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Marian Handa, City Clerk April 24, 2007 Page 3 the City by reducing the drive time necessary for neighborhood residents to obtain 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. As the above demonstrates, Grocery Outlet is a neighborhood grocery store and, therefore, is a permitted use which does not need planning entitlements. Because the Moratorium exempts such projects from its scope, we requested the City issue the building permits necessary for Grocery Outlet to rearrange shelves and install the coolers within the store in order to open and begin serving e the needs of neighborhood residents. The above notwithstanding, we received a letter from Debbie Pollart, Planning Manager in the City's Community Development Department, in which she denied our request stating that the Grocery Outlet is a supermarket because it is over 10,000 square feet. Given that the there is no maximum size requirement for a neighborhood grocery store, we disagree. We therefore request that the City overturn the Planning Manager's decision and permit the Grocery Outlet Neighborhood Grocery store to proceed. Sincerely, ( ~~ ----=> , ~~~~ Marc Drasin Vice-President of Real Estate Grocery Outlet, Inc. ""-\ Michael H. Mugel Manager Norcal AI, LLC Enc1. April 16, 2007 letter from Debbie Pollart City of San Leandro Appeal Form Cc: Chuck Moore, VP of Construction, Grocery Outlet Eric Nelson, Director of Entitlements, RMRG Jeffrey Goldfarb, Esq. Kathleen Livermore, Planner 3 Debbie Pollart, Planning Manager Hanson Horn, CD Director John Jermanis, City Manager Jayne Williams, City Attorney File 3