:
Oakland Heritage Alliance info@oaklandheritagealliance.org

446 17th Street, Suite 301, Oakland CA 94612


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
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From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Michael Johnson
Li, Hui Chang
Ronnie Turner; Michael Pyatok; Peter Waller; Austin, Doug; Faye Paulson; Hunter, Gregory; Lane, Patrick
Re: 12th St Parcel - planning 1st commty meeting
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:57:34 AM
Market Survey - Lake Merrit Apts 09.03.13.pdf
DRAFT Stabilized Budget - Lake Merritt Apts 09.05.13 LCK.pdf
Hui Chang, I wanted to forward to you the Market Survey, and Operating Budget Analysis
Feasibility Study completed by our consultant team at Riverstone Property Management
FYR. The important thing about the results of this study is that they support the building
program, unit mix, and proposed rents we included in our RFP response. This will allow
us to communicate the current design concept not only to the planning staff in our
meeting today, but to the community during our public meeting pending the outcome of
the meeting today with the Planning Staff. We will now be moving forward with an
updated construction cost estimate process with our contractor and architecture team,
and will keep you updated on our results. Please let us know any questions you have.
Regards, Michael
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Li, Hui Chang <HLi@oaklandnet.com> wrote:
For those who will be participating in the 10 AM meeting tomorrow (9/17), please come to the
Broadway Conference room on the 4th Floor of 250 Frank Ogawa Plaza.
If you need to reach me for some reason, call my cell: 510-508-4576.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li
City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
From: Ronnie Turner [mailto:rtdevelops@comcast.net]

Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 8:11 AM
To: 'Michael E. Johnson'; Li, Hui Chang
Cc: 'Merlin Edwards'; 'Michael Pyatok'; 'Peter Waller'; 'Austin, Doug'; 'Faye Paulson'
Subject: RE: 12th St Parcel - planning 1st commty meeting
Michael, I am confirming attending the 9/17 meeting at 10 AM.
Ronnie M. Turner, President

TURNER DEVELOPMENT RESOURCE GROUP
4100 Redwood Road, Suite 170
Oakland, CA 94619
510.395.2766 Direct
510.250.0853 Fax
www.TurnerDevelopmentRG.com

Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 1:28 PM
To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: Merlin Edwards; Ronnie Turner; Michael Pyatok; Peter Waller; Austin, Doug; Faye Paulson
Subject: Re: 12th St Parcel - planning 1st commty meeting
Hui Chang, That time works for me. Mike Pytok & Ronnie pls confirm if you can
make this mtg. Mike I will call you on Friday to discuss in advance. Thx, Michael
Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
On Sep 12, 2013, at 12:00 PM, "Li, Hui Chang" <HLi@oaklandnet.com> wrote:
Michael,
I was able to reserve Planning staff, including the Director of Planning &
Building Rachel Flynn, from 10am-11am next Tuesday, September 17,
2013. Could you confirm if you and your team are able to meet with us at
that time?
Also, Lesley Estes is the City staff person in Public Works who reports on
Measure DD projects to the Measure DD Coalition at their bimonthly
meeting. She invites you to come to their November 18th meeting to make
a presentation on your proposal. (If you do a Powerpoint, you will need to
bring your own equipment and show it on a wall.). The meeting is open to
the public and starts at 7:10pm and goes until 9pm, but they would try to
put you early on the agenda. Please contact Lesley
(LEstes@oaklandnet.com) directly (and copy me) to get on their agenda.
[It is not necessary to do this immediately, but I want you to note the date
as a possibility for the future. I will get back to you about the deadline for
confirming your attendance at the November meeting].
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland

Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
From: Li, Hui Chang

Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 3:47 PM
Cc: Merlin Edwards; Ronnie Turner; Michael Pyatok; Peter Waller; Austin, Doug; Andy
Ball; Faye Paulson; Derek Davis
Subject: RE: 12th St Parcel - planning 1st commty meeting
Thanks, Michael. I reviewed your latest 180-day schedule and it looks fine.
Some notes:
1. I am awaiting to receive from you the signed contract compliance

