The Gull's Call - Jan/Feb/Mar 2026

President'sColumn Harbor Bay Landing Development, Community Website Update & Community Board Changes by Bill Pai, Community Board President The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes. – Frank Lloyd Wright HARBOR BAY LANDING DEVELOPMENT O N NOVEMBER 21ST, THE TRUE LIFE COMPANIES (TTLC) formally notified the City of Alameda of the withdrawal of its Preliminary Application for redevelopment of the Harbor Bay Landing (HBL) commercial center, previously filed in September 2025. With this move, a formal proposal from TTLC will not be forthcoming by March 2026 (there is a 180-day period after the preliminary application filing in which such may be filed). No other preliminary applications have yet been filed as of early December. TTLC stated that: Over the past several weeks Staff and the Community have provided helpful feedback on the initial proposal. TTLC continues to work with the current property owner on a plan that reflects this feedback, and looks forward to further opportunities to engage the community. Two members of the CHBIOA primary board, and the Executive Director, met with TTLC and City of Alameda representatives shortly after the filing of the Preliminary Application to ensure that our community’s concerns were heard. CHBIOA stated categorically that retaining a grocery store at the HBL site would be a requirement for any formal proposal to receive our support, and that is the City’s position as well. Concerns also have been expressed about the number of proposed units (300) that was specified in the Preliminary Application. Interested parties should be aware that this number of new units for the HBL was stipulated by the City of Alameda, it was not a number that TTLC devised. Unless and until that number is changed by the City, all preliminary applications will be for 300 units. Note that due to state-mandated building requirements, if that number for the HBL site is reduced whatever balance remains from the original 300 allotment will need to be relocated elsewhere within the City of Alameda. When TTLC or any other party submits a new Preliminary Application, that will commence a new 180-day submission window for a formal proposal.

The CHBIOA board encourages all interested homeowners to visit the City of Alameda website for updates on any HBL development applications and proposals (webpage: alamedaca.gov/hbl). There you can also sign up for email updates. Please, DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT VERIFYING IT THROUGH OTHER SOURCES. There are malicious actors who consistently post falsehoods and exaggerations about any potential HBL projects – caveat lector (Reader Beware). COMMUNITY WEBSITE UPDATE Early this year CHBIOA will be rolling out an update to its community website (harborbay.org). The intent is to make the site more engaging and useful. More frequent updates on community issues and events will be included. We look forward to feedback on the updated version once it is available. COMMUNITY PRIMARY BOARD CHANGES IMPENDING In Q1 2026, the CHBIOA primary board will seat a new Village 3-A representative and elect a new board president. Please be kind at first to those who wind up in those positions. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without those qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost. – Charlie Chaplin

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