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05/03/2007 OB: 13 IFAX Canon730I@CFGOCOM .. Marc Drasin III 002/003 Marian Handa, City Clerk May 3, 2007 Page 2 tenns of the Moratorium do not apply to Grocery Outlet's project to complete and use the interior tenant improvements necessary to commence operations on the Property I . Section 2.A of the Moratorium states that: "The moratorium will not preclude the issuance of business licenses or building permits for projects . . . for which planning entitlement is not required." As you know, the Property is located in the City's Commercial Downtown or ''CD'' District Section 2-608 of the City of San Leandro zoning code provides the land use regulations for the CD District. Subsection (A) of section 2--608 states: "The following uses are allowed in the CD District, and a conditional use permit is not required." Included in that list of permitted uses is "neighborhood/specialty food markets.)'l (San Leandro Zoning Code sec. 2-608(A)(16).) San Leandro Zonini Code sec. 1-304 contains the definitions applicable to the zoning code. "Neighborhood/specialty food markets" is defined as "'neighborhood grocery stores, and stores specializing in particular or distinctive food items. including but not limited to retailm whose primary business maintains a wide inventory of gourmet, health, or ethnic food items not commonly found in area Supermarkets or Convenience Stores. . . ." It is beyond question that Grocery Outlet is proposing a "neighborhood grocery store" at the old Albertsons site. Due to its small size (25.000 sq. ft.) vis-a-vis the current industry standard for supemwkets (70,000 square feet), Grocery Outlet is only proposing a store whose vast m~ority of business will come from the surrounding residential area located within an approximately 2-mile radius of the site, making such a use consistent with the General Plan. Grocery Outlet previously provided to the City a market capture study MapInfo Corporation" prepared for the proposed store. Maplnfo prepared a market study for the proposed $ite in 2006 using the 2000 census data, updated by the Maplnfo dcJI1O&l'8.Phics. That study analyzes the origin of the proposed store's market shares (called "mature M.S." in the study). As can be seen from that study. ove, 90% of the stores CllStomers will reside with;" the arulocllted withu. 2.0 miles of the Property. The store will seIVe the needs of that neighborhood by providing a ftesh meat, fish, and produce. as well as a litany of basic sundry items for the convenience of the neighborhood residents. Grocery Outlet will provide basic goods and services within easy access of neighborhood residents. In doing so, Grocery Outlet will enrich both the neighborhood and the City by reducing the drive time necessary for neighborhood residents to obtain both typical and specialty grocery items. This will reduce both the traffic and emissions generated by neighborhood residents who would otherwise have to drive farther to satisfy their grocery needs. We are awaiting the city decision before commencing the tenant improvement building plans given the substantial cost of plan preparation. We will prepare the necessary plans as soon as we hear from the City. 2 MapInfo Corporation is a leader in site selection science for the business community IIIld regularly prepares market analyses and capture studies based on proposed sites.