Schedules before I can route the ENA document for review and
signatures on my end.
2. In addition to the admin items already noted, please remember to write

a check for $25,000 to the City of Oakland. This is the Project Expense
Payment due for this project.
3. I will aim to set up the initial meeting with Planning staff for next week.
Stay tuned
Again, the City is interested in encouraging slender towers; however, we

are interested in hearing from you (developer/architects) your ideas/if this
feasible. Can you be ready to present some concepts and schematic designs
for our consideration during the meeting?
4. The Draft EIR for the Lake Merritt Station Area Plan is due to be
published this week. I will keep you posted on that.
5. 1st community meeting in mid-October sounds good.

FYI, the Measure DD Community Coalition meets on the 3rd Monday every
2 months.
This 10-year old Coalition is designated the official oversight body for the
$198 million bond measure/Measure DD program and serves as the
community sounding board to staff and the City in the review of designs
and proposals for Measure DD projects.
Their next meeting is September 16th, 2013 and then November 18th.
Since the site was created as a result of Measure DD-funded projects, it
might be a good idea for your team to reach out to the Coalition and get
on their November agenda to present your proposal.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239

Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 1:34 PM
To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: Merlin Edwards; Ronnie Turner; Michael Pyatok; Peter Waller; Austin, Doug; Andy
Ball; Faye Paulson; Derek Davis
Subject: Re: 12th St Parcel - planning 1st commty meeting
Hui Chang, please see the attached Short Term 180 Day
Schedule FYR. I would like to schedule the meeting you
suggest with the Planning Dept Staff for the week of Sep 16th
or Sep 23rd. FYI, we have received the Draft Market Study
Report, and are meeting with the consultant this Thursday to
review it in detail, afterwhich once its finalized within a week
we will forward you and the team a copy. FYI, the results
were positive.
Regarding the Community Public Meeting, Ronnie and I are

finalizing a location this week, and are proposing this initial
meeting for the week of Oct 7th or 14th following the
Planning Staff meeting. We will confirm with you the
proposed date asap. Thanks, MJ
PS - we owe you some administrative items this week.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Li, Hui Chang

<HLi@oaklandnet.com> wrote:
Michael,
I am thinking before you hold the first community meeting perhaps 2

weeks before we should schedule a time for your team to meet with
Planning staff to discuss any zoning/height changes the City is considering.
I am thinking any project designs you present to the public should be
vetted with staff first. This would be an opportunity for the City to
communicate our vision for the design early on, so that you dont present
design options to the public that the City would not approve.
(I hear that the Planning Department is currently considering requiring a

CUP for heights above a certain level and encouraging slender towers in the
Station Area.)
Let me know when you are thinking of holding the first community meeting
and some possible dates you can pre-meet with staff.
Thanks,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239

To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: Merlin Edwards; Ronnie Turner; Michael Pyatok; Peter Waller
Thanks for the info. We met last week to discuss the

meeting. We are trying to figure out a date and location this
week, and will let you know asap. Thanks, MJ
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Li, Hui Chang

Michael,
Attached are two lists of property owners surrounding the site: one is a 1 mile
radius, the second is a 300 ft radius (the Citys standard noticing radius for
Planning cases). This is just property owners, and does not include individual
addresses for units unless they are condos.
Did you decide on a date/plan for public meeting # 1 at your Thursday

meeting?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239

To: Merlin Edwards

Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street

(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
On Aug 20, 2013, at 9:22 PM, Merlin Edwards <meko11@pacbell.net>

wrote:
I have been in conversation with Councilmember Pat
Kernighan and her staff. I have received a list of community
groups and the contact information for them. As we move
forward we will put in place a plan that will be develop by
the Urban Core team. I the organizations listed below are
not on the list we will be sure to incorporate them on to my
list.
Merlin

