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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Agenda No. 07-16 August 23,2007 Page 6 of 19 DA-4 TOD - Residential Mixed-Use (near transit facilities); DA-5 TaD - BART Area Mixed-Use (immediately adjacent to BART). highest level of residential density. DA-6 Office Mixed-Use (Davis Street at San Leandro Boulevard). DA-2 through DA-5 represent a gradation, going from lower- to higher-intensity residential development. As for parking, the proposed amendments took what the TOD Strategy called for and added this to Article 17 of the Zoning Code for phase-in over a three-year period. The new language provides for use permit requirements for parking ratio exceptions after that three-year period. In addition, Article 25 amendments would add the BZA as a potential reviewing body for site plan applications if the Zoning Enforcement Official considers additional review appropriate. Ms. Livermore then recapped key points of the public outreach that has characterized the TOD Strategy development since its inception. · CAC meetings, open to the public and each with a public comment period, were held from January 2006 through May 2007. · Three community meetings were held (June 2006, September 2006 and March 2007); 240 residents attended these meetings, as did representatives of AC Transit, BART, MTC and ABAG (the Association of Bay Area Governments). · Twelve presentations were made at meetings of civic organizations and homeowner associations, including: Downtown Business Association, Senior Commission, Recreation and Parks Commission, City and San Leandro Unified School District Liaison Committee, Library Historical Commission, Broadmoor Neighborhood Association, Estudillo Homeowners Association, Best Manor Homeowners Association, Halcyon-Foothill Homeowners Association, Chamber of Commerce, International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), and the East Bay Community Fund sponsored mobile workshop. · Two Work sessions (June 28 and August 9) with Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustments were held, and a Planning Commission meeting (July 12) was held to take public comments on the DEIR. · Notices of tonight's Planning Commission meeting and the September 4 City Council meeting were mailed to 983 property owners and 394 other interested parties. · Since those notices went out, the Planning Department received some 30 calls, emails and visits to the counter and explained how the proposed zoning changes would affect various properties and residents. The input resulted in a correction to the proposed map amendment, by changing DA-l to encompass an area (on Davis Street between Clark and Hayes Streets) previously and erroneously designated DA-4. In summary, Ms. Livermore said that the Planning Commission now has the information needed to make recommendations to the City Council on: · Certification of the FEIR. · Adoption of the TaD Strategy · Approval of proposed Zoning Code amendments to Articles 6, 17 and 25. · Creation of special review overlay criteria. · Amendment of the Zoning Map to create Downtown Areas 1-6.