Reso 2004-038 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO.2004-038 (3007) RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE EAST 14TH STREET SOUTH AREA DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY RECITALS 1. The current San Leandro General Plan was adopted in May 2001, and the City has been in the process of implementing various elements of the General Plan since that time 2. The General Plan identifies ten "Focus Areas" within the San Leandro, which are areas that are anticipated to change in the future and the East 14th Street Corridor was identified as one of the highest priority Focus Areas from General Plan Update community surveys. 3. In December 2001, the City Council determined that is was necessary and desirable to initiate a refined planning effort for the East 14th Street Corridor between the Downtown and 150th Avenue, in order to implement goals and policies contained in the San Leandro General Plan. 4. In December 2001, the City Council authorized the initiation of the East 14th Street South Area Development Strategy and authorized the creations of a citizens advisory committee to oversee and direct this planning effort. 5. In accordance with Section 65351 of the California Government Code, over an 18- month period, the City has successfully facilitated public participation in the preparation of the East 14th Street South Area Development Strategy. The process has included the appointment of an 18-member South Area Advisory Committee ISAAC) in March 2002. The SAAC's charge was to develop a refined vision for this portion of the East 14th Street Corridor, based on existing General Plan goals and policies, and craft refined goals, policies, and actions that would form the heart of the East 14th Street South Area Development Strategy. The SAAC during an eighteen (18) month period to guide the development of a draft of East 14th Street South Area Development Strategy document and conducted several other public participatory events. This public participation program included the following: a "kick-off' community open house to obtain input regarding major issues, community objectives, and Plan policies; a community workshop to provide the public with opportunities to evaluate alternative plans and to participate in choosing the preferred policies; informed decision makers of work accomplished to-date; several direct presentations to community groups and organizations and, generally, worked towards community consensus. 6. Various background reports and documents also guided the preparation of an initial draft of the East 14th Street South Area Development Strategy. A corridor-wide land use inventory was prepared, an updated traffic assessment, based on the General Plan Update Traffic Analysis, was prepared, areal estate market analysis was performed, and new design guidelines and land use regulations were crafted in order to effect desired changes. Reports documenting local demographics, visual conditions, the pedestrian environment, conceptual site plans on identified Opportunity Sites, and traffic hazards were drafted. Several interim work products