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City of San Leandro Housing Element Update Initial Study Checklist Prepared by: City of San Leandro and Barry Miller, Consultant Date: November 12, 2002 Project Title: City of San Leandro Housing Element Update (GPA 2001 - 001) 2. Lead Agency Name and Address: City of San Leandro 835 East 14th Street, San Leandro CA 94577. 3. Project Location: The project boundaries are coterminous with the San Leandro Planning Area, and include the City of San Leandro and the unincorporated San Leandro sphere of influence. San Leandro is approximately 15.4 square miles in size and is located in Alameda County, California. It is adjoined on the north by Oakland, on the south by the unincorporated communities of Castro Valley and Ashland. Regional Park District property lies east of the city limits. San Leandro is bisected by two freeways- Interstates 580 and 880. Older State Highways traverse through San Leandro and include Doolittle Drive, Davis Street and East 14th Street. Project Sponsor's Name and Address: Same as Lead Agency. Contact person: Matt Tomas, Planner III 510.577.3350. 6. General plan designation: Various, as the project includes the entire area covered by the San Leandro General Plan. 7. Zoning designation: Various, as the project includes the entire area covered by the San Leandro Zoning Map. 8. Description of project: The project is the updated Housing Element of the San Leandro General Plan. The new Element would replace the 1989 Housing Element, establishing updated policies and programs relating to housing construction, preservation, and affordability. Completion of this update is required by State law. The Element must show that the City can accommodate its fair share of the region's housing needs over a 7-1/2 year period, through 2006. San Leandro' fair share "assignment' for the 1999-2006 period, as determined by ABAG, is 871 units including 353 affordable income units. As of early 2002, all of the moderate income units have been constructed. Including affordable housing projects that have either been constructed or are committed to construction, a remaining 202 affordable units are needed to satisfy RHND goals for affordable housing production. The major components of the Housing Element are a Needs Assessment, an Analysis of Constraints and Resources, and a Housing Plan that includes a package of goals, policies and follow-up actions to implement identified housing objectives. The Needs Assessment describes housing, economic and demographic conditions in San Leandro to assess the demand for housing for various income groups and persons with special needs. The Constraints and Resources Analysis identifies potential constraints to housing production in the City (such as zoning standards) and identifies potential sites for new housing construction. This analysis indicates that the City has sufficient land to accommodate its fair share assignment, and suggests a number of actions to facilitate construction. The majority of the City's Housing sites are identified throughout San Leandro as either in-fill development sites or identified along transit corridors and around transit facilities such as the East 14th Street corridor and the Central San Leandro BART Station area. These sites are included in the General Plan Environmental Impact Report that was certified by the City in May 2002. Relevant mitigation measures identified in that EIR are cited in this Initial Study. Because no changes to the San Leandro General Plan are proposed by the Draft Housing Element, this Initial Study tiers off of the analysis previously conducted by the EIR as it evaluates potential environmental impacts.