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LPA for AC Transit BRT 8 May 17, 2010 Strategy would be substantially affected by the installation of dedicated bus lanes from Blossom Way to the BayFair BART Station. There are six City of San Leandro official planning areas, as described in the San Leandro General Plan, including one not mentioned in the DEIS/EIR, the East 14t" Street Commercial Corridor, that are located along or intersected by the study corridor that will be impacted by construction of the BRT project. Merchants and business owners within the transit corridor will be adversely impacted during the construction phase of the project, as well as after project implementation. The original plan does not identify any mitigation regarding potential impacts to business owners along this important commercial corridor. Additionally, impacts on Bancroft Avenue land uses due to diversion of vehicular traffic from East 14t" Street onto Bancroft Avenue remain to be evaluated. Climate Action Plan, AB 32, SB 375 The City of San Leandro's climate strategy is based on the Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) 5 -Milestone process. The City completed the first three milestones. The first milestone, conducting an inventory of city-wide greenhouse gas emissions, was completed in 2005. In June of 2006, the City Council completed milestone two by adopting a resolution to reduce community wide emissions by 25 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The third milestone was completed in December of 2009 with the adoption of a Climate Action Plan. Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) was signed into law on September 27, 2006. The law requires that by 2020 the state's greenhouse gas emissions be reduced to 1990 levels; a roughly 25 percent reduction under business as usual estimates. Senate Bill 375 (SB 375) is a bill designed to further implement AB 32 by providing regional support in a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) that seeks to redesign communities to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is in the process of developing the Bay Area's SCS. BRT in San Leandro could address a reduction of GHG emissions. Option A (terminated at Downtown San Leandro BART Station) could reduce GHG emissions by 1,300 tons of CO2. Option B (terminating at Bay Fair BART) could reduce GHG emissions by 1,900 tons of CO2. Purpose of an LPA The purpose of an LPA is to guide the direction of study in the FEIS/R so that questions important to the City can be addressed. Once the City's LPA is forwarded to AC Transit, it will be used to provide detailed analysis of impacts in the FEIS/R to the City. Although the LPA is not a final decision on whether to have BRT, it provides the first indication of aCity-proposed solution for BRT. However, the final decision would occur after Council review of the FEIS/R findings when complete information of the project's impacts is available.