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Priority Development Area Support Resolution 2 September 4,2007 BACKGROUND I. Downtown Transit-Oriented Development (TOD): The City of San Leandro, in partnership with AC Transit, was the recipient of a $450,000 MTC grant and $51,570 ACTIA grant to complete a TOO Strategy. A 27-member Citizen Advisory Committee (later reduced to 24) met over a 15 month period and held 10 meetings during that time. Those meetings covered an introduction to TOO, an existing conditions report, a market assessment of the study area, a land use alternatives report, financial feasibility of development prototypes, a parking and traffic report, a station access improvement plan, design guidelines and preliminary land use concept and framework elements report. One of the CAC meetings was a field trip to view other downtown and TOO developments in Hayward, Mountain View, Redwood City and San Mateo. The Downtown San Leandro Transit-Oriented Development (TOO) Strategy Area encompasses a Yz mile radius around the intersection of East 14th and Davis Streets, representing 502 acres. The proposed TOO Strategy establishes a land use framework, a comprehensive circulation system, design and development guidelines, and a series of implementation actions that will guide new development in the TOO Strategy Area of San Leandro for the next 25 years. The Strategy establishes the policies that developers, the City's Boards and Commissions and Planning and Community Development staff will follow for new projects in the TOO Strategy area, informing them of required or allowable uses, building heights and various elements of building design. Therefore, the TOO Strategy does not represent an actual project involving physical development or improvements; rather, it proposes regulatory changes to encourage future development within the Strategy Area and identifies implementation measures to create that vision. 2. Bay Fair BART Transit Village: Caltrans awarded BART a Community-Based Transportation Planning Grant to conduct a station area plan around the Bay Fair BART Station. The Plan would provide a vision and framework for Transit-Oriented Development (TOO) opportunities, as well as identify and recommend access improvements. BART and the City of San Leandro also contributed funding for this study. The Plan identified recommendations related to Urban Design, Access, Design Guidelines for development for transition to existing neighborhoods, and Design Guidelines for higher density projects to address stakeholder concerns. Three Development Options were identified in the Bay Fair BART TOO and Access Plan: Option 1 assumes minimal changes with access improvements and a mixed-use development for Bayfair Center. Option 2 assumes a range of development on BART property with shared parking at Bayfair Center. Option 3 is a longer term look at Option 2 with access improvements in nearby streets and various station improvements as well as mixed use development on Bayfair Center property. The Findings and Recommendations of the Bay Fair BART TOO and Access Plan found that the existing access and circulation network between the BART site, Bayfair Center, and their surrounding areas lacks direct, safe and comfortable connections. Implementation Strategies