So, I finally got around to watching the City Council meeting of last night and holy hell I guess everyone who had been asleep during the whole time the Park Street North of Lincoln “Gateway District” discussion which has been seven years in the making finally decided at the 11th hour to get up and try to get things to change.
I’m teetering between being sympathetic to the people of “the Wedge” and feeling like they are a little too late. And they keep talking about the old Island High site as though the City of Alameda has some control over it. I’m not quite sure why they keep bitching about this to the City Council but the School District owns the property. If they want to negotiate a land lease or something, go there. AUSD has done it before, they gave a land lease to the Boys and Girls Club, go to the correct agency. I guess my sympathy wanes when members of Wedge, not all, but some, imply that the City should be purchasing the old Island High site or force the School District to give them the space, just because they come to the City Council meetings.