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Vesting Tentative Map-8010 4 March 2, 2009 January 22, 2009 Planning Commission Hearing March 2, 2009 City Council Public Hearing (planned). Analysis Vesting Tentative Map The San Leandro Crossings' Vesting Tentative Map includes the following property: Westlake Property: Westlake Development Partners, LLC owns the 5.3 acre property located immediately west of the BART Station between Alvarado Street, West Estudillo Avenue, and Martinez Street. This property is relatively flat and was the site of a cannery prior to being demolished in the 1980's. The site is vacant and is listed as SP8, Site B and Part of Site C in the City's TOD Strategy. Martinez Street: Pursuant to the TOD Strategy, portions or all of Martinez Street may be dedicated to the development of the Westlake property in order to improve its development potential. The City of San Leandro is the property owner. Alvarado Street: Portions of the City's existing right of way adjacent to Alvarado Street will be dedicated to the development in order to provide fire access. Streets, Sidewalks, and Landscaping: The streets on the west side of the BART station will have major enhancements and include the following improvements: • Although the TOD Strategy would allow for the entire section of Martinez Street to be dedicated or vacated for development, it was determined that the portion north of Parrott Street was needed to provide Fire Department access to the San Leandro Crossings project. Therefore, the Master Plan design incorporates and redesigns the Martinez Street right-of--way as an important public street which provides both vehicular and pedestrian access for the project. Given its importance as pedestrian access and as the "front door" to Phase 1 of the Master Plan developments, the street has been redesigned to include extensive landscaping with street trees, grass covered bio-swales, a 12 foot wide multi- use path for both pedestrians and bicyclists and parallel parking adjacent to the west side of the street. It will also include a new decorative fence adjacent to the Western Pacific Rail Line. The goal is to create a rich environment for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as serve the needs for automobile access. The multi-use path provides pedestrian and bicycle access around the BART station and in the future could connect to the proposed East Bay Greenway bike corridor along the BART line. • The street configuration at West Estudillo Avenue will be similar to Martinez with the exception of the fence and adjacent bio-swales. • Parrott Street will also see major improvements with the addition of a traffic signal at this location. The signal will help control traffic into the project site and also along San Leandro Boulevard. Traffic studies completed for this intersection note that without signalization this section of San Leandro Boulevard could have a diminution of Level of Service causing a potentially significant environmental impact. However, these studies have shown that this impact can be mitigated with the installation of the traffic signal.