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Part 5 - Narrative - Downtown TOD Strategy 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 TOD 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 TOD, 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 TOD developments in Hayward, Mountain View, Redwood City and San Mateo. Three community meetings (June 3, 2006, September 30, 2006 and March 17, 2007) were held during the 15 months to further solicit public input on the TOD Strategy. The first meeting had nearly 60 participants, the second had nearly 100 participants and the third had nearly 80 participants. A Technical Advisory Committee (T AC) which included representatives from AC Transit, BART, MTC, Caltrans and ABAG provided valuable technical assistance and guidance throughout the highly collaborative process. A website was established for all of the reports, powerpoint presentations, agendas and meeting notes to provide the public with continued access to information regarding the TOD Strategy process. A developer symposium was held during this process (September 2006) to solicit developer input on the TOD Strategy, particularly the financial feasibility aspect. The resulting Downtown San Leandro Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy Public Review Draft Report is the culmination of 15 months of effort and is now being presented to various City Boards and Commissions as well as Neighborhood, Business and other Civic Associations. A Draft Environmental Impact Report is being circulated for a 45-day review period from June 5 to July 19,2007. Zoning Code and General Plan Amendments to implement the Strategy are now being prepared. The Planning Commission will recommend action on the Final ElR, TOD Strategy and Zoning Code and General Plan Amendments in August of 2007 for City Council consideration in September of2007. The Downtown San Leandro Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy Area encompasses a 12 mile radius around the intersection of East 14th and Davis Streets, representing 502 acres. The proposed TOD 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 TOD 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 TOD Strategy area, informing them of required or allowable uses, building heights and various elements of building design. Therefore, the TOD Strategy does not represent an actual project involving physical development or