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RESOLUTION No. 2015-02 of the Planning Commission Recommending that the City Council Amend the General Plan Land Use Designation and Zoning for the San Leandro Shoreline Development Project (PLN2012-00040).
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WHEREAS, as part of a public/private partnership, the City of San Leandro and Cal Coast Companies LLC propose to redevelop an approximately 75-acre area including 52 acres of land area and 23 acres of water area (both owned by the City) which encompasses the San Leandro Marina and surrounding properties. The Project proposes a mixed use development with residential, office, commercial and public recreational uses. The development would build new features including an approximately 150,000-square-foot office campus, a new 200-room hotel, an approximately 15,000-square-foot conference center, up to 354 housing units, 3 new restaurants totaling approximately 21,000 square feet, a new parking structure and related improvements. A variety of public amenities would be installed, including a new approximately 2,500-square-foot community library/community meeting space, an aquatic center/dock, bocce ball courts, outdoor recreational areas, picnic areas, a perched beach, pedestrian piers, two miles of public promenade, a natural shoreline element along the interior of the harbor basin, a pedestrian/bicycle bridge, a boardwalk/lookout pier, several small finger piers, and refurbishment of existing public restrooms on site. Implementation of the Project would remove several existing structures and uses, including the 462 existing boat slips, the El Torito restaurant building, the harbormaster's office, and the San Leandro Yacht Club building, among others. The harbor would only be open to non-motorized watercraft, so the Project includes the construction of a small boat launch, a kayak storage building, and an aeration fountain in the harbor basin to aid in water circulation; and
WHEREAS, the submittal includes applications 1) to amend the Gener...
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