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POTENTIALLY ISSUES POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LESS THAN NO SIGNIFICANT UNLESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOURCES ISSUES MITIGATION IMPACT INCORPORATED 1. LAND'USE AND PLANNING. Would the I•o'ect: a. Ph sicall divide an established communi ? X b. Conflict with any applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation of an agency with jurisdiction over the project (including, but not R limited to the general plan, specific plan, local coastal program, or zoning ordinance) adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect? c. Conflict with any applicable habitat conservation plan or natural community X conservation lan? EXPLANATION: The East 14 Street Corridor is presently designated as "Corridor-Mixed Use" in the Land Use Plan. The intent of the Development Strategy is to implement the Corridor-Mixed Use designation by allowing more compact mixed-use development including multiple-family residential, commercial, office and appropriate civic-oriented uses. The General Plan examined approximately 460,000 sf of commercial development and up to 454 housing units at buildout for this area. The Development Strategy is consistent with the General Plan's "Corridor-Mixed Use" land use designation by encouraging mixed- use developments that would not exceed General Plan buildouf projections related to overall traffic, but would include a stronger emphasis on multiple family residential uses. This emphasis is needed to respond to market analysis that shows weak demand for additional commercial uses. By encouraging more residential uses, the demand for more neighborhood-serving commercial uses will increase. The strategy to integrate increased residential development into the Corridor also implements other General Plan policies to create a more lively pedestrian environment. The Development Strategy will also be supplemented with new zoning regulations and new design guidelines that are intended to ensure that preferred land uses can be achieved as well as ensuring the new development is of the highest quality and includes desired architectural elements, The new land use and design regulations aze intended to ensure the new development is appropriately sited as it relates to the adjacent residential neighborhoods and that new building are appropriately integrated into the streetscape. The General Plan EIR concluded that all signalized intersections within the East 14's Street Corridor would operate under acceptable conditions under build-out conditions. The traffic analysis prepared for the Development Strategy concludes that "the level of development proposed by the Development Strategy is expected to result in fewer vehicle trips than what was evaluated by the General Plan, since the Development Strategy recommends a greater level of residential development, and reduced commercial development, than was considered during the General Plan analysis." (Please see discussion in Draft Development Strategy Section 4.4.1). Sources: San Leandro General Plan EIR - Chatper 3 Land Use; Draft East 14`h Street South Area Development Strategy (Section 4.4.1); East 14`" Street Background Report -Appendix 4: Trip Generation Comparison; Institute of Traffic Engineers -Trip Generation Rates 2. POPULATIONAND HOUSING. Would the ro'ect: a. Induce substantial population growth in an area either directly (e.g., by proposing new homes and businesses) or indirectly (e.g. through g projects in an undeveloped area or major infrastructure ? b. Displace substantial number of existing housing, necessitating the construction of X re lacement housin elsewhere? East 14`" Street South Area Development Strategy 4 December 10, 2003 Initial Sttul~~ and Negative Declaration