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EXHIBIT "B" CEQA Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Approval of the Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center/Mixed Use Retail Development Project I. INTRODUCTION 1. These findings are made pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Res. Code Section 21000 et seq; "CEQA") and the CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs. Title 14, Section 15000 et seq.) by the City of San Leandro City Council in connection with the EIR prepared for the Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center/Mixed Use Retail Development Project ("the Project"), EIR SCH #2008012056. 2. These findings are attached and incorporated by reference into the May 3, 2010 staff report prepared for the approval of the Project. These findings are based on substantial evidence in the entire administrative record, which includes without limitation the San Leandro General Plan, the San Leandro Municipal Code, the EIR prepared for the Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center/Mixed Use Retail Development Project, including all appendices and technical reports thereto, all applications, plans, and materials submitted for the requested approvals for the Project, all reports, minutes, and testimony submitted as part of the Planning Commission's February 18, 2010 hearing on the Project, and all reports, minutes, and testimony submitted as part of the Planning Commission's April 22, 2010 hearing on the Project. References to specific reports and specific pages of documents are not intended to identify those sources as the exclusive basis for the findings. II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3. The Project which is the subject of the EIR is located on several contiguous properties (Alameda County Assessor's Parcel Numbers between 077A-0647-001-34 and 077A- 0647-012-03) owned by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, applicant and property owner, located between I-880 and Merced Street, and between Marina Boulevard and Fairway Drive in the City of San Leandro. 4. The 63 acre project site is divided into two portions, the southern portion is planned as a new medical center and the northern portion is planned for a future mixed-use retail development. 5. The maximum Project analyzed in the EIR would result in a new Medical Center of approximately 1,117,000 square feet of building area exclusive of parking structures, and up to 432,000 square feet of retail use. Alternatively, the retail use may be reduced to 387,000 square feet to accommodate either 250 units of residential apartments, or a 210 - room hotel. 4-