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The City of San Leandro's TOD Strategy is the type of plan that this SB 375 will be requiring of cities throughout California. The pilot station area plan grant San Leandro received in late 2005 has allowed San Leandro to be a leader in statewide sustainable development strategies. Environmental Analysis The proposed project tiers off of an Environmental Impact Report prepared for the Downtown San Leandro Transit -Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy that was certified in September 2007. This project involves a Vesting Tentative Map and Site Plan Review (PLN2008-00030) for a proposed 200 unit multi -family residential condominium project consisting of four stories of studios, one - and two- bedroom units over a ground floor and basement containing a 290 -space parking garage. San Leandro Crossings also includes a BART parking structure that will replace all of the BART parking (329 spaces) currently provided on Site 1 and will be 339 parking spaces. The property encompasses three parcels totaling approximately 4.22 acres that are currently underutilized (Site 1) and vacant (Site 2). Site 1 has been used as a parking lot for the San Leandro BART Station since 1982. Site 2 encompasses a portion of the former site of the Del Monte Processing Plant. The project site is located within the Downtown San Leandro Transit - Oriented (TOD) Development Strategy Area and is one of the first development projects to implement the TOD Strategy. Copies of the Mitigated Negative Declaration have been sent to the different state agencies for review. A copy of the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Study is attached. The 30 -day public review period established for the document was from March 20, 2009 to April 21, 2009. A copy of the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial study has been sent to state agencies for review. The following comment was received from the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans): "On Page 5-8 of the San Leandro Transit -Oriented Development Strategy (SCH#2006052102) Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), it indicates that, "A project -specific Negative Declaration, Mitigated Negative Declaration or EIR required of individual development proposals, will address specific effects to that level of detail." Upon request (Letter dated December 17, 2008), the City provided the Queuing Analysis by Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. to the Department which shows impact to the traffic circulation. However, the MND for this proposed project did not address the queuing issue. Please provide the cumulative impacts and mitigation measures to address this queuing issue for our review." The city asked the transportation engineering firm Kimley-Horn to review this comment. Kimley-Horn concluded.;"..the queues for the worst-case scenario for cumulative plus project conditions show that queue lengths do not extend the storage provided. Therefore, the impact is less than significant."(See Mitigated Negative Declaration responses and comments for more details). Planning Commission July 9, 2009 Cornerstone at San Leandro Crossings Public Hearing Page 12 of 14