CM Kalb is laying down the ground rules for today’s #oakmtg - A’s present, then City staff, then public comments. #HowardTerminal
By popular request, #oakmtg is leading off with a separate public comments period, then the presos. 35+ comments #HowardTerminal
BTW I’m not going to tally or quote every public comment because frankly, we’ve heard these arguments on both sides ad nauseam. Looking for something new. #oakmtg#HowardTerminal
Speaker Melody Davis: “2 minutes isn’t long enough, we need a day retreat” to talk about the #HowardTerminal project. #oakmtg
Spkr Patricia Lamborn goes over the sordid history of the #HowardTerminal site and says the Draft EIR does not properly address the site’s issues. #oakmtg
UPRR’s Adrian Guerrero: Company still has concerns over #HowardTerminal project, cites UP’s 3 yards in the area. As part of train switching activity, trains stop for up to 45 minutes in front of HT. Grade separation required. #oakmtg
The odd thing about the WNBA & the Bay Area is that you’d think there would already be a team with the region’s success in supporting the sport, sizable fanbase, etc. Joe Lacob even was the final owner of the San Jose Lasers before it and the ABL folded. 1/x
With Lacob there should’ve been a team by now, right? Well, I suspect this is where the long-running lease dispute between Dubs ownership and the Oakland Coliseum JPA comes in. With that being litigated for years, any promise of a WNBA team must been taken off the table. 2/x
AASEG is promoting the promise of a WNBA team in Oakland, with an excellent arena already there. Which is great, but they’re not in the club like Lacob and Peter Guber to not only capitalize the team, but also to operate it as WNBA teams are mostly not moneymakers. 3/x