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311 MacArthur Boulevard; PLN2006-00104 5 May 7, 2007 Environmental Review This project to construct 23 single-family townhomes on an approximate one-acre site is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guideline Article 19, Categorical Exemption, Section 15332 as Infill Development. Furthermore, the rezoning is exempt from CEQA, per CEQA Guidelines, 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. Code Compliance Review Not applicable Board/Commission Findines The Planning Commission held a public hearing for this application on April 12, 2007. At the meeting, the Planning Commission recommended approval with a vote of 4-0 (with 2 members absent and 1 member recused from voting), of the rezone, the planned development, and the vesting tentative map to develop the 23-unit residential project, subject to the attached recommended conditions and findings. Summary of Public Outreach Efforts 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 Herma 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 proj ect 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. 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 advertisement for the May 7, 2007, City Council and for the April 12 2007, Planning Commission public hearings were placed in the Daily Review newspaper; public hearing notification letters were mailed to the property owners and businesses within 300 feet of the subject property; and public notification placards were posted on the utility poles adjacent to the subject property. At the April 12, 2007, Planning Commission hearing, several neighbors made verbal statements on the proposal that the proposed development was architecturally attractive while expressing their concern that project would have an impact on the neighborhood in terms of privacy, parking and traffic. A petition, with 47signatories, was submitted to the Planning Commission at the meeting, expressing opposition to the project. Written