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MINUTES Page 6 City of San Leandro City Council and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting-May 21, 2007 commented that as a result of changes to the project, the 1,088 square foot portion ofthe public right-of-way was deemed unusable for the City's purposes. Engineering and Transportation Director Uche Udemezue described the process for abandoning the City's use of the property for roadway purposes and returning the right of ownership to the underlying fee interest. Mr. Udemezue stated that the City has made the determination that the property will never be needed for roadway purposes. Councilmember Souza asked if the plans presented at the last meeting included use of this property. Mr. Jermanis indicated that the development proposal contemplated that the property would not be used for roadway purposes and would be able to be abandoned. A motion was made by Councilmember Stephens, seconded by Councilmember Starosciak, to adopt the resolution. Vice Mayor Grant commented that she would be casting a "no" vote, and wanted the record to show that the vote was based on consistency with her vote on the 311 MacArthur project. Vice Mayor Grant stated that she would like this to be an opportunity to make the project less dense. Councilmember Stephens commented that the project could be made less dense by eliminating the affordable housing requirement. Vice Mayor Grant offered to discuss with Councilmember Stephens at a later date ways the project could still work with affordable housing and lower density. MfS/C Stephens and Starosciak. Ayes: 5; Noes: 2 (Grant, Souza) 10. ACTION ITEMS Public comments are limited to 3 minutes per speaker per item, subject to adjustment by the Mayor. A. Ordinance No. 2007-009, an Ordinance Zoning Certain Property Herein Described as to Rezoning District and Amending Zoning Map, PLN2006-00104, 311-335 MacArthur Boulevard, Assessor's Parcel Numbers 76-311-1-1, 76-311-1-3, 76-311-3, 76-311-4, and 76-311-5 [reclassifies subject property from CC Commercial Community District to CC(PD) Commercial Community, Planned Development Overlay District and from RS Residential Single-Family District to RS(PD) Residential Single-Family, Planned Development Overlay District]. (1024/1 099) Councilmember Starosciak stated that she felt the developer did a terrible job of contacting and working with the neighbors, and that the City expects a higher standard for working with the community to address their concerns and interests. Councilmember ProIa commented that he has not yet seen the affordable housing information that was promised at the last meeting. He reiterated that he believes the