Welcome to the Kaiser Expansion Neighborhood Impact Coalition Website. This site is intended for use in communicating the suggestions and positions of neighbors who live around the Kaiser Permanente Expansion project.
8/8/2007:
Kaiser Permanente currently has a Master Sign Plan application before the city for 58+ signs, many of them 8 feet tall (or more) internally lit plastic. Public comment period ends on Wednesday8/9/2007 at 5:00 pm, and your comments are vital to winning a more pedestrian-friendly and attractive sign plan. The new hospital tower (taller than the current one) and the Medical Office Building now under construction would both have “skyline facade signs” on all four sides. The internally lit letters and logo would be 60 ft long by 6’10” high on the hospital, and 48 ft long by 5’7" on the MOB. These would be visible and intrusive from many points in the residential neighborhood. Many other signs would be 8'6" tall by 3'9" wide, set on or next to the sidewalks.
You can read the PANIL letter regarding new Kaiser signage here.
11/4/2006:
Here are some documents from the City of Oakland staff report for the November 1, 2006 Oakland Planning Commission meeting regarding Design Review for the Kaiser Oakland Medical Center, Phase 1 Medical Office Building and Parking Garage. These include Attachments C through F to the staff report, including Kaiser’s most current building design proposal (Attachment E). This item is scheduled to be heard by the Planning Commission as the fourth item on their regular meeting November 1st starting at 6:00 p.m
AttC_DRFindings.pdf
AttD_DRConds.pdf
AttE_KiaserNovDRSubmittal.pdf
11_01_06PCKaiserstaffreport.pdf
AttF_OMCSustainableProjectMemo.pdf
City of Oakland Design Review Committee staff report for the Kaiser Phase 1 medical office building and parking garage. This item will be heard by the Design Review Committee on September 27th at Hearing Room 1, City Hall. Several items are on the agenda for this meeting which starts at 4:00, so this item will not be heard until at least 6:00 pm.
Here is Attachment A. Both files are in Acrobat PDF format. Attachment A is 5 Mb.
Letter from Valerie Winemiller to Councilmembers Brunner and Nadel regarding the status of Scott Gregory and the current status of Sunshine Law documents and site construction. Is Scott Gregory paid directly by Kaiser or is he representing the city and its citizens as we have been repeatedly assured? Is construction starting before design review approval?
You can read the letter, along with the text of a related article from the Oakland Post in HTML by clicking here.
7/28/2006:
Latest design review documents.
July 26th Planning Commission Agenda, in PDF.
Staff report, case file, in PDF.
Latest design presentation, in PDF, almost 3Mb.
7/9/2006:
Two documents associated with the July 5th hearing on the Kaiser Design Review are now available to the public:
The July 5th Design Review Committee Staff Report attachment, Master Plan Design Guidelines and Conditions of Approval Applicable to the Phase 1 Design in Microsoft Word format.
SMWM's evaluation of the Design Development Set submitted to SMWM in December 2005 and colored plans, sections, elevations, and perspectives submitted to SMWM March 30, 2006 in Acrobat PDF format.
6/19/2006:
Important city memo regarding changes to the Kaiser expansion plan, initiated by Council Member Jane Brunner and written up by Claudia Cappio, Director of Development CEDA, and reviewed by Gary Patton, Deputy Director of Planning and Zoning, Planning & Zoning Division.
The memo is in Microsoft Word format, 159Kb
6/12/2006:
Oakland City Planning Commission Recommendations Regarding the Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Master Plan and related City approvals.
For the recommendations document in Acrobat PDF format click here
Final Environmental Impact Report now available on Oakland City site in Acrobat PDF format:
Kaiser's presentation from the 5/17/2006 community meeting:
Planning Commission Presentation
Kaiser answers to community questions from 4/5/2006:
Final responses to community questions
5/8/2006: New Master Plan documents from Kaiser.
Figures for Kaiser Master Plan (almost 2.5Mb PDF)
The KENIC community response to the Draft Environmental Impact Report is available here:
The deadline for comments on the DEIR has passed, but if you want to send a comment about this project, direct it to Scott Gregory:
Email: kaiser@lamphier-gregory.com
KENIC, along with the City of Oakland, has come up with alternative designs for the Kaiser Permanente expansion. These designs make subtle, but critical changes to the design proposed by Kaiser.
Proposed Community Alternative Option One, in Acrobat PDF format
Proposed Community Alternative Option Two in Acrobat PDF format
Impact on Mosswood Park, from Draft Environmental Impact Report
An article in the East Bay Business Times
The models Kaiser commissioned to represent their proposal, as of 04/13/05
The Kaiser Proposal, Draft EIR, Workshop Information, and Other City Information,
on Oaklandnet.com
Mysterious poster that appeared in the neighborhood promoting Kaiser's view
For more information, please send an email message to KENIC