<meko11@pacbell.net>; Michael Pyatok <mpyatok@pyatok.com>; Peter
Waller <pwaller@pyatok.com>
Hui Chang, thanks for all the info. I will review it all with our
team at our Thursday mtg. We will contact the various
groups as appropriate. Then we will get back to you with a
proposed approach. Thx, Michael
Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
On Aug 20, 2013, at 5:19 PM, "Li, Hui Chang"

Michael,
[This is the 3 rd email I am sending you

containing contact info for outreach of the
first public meeting for the 12 th St Parcel].
Attached is the e/mailing information for all the

people who were either interested in the Schilling
Gardens project or commented on the EIR.
(Background: Schilling Gardens is the project

adjacent to Snow Park. Opponents/historic
preservation types/anti-high rise types of
this project were asking for the City to swap this
site for the 12 th St Parcel in order to save the
gardens/ prevent development on the gardens.
Note: some on the attached mailing list might be
ones who would be opposed to development on
the 12 th St parcel too).
Heather Klein, (Planner for the Schlling Gardens

site) recommends that at a minimum that the
following folks be notified:
Oakland Heritage Alliance

info@oaklandheritagealliance.org 446 17 th
Street, Suite 301, Oakland CA 94612
Coalition of Advocates for Lake Merritt

c/o 251 Wayne Ave, Oakland CA 94612
Golden Gate Audubon Society 2530 San

Pablo Ave, Suite G, Berkeley, CA 94702
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239
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From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Michael Johnson
Li, Hui Chang
Re: 12th St Parcel - planning 1st commty meeting
Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:30:27 AM
Hui Chang, I'll be sending you the short term schedule FYR later today..finalizing it now.
Then let's set the City Planning Staff meeting for the week of Sep 16th or 23rd, with the
proposed Community Meeting for the week of Oct. 7th-9th, or Oct. 14-18th. Thanks,
Michael
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Li, Hui Chang <HLi@oaklandnet.com> wrote:
Michael,
I am thinking before you hold the first community meeting perhaps 2 weeks before
we should schedule a time for your team to meet with Planning staff to discuss any
zoning/height changes the City is considering. I am thinking any project designs you
present to the public should be vetted with staff first. This would be an opportunity for
the City to communicate our vision for the design early on, so that you dont present
design options to the public that the City would not approve.
(I hear that the Planning Department is currently considering requiring a CUP for
heights above a certain level and encouraging slender towers in the Station Area.)
Let me know when you are thinking of holding the first community meeting and some
possible dates you can pre-meet with staff.
Thanks,
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239

To: Li, Hui Chang
Cc: Merlin Edwards; Ronnie Turner; Michael Pyatok; Peter Waller
Thanks for the info. We met last week to discuss the meeting. We are
trying to figure out a date and location this week, and will let you know
asap. Thanks, MJ
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Li, Hui Chang <HLi@oaklandnet.com> wrote:
Michael,
Attached are two lists of property owners surrounding the site: one is a 1 mile radius, the
second is a 300 ft radius (the Citys standard noticing radius for Planning cases). This is
just property owners, and does not include individual addresses for units unless they are
condos.
Did you decide on a date/plan for public meeting # 1 at your Thursday meeting?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hui-Chang Li

City of Oakland
Oakland CA 94612
Tel 510-238-6239

To: Merlin Edwards

Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office

I have been in conversation with Councilmember Pat Kernighan and her
staff. I have received a list of community groups and the contact
information for them. As we move forward we will put in place a plan
that will be develop by the Urban Core team. I the organizations listed
below are not on the list we will be sure to incorporate them on to my
list.
Merlin

Hui Chang, thanks for all the info. I will review it all with our team at
our Thursday mtg. We will contact the various groups as appropriate.
Then we will get back to you with a proposed approach. Thx, Michael
Michael E. Johnson
President
457 10th Street
(415) 748-2300 - Cell
(415) 553-4022 - Office
On Aug 20, 2013, at 5:19 PM, "Li, Hui Chang" <HLi@oaklandnet.com>

wrote:
Michael,

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How about we meet at Mikes office at 1611 Telegraph? Suite 200.

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