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Excerpt of Draft Minutes from 12-20-06 WSUMacArthur RA C Page 1 of2 MEETING OF THE WEST SAN LEANDRO/MACARTHUR BOULEVARD REDEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE DECEMBER 20, 2006 MEETING SUMMARY Members Present: Dale Reed, Gary Naman, Carole Rinaldi, Jake Francisco, John Faria, Douglas Federighi, Linda Lazzeretti, Larry Norry, Patricia Raposo, and Dan Walters Members Absent (excused): Larry Norry City Staff Present: Luke Sims, Ryan Evans, Tim Ricard, Cynthia Battenberg, Debbie Pollart, Keith Cooke, and Reh-Lin Chen. Proposed Zoning Text Amendment to Allow General Assembly in Industrial Limited (It) Zones. Debbie Pollart, Planning Manager, provided the RAC with a PowerPoint Presentation (attached) which provided an overview of the proposed zoning text amendment which would allow general assembly uses in industrially~zoned areas in San Leandro. Pollart explained that one of the catalysts for this proposed amendment was an application from Faith Fellowship Church (FFC) to occupy a site at 14600 Catalina (currently zoned as Industrial Park (IP)), as well as a request from FFC to rezone the site to Industrial Limited (IL). In response to this request, the Community Development Department considered two options; the first of which would allow assembly uses to be conditionally permitted in IL zones, and the second of which would consider a zoning overlay option much like the (S) overlay district in the City's commercial corridors. Pollart explained that it was recommended by a joint meeting of the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustments (BZA) that the creation of a special review overlay district (the second option considered) was the best way to address the issue and that 13 areas (further described in the attached PowerPoint presentation) would be considered for designation as a special review overlay district. Pollart then proceeded by describing some of the criteria developed for the overlay area's which include, but are not limited to: a site not being located along a major commercial corridor, a site not designated Industrial General (IG) or IP, a site which is a minimum of two acres in size, a site which abuts or is within Y4 mile of an arterial street, and a site which is vacant or currently underutilized. Pollart then continued by stating that the next step in addressing this issue would be for City staff to prepare an Initial Study/Negative Declaration for rezoning of identified properties within the Assembly Use Overlay District and that this issue would then go before the Planning Commission and the City Council at meetings tentatively scheduled in January and February, respectively. At this point, discussion ensued among RAC members during which a number of questions were asked and statements were made. RAC member Faria stated that, as he understood the issue, FFC would still not be able to use the Catalina site for an assembly use as it is currently zoned A TT ACHMENT G