The views of all participants will be rigorously analyzed and included in the report to the city. That said, the views of Albany residents will form the basis of the community ...

For information about the Tidelands Trust, please see http://www.slc.ca.gov .

GGF employes approximately 500 people during live racing and 250 during non-racing months.

Approximately 5% of GGF employees reside in Albany.

There are 13,000 seats and the building has held as many as 30,000 people in past years.

According to GGF, the height of the grandstand depends on whether you measure the east side or the west side. They believe the height is between 50 and 100 feet ...

GGF continues to be owned by Magna Entertainment Corporation (MEC), a publicly-traded Canadian company. The property was originally listed in a stalking horse bid, but was later removed from the group ...

GGF hosted a dachsund race that brought more than 11,000 people to the track -- the larges number of people at GGF in more than two decades. There is no wagering ...

There are 1,350 horses stabled at GGF, year round. The stables are on GGF's property in Berkeley (not in the Albany section). Alameda County Fair has the capacity to stable 700 ...

One acre is the equivalent of eight (8) tennis courts.

Horse racing is the only form of gambling sanctioned at the waterfront by the city of Albany and the state of California.

The Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) is a state agency that is exploring a location for a ferry in the Berkeley/Albany area. The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) is studying four ...

There are no deficits anticipated at the present time in either fiscal year.

The city of Albany supports the establishment of a Bay Trail along the Albany waterfront, and has been supportive of the negotiations taking place between East Bay Regional Park District and ...

Magna Entertainment Corporation (MEC), the owners of Golden Gate Field, sent partial payment in May 2009, for the second installment of fiscal year 2008-9 property taxes that were due on April ...

Wind turbines are not included in the land use definitions within the zoning ordinance. The closest definition would be "utilities" which are permitted in the Waterfront District.

No.

The city of Albany does not have a land use definition in the zoning ordinance for a "boatel." The closest zoning ordinance definition would be a hotel or a motel, and ...

There is no official historical designation for the GGF Club House.

The Sustainability Committee's function is to provide advice to the city council on policies, programs, and issues related to environmental sustainability. The 7-person committee provides leadership, technical assistance, and outreach to ...

The freeway is about 30-feet above ground level at Buchanan Street.

n 1989, Albany residents approved Measure C, which restricted the council’s authority related to development decisions on the waterfront. Measure C “froze” zoning on the waterfront and required that any land ...

In the "Albany Waterfront Game" used in the community sessions (May 16 - June 30), the terms "pristine" and "recreational" open space were used and left undefined. Each small group defined ...

The highest tide recorded in the area was in 1998.

The water around the Bulb varies in depth from zero to about 7 feet.

We are not aware of any plans currently under consideration for the GGF property that is located in the city of Berkeley (adjacent to the GGF Albany property), however Berkeley has ...

Yes, but that move would require hydrology and water quality review, possible biological review, and transportation/traffic review (if Buchanan Street were to directly serve the stables). Additionally, relocation would likely require ...

A total of 4,724 residents voted on the measure. 3,429 (72.5%) voted Yes; 1,295 (27.5%) voted No.

The parcel numbers of the GGF property are: 66-2680-3-1; 66-2680-3-5; 66-2686-16; and 66-2686-17.

The parcel numbers of the GGF property are: 66-2680-3-1; 66-2680-3-5; 66-2686-16; and 66-2686-17.

Municipal code section 4-3 provides for a hotel/motel room tax at the rate of ten percent. There are currently no hotels or motels or similar lodgings operating in the city of ...

Municipal code section 4-3 provides for a hotel/motel room tax at the rate of ten percent. There are currently no hotels or motels or similar lodgings operating in the city of ...

According the the city, the value of the bulb and other public lands at the waterfront were not negotiated at the time the East Shore State Park General Plan was developed. ...

The East Shore State Park Plan includes the property currently owned and maintained by the city of Albany. According to the city, while the intention of the community-at-large, at the time, ...

If any development were to occur at the Albany waterfront, building heights would be determined by the Planning and Zoning Commission, on a use permit/design review basis. The Waterfront District designation ...

GGF pays $90,361, which is 13.8% of the city's library parcel tax revenue.

The city of Albany could treat public improvements associated with climate change the same as more transitional public infrastructure. The city would identify the costs of the public improvements associated with ...

To date, there has not been an estimate for the cost of removing the rebar from the Bulb and adjacent areas of the waterfront property.

Information on occupancy rates at the Berkeley marina hotel have not been sought.

See Berkeley's Climate Action Plan: www.berkeleyclimateaction.org.

Much of the Albany waterfront has remarkable views of the Golden Gate Bridge. In particular, views from the shoreline, extending from the Berkeley border to the western end of the Bulb, ...

Measure F (November 1994) results: Yes - 3,281 No -  3,095

3E Engineering conducted a solid waste assessment test in 1995, at the Bulb. The city believes that methane is present at the site, because vegetative materials were allowed to be land-filled ...

Assuming a marina was to be constructed at the west lagoon, at a depth of 8-9 feet, to serve small recreational watercraft, 88,000 cubic yards of material would need to be ...

The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board states that they look at setbacks on a case by case basis.

There are 5,094 residential parcels. This includes multi-family dwellings and condominiums. There are 566 commercial parcels (including those that are tax-exempt).

The city cannot divulge sales tax information of individual businesses.

In fiscal year '08-'09, Golden Gate Fields paid $399,866 in parimutuel taxes. This is 35% of the total taxes they paid to the city.