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Lot Adjustments, Easements and Street Vacation: As part of the Vesting Tentative Map, several lot lines on Site #2 will be adjusted to meet the needs of the proposed development. Furthermore, in compliance with the City's TOD Strategy, the City will be vacating and/or dedicating sections of Martinez Street and Alvarado Street to the development. Finally, the map includes several new easements for fire access, drainage, and non-building areas. Vesting Map Conditions: The Vesting Tentative Map will vest the applicant with the right to build the 100 affordable housing units on lot 2, parking structures on lots 3 and 4, and 400 additional dwelling units on lot 1. The map also vests the applicant with 105 affordable housing units which is based on the city's inclusionary housing ordinance calculated on 700 possible dwelling units pursuant to the inclusionary housing plan the applicant has submitted to the city. If the applicant asked for additional units at the time of the development of lot 1 then additional inclusionary housing units would be required. When the applicant wishes to develop lot 1 they will be required to submit a parcel map for condominium purposes if they want to build condominiums and they will also be required to bring their development proposal through the Site Plan Review process. The vesting associated with this map does not vest to the applicant approval for any project design or for any further subdivisions. STAFF ANALYSIS Cannery Court at San Leandro Crossings The Cannery Court at San Leandro Crossings project will be situated on a 1.25 net acres just north of the Replacement Parking Garage and identified as lot 2. The project will contain 100 affordable homes based on the following breakdown: 24 1 Bedroom Units 35 2 Bedroom Units 41 3 Bedroom Units 100 Total Units At the Planning Commission work session on October 23, 2008 the Commissioners requested information about sample floor plans. These plans have been provided in the exhibits. The project will be built as an R2 occupancy, Type V-A, 4-stories of residential apartments over a S-2 occupancy, Type 1, single-story parking structure. The total height of the building will be less than 50 feet (building code height). The building will be set back from the western property line to minimize the impact of vibration and noise from the railroad. The ground floor frontage will include the main lobby and mailroom, a bike room, 5,000 square feet of program space, and four accessible homes with individual street entries. Behind the facade will be a single level parking structure containing 100 parking stalls including accessible auto and van stalls. Six additional spaces will be located on the access drive. Access to the garage will be from Martinez Street via an entry driveway on the south side of the building. Mechanical, electrical equipment, trash, maintenance and utility rooms will also be located on the ground floor. The garage will be naturally ventilated. Apartments will face Martinez Street, the new paseo to the north, and the Replacement Parking Garage to the south. No apartments will face the Union Pacific railroad line to the west due to the existing noise Planning Commission Staff Report January 22, 2009 San Leandro Crossings Public Hearing Page 5 of 12