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Significant Effect: Noise Impacts Benefits and Findine:s of Fact: All feasible mitigation measures, as listed in detail above in Sections I and II, have been identified and required as part of the Final EIR and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. As noted in Section II, all feasible mitigation measures were adopted. By approving this project, the City of San Leandro will ensure that higher intensity and mixed-use buildings that are allowed to be developed under the TaD Strategy will provide a benefit to San Leandro citizens by placing them in proximity to public transit, giving them an increased opportunity to utilize alternative modes of travel besides the automobile. The TaD Strategy provides a unique opportunity to facilitate increased benefits from the interaction of public transit (AC Transit) service along the E. 14th Street corridor, BART service at the Downtown San Leandro BART Station, and retail and other commercial activity found in Downtown San Leandro. Through adherence to General Plan policies, new development in the TOD Strategy area that are built near freeways, arterials, BART and major bus routes shall incorporate site planning and architectural design measures that reduce the exposure of future building occupants to traffic noise. Additionally, exterior uses at new developments in the TOD Strategy area will be located on the opposite side of the development, away from the BART line and Union Pacific Rail Road (UPRR) lines. For projects where exterior balconies would directly face such facilities, project-specific measures will be incorporated into the dev,olopment to determine the best way for private balconies and surrounding noise sources to interface, based on the project location. As set forth in the Final EIR, any new development within the TOD Strategy area will be subject to General Plan policies, actions and mitigation measures that will help reduce temporary and permanent noise impacts. Significant Effect: School Impacts Benefits and Findine:s of Fact: All feasible mitigation measures, as listed in detail above in Sections I and II, have been identified and required as part of the Final EIR and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. As noted in Section III, all feasible mitigation measures were adopted. By approving this project, the City of San Leandro will ensure that higher density and mixed- use residential buildings that are allowed to be developed under the TaD Strategy will provide a benefit to San Leandro citizens by placing them in proximity to public transit, giving them an increased opportunity to utilize alternative modes of travel besides the automobile. The TaD Strategy provides a unique opportunity to facilitate increased benefits from the interaction of public transit (AC Transit) service along the E. 14th Street corridor, BART service at the Downtown San Leandro BART Station, and retail and other commercial activity found in Downtown San Leandro. The City of San Leandro is required to provide for its fair share of housing growth as part of the periodic update of the Housing Element which is required by the California Department of Housing and Community Development and coordinated through the Association of Bay Area Governments. In the past, the City of San Leandro has relied on a combination of 37