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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution Approving a Consulting Services Agreement Between the City of San Leandro and Aaron Welch Planning to Prepare Zoning Code Amendments Implementing the Bay Fair Transit Oriented Development Specific Plan and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Agreement in an Amount not to Exceed $70,000
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a consulting services agreement (CSA) with Aaron Welch Planning for an amount not to exceed $70,000 for the Zoning Code amendments to implement the Bay Fair Transit Oriented Development Specific Plan.
BACKGROUND
In 2014, the City of San Leandro applied for and received a highly competitive $440,000 Priority Development Area (PDA) planning grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to prepare the Bay Fair Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Specific Plan (Specific Plan) and related Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The City also contributed local funds and in-kind contributions to match the grant along with contributions from BART, Madison Marquette (the owner of the Bayfair Center) and Alameda County.
The Specific Plan area includes Bay Fair BART Station, Bayfair Center, the East 14th Street and Hesperian Boulevard corridors, and a small number of residential uses. The Specific Plan was created to promote the long-term sustainability and vibrancy of the Bay Fair BART Station area and to establish it as a Priority Development Area (PDA) in order to:
* Provide greater access to public funding targeted to TOD areas;
* Incentivize/streamline the regulatory process for future TOD developments;
* Continue City and private investments in South San Leandro; and
* Add the final planning piece to the City's East 14th Street corridor, following the East 14th South Area Strategy (2004) and the Downtown TOD Strategy (2007), all in compliance with MTC's regional Plan Bay Area 2040.
In September 2016, the 2...
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