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following a 20 month planning effort; and WHEREAS, on or about May 15, 2007, the City prepared and circulated a Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report ("DEIR") for the Downtown TOD Strategy; and WHEREAS, on June 5, 2007, the DEIR for the Downtown San Leandro Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy was published and circulated for a 45-day public review period ending on July 19, 2007; and WHEREAS, a Response to Comments document, which together with the DEIR constitutes the Final Environmental Impact Report ("Final EIR"), has been prepared and circulated; and WHEREAS, in connection with the preparation of the Downtown TOD Strategy, amendments to the San Leandro Zoning Code ("Zoning Code") and San Leandro Zoning Map ("Zoning Map") have been proposed in order to implement the Downtown TOD Strategy; and WHEREAS, a legal ad was placed in the Daily Review and notices were sent to 983 property owners and to another 394 interested parties to inform them of the proposed Zoning Code and Zoning Map changes, and WHEREAS, on August 17, 2007, the Final EIR on the Downtown TOD Strategy was released and was made available for public review; and WHEREAS, on August 23, 2007, the City of San Leandro Planning Commission considered the Final EIR on the Downtown TOD Strategy and received public comments thereon and recommended that this Council certify the Final EIR as complete; and WHEREAS, the San Leandro Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on August 23, 2007, to: (1) review the proposed Zoning Code amendments which would provide "s" Special Review Overlay Criteria and (2) hear public testimony regarding the proposed Zoning Code amendments. Following the public hearing, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the proposed Creation of Special Review Overlay Criteria for Seven of Eight Special Policy Areas identified in the Downtown TOD Strategy to encourage particular land uses in the area of the Downtown Transit-Oriented Development Study Area; and WHEREAS, the San Leandro Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on August 23, 2007, to review the proposed Zoning Code amendments which would the Downtown Areas 1-6 (DA-1, DA-2, DA-3, DA-4, DA-5 and DA-6) and Zoning Map amendments which would create S-Overlay Districts on certain properties within the DA-1, DA-4, PS and OS Districts. Following the hearing the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the proposed Downtown Area Districts and create S-Overlay Districts on certain properties within the DA-1, DA-4, PS and OS Districts; and ORDINANCE NO. 2007-019 2