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APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING STATEMENT We have been diligently creating construction drawings for the project. There was unusual delay in designing the retail building. A redesign was necessary due to the weight of the clay tile roof. Asbestos has been legally removed from the site. We are within a few weeks from entering our improvement plans to the City Building Department for plan check approval and expect to break ground within 45 to 60 days based on completed plan check process allowing us to quickly move forward to demolition and construction. BACKGROUND AND SURROUNDING AREA In March 2006 the property was rezoned so that the rear two-thirds of the property was designated an IL zoning district, which would be developed with the self-storage compound. A self-storage facility is conditionally permitted under this designation. The front one-third of the site retained the CC designation. The PD overlay district was applied to the entire site so that the project could be reviewed concurrently with the rezoning request. Also in March 2006, a Mitigated Negative Declaration was adopted which concluded that the development of the proposed project would not result in any potentially significant impacts that could not be mitigated to a level of insignificance. All mitigation measures mentioned in the Initial Study and Negative Declaration were included as conditions of approval in the planned development. Last January 2007, the applicant came to the Planning Commission and requested feedback and direction from the Commission about the potential use of alternative metal tile products to substitute in place of a clay tile roof for the mixed-use speculative commercial/light industrial building and the manager's office and living quarters building. After examining the products, reviewing the proposed application on the buildings, and hearing from the applicant, the consensus from the Planning Commission was that the metal products were not an acceptable substitute for the clay tile roof. The subject property encompasses 3.25 acres and is located on the east side of Washington Avenue and is south of 143rd Avenue. To the north, fronting Washington Avenue, are various auto repair businesses. To the north, fronting 143rd Avenue, is a telephone company's corporation yard. Adj acent to the east is an industrial park complex occupied by an ambulance service and a car rental business. To the south is the Oroweat distribution warehouse and retail store, and Kraft General Foods. Across Washington Avenue, to the west, is Rogers Trucking Company. The subject property is in the Joint San Leandro/Alameda County Redevelopment Area. PROPOSAL Planned Development - Site Plan The site would be completely cleared and newly developed. The front one-third of the property would contain a 10,589 square-foot speculative commercial/industrial space, a two-story Planning Commission Staff Report PLN2007 -00027 June 14,2007 Page 2 of7