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Scoping Meeting for the Proposed Bay Fair Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Specific Plan (as required under the California Environmental Quality Act)
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
The City of San Leandro's Proposed Bay Fair Transit-Oriented Development Specific Plan (Plan) requires the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The City of San Leandro is providing the public scoping meeting at tonight's Planning Commission to allow agencies and the general public an opportunity to provide input on issues that should be included in the environmental evaluation of the proposed Plan.
Staff recommends that the Planning Commission conduct a public meeting and allow public comment on the items to be analyzed in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Plan.
BACKGROUND
The Bay Fair TOD Plan Area encompasses 154 acres and is generally bound by E. 14 Street to the northeast, Hesperian Boulevard to the west, and the border between the City and unincorporated Alameda County to the south and southeast. The Plan Area also includes the Bay Fair BART station and parking lots.
The proposed Plan provides a vision for a sustainable, vibrant, and safe transit-oriented village with a diversity of land uses serving local and regional populations. It will include goals and policies related to land use, circulation, infrastructure, and design to fulfill the vision for the Plan Area. The proposed Plan would also establish uses and development standards for the Plan Area.
For the purposes of the environmental analysis, a reasonable and conservative estimate of buildout associated with the proposed Plan through 2035 would include development of 2,540 housing units and 300,000 square feet of office space, as well as the removal of an estimated 161,000 square feet of retail space. These buildout estimates are consistent with the Plan's planning concepts and regulations, as well as with economic analysis of anticipated development in the are...
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