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Article 19, Categorical Exemption, Section 15332 as Infill Development. Furthennore, the rezoning is exempt from CEQA, per CEQA Guideline, Section 15061 (b) (3), where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the rezoning in question may have a significant effect on the environment. PUBLIC OUTREACH The developer presented the project to the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association on June 14, 2006 and again on November 8, 2006. An additional meeting was arranged by the developer for the immediate neighbors at Stepping Stones on March 29, 2007. At those meetings, the primary concerns revolved around the impact of the project's open space and the cars leaving the site on the Henna Court neighborhood. In addition, general questions were brought up regarding the potential increase in traffic and parking from the number of residential units. The consensus at the meetings was that the project was attractive architecturally. The project was presented before the West San Leandro Redevelopment Advisory Committee on May 18, 2006. The committee voted to unanimously endorse the project, while registering some concern about the parking on the site for a commercial use. Finally, the City Council Business Development Subcommittee also reviewed the project on June 8, 2006, and expressed favorable views on the proposed development. On July 27, 2006, the proposal was reviewed by the Planning Commission at a worksession where the Commission provided comments to the applicant and staff. A legal notice was published in the Daily Review on Monday, April 2, 2007, and a mailing notice for the April 12, 2007 public hearing was sent to property owners and businesses within a 300-foot radius of the site and to the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association. Notices were also posted on telephone poles at five locations on Henna Court and MacArthur Boulevard. At the time of writing this report, staff has not received individual written or telephone comments apart from the verbal comments expressed by attendees of the Broadmoor Neighborhood Association and the Henna Court neighborhood meetings described above. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Planning Commission forward the rezone, the planned development, and the vesting tentative map for PLN2006-00104 to develop a new 23-unit residential subdivision to the City Council with a recommendation for approval subject to the attached recommended conditions and findings. As stated above, the Planning Commission is being asked to review and forward a recommendation of either the "proposed" or the "alternate" tentative map. Staff believes that the two versions of the map are substantially similar and that, with the recommended conditions of approval to address issues regarding the location of the open space, either proposal could proceed to City Council for a final map approval. Planning Conunission Staff Report PLN2006-00 1 04 April12,2007 Page 15 of 16