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POTENTIALLY ISSUES POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LESS TIIAN NO SIGNIFICANT UNLESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOURCES ISSUES MITIGATION IMPACT INCORPORATED EXPLANATION: As indicated earlier in the discussion of land use impacts, with the exception of the BART in-fill housing project, all other projects anticipated by the Strategy would be developed at densities that are similar to or less than those anticipated by the General Plan and/or Plaza 2 Redevelopment Area Final EIR. TJKM Transportation Consultants has prepared a traffic study (dated December 1, 2000) on the proposed BART in-fill housing development in order to assess potential impacts related to that future project. The entire traffic study is included as an attachment to this checklist. The traffic study concludes that the proposed BART in-fill housing development is not expected to have a significant impact on the level-of-service at any of the seven study intersections. The study reports that one of the study intersections, West Juana Avenue/Hays Street, can be converted from signal control to all-way stop control without lowering the level-of-service. The conversion of this intersection to all-way stop control would be consistent with the similar conversions that have occurred at the West Juana Avenue/Washington Avenue and Williams Street/Hays Street intersections. The TJKM study analyzed the near-term cumulative scenario and found that all seven study intersections are expected to continue to operate with acceptable level of service (LOS D or better) under the "Existing plus Approved Projects" scenario. In fact, the LOS at five of the intersections is expected to remain essentially the same as the "Existing Condition". The exceptions are Davis Street/East 14~' Street which goes from LOS B to C during the afternoon and Davis StreeUSan Leandro Boulevard which goes from LOS C to D also in the afternoon. The traffic analysis indicates that the intersection of West Juana and Hays Street is expected to continue to operate at LOS A, even with the installation of all-way stop control and the addition of traffic from the near-term approved projects. The TJKM report states that with the removal of one through lane in each direction on San Leandro Boulevard between West Juana Avenue and Davis Street, there should still be sufficient roadway capacity on San Leandro Boulevard to accommodate the forecasted peak hour volumes under the Existing plus Approved plus Proposed Project Scenario. The City's Transportation Administrator concurs with this statement, indicating that in the near-term, the medians would not affect the approaches to the intersections. It should be noted that under the long-term, full general plan buildout scenario, preliminary general plan analysis indicates that the Alvarado Street/Davis Street and Alvarado Street/San Leandro Blvd. intersections would drop to unacceptable levels of service by 2020 unless mitigation measures are implemented. The capacity issues are related to Davis Street and not San Leandro Boulevard. Staff notes that full general plan buildout is speculative at this time. Therefore, impacts related to roadway capacity and levels of service as they relate to the near-term scenario with the proposed project are anticipated to be less than significant. With regards to parking capacity, the current BART surface lot that is proposed for housing redevelopment provides 320 parking spaces. The Strategy anticipates an additiona166 spaces would be displaced by the drop-off plaza/court proposed along the San Leandro Boulevard station frontage. At a minimum, therefore, approximately 386 parking spaces would need to be replaced. The Strategy has evaluated three potential sites where anabove-ground parking structure could be located. The Strategy favors the proposal to construct a structure on BART property immediately west and adjacent to the platform. It is on land currently owned by BART and a structure could be constructed in conjunction with the housing development, without additional property acquisition. The BART Area Station Concept Sketch Plan illustrates a 2-level, 900 space parking structure, which would accommodate the 386 displaced parking spaces and the existing spillover parking in residential areas east of San Leandro Boulevard. Therefore, if the existing BART surface lot were to be redeveloped with housing, parking capacity impacts are anticipated to be less than significant, both during the construction phase and upon project buildout: If should be noted that no parking spaces will be eliminated without replacement parking in place. In addition, as part of the normal project review process, such features as internal circulation and emergency access, etc., of future projects will be reviewed by the Transportation Administrator for compliance with City standards. Future projects will also be required to adhere to the City's off-street parking standards. Therefore, potential transportation impacts associated with projects antici ated b the Strate are antici ated to be less than si nificant. 1Y. ,PUBLIC SERVICES.'- Would the project result in substantial ad~-erse physicaLimpacts associated with theprovision of new or physically altered goi~ernmental facilities, need for'new or physically altered governmental facilities, the'constructiQn,. of which couldcausesigniticanteuvironmental impacts, in'orderto maintain acceptable service ratios, response timesor .other " erformance ob'ectives far aliv of tthe ' ublic'services' a. Fire rotection? X 2 b. Police rotection? X 2 c. Schools? X 2 d. Parks? X 2 e. Other ublic facilities? X 2 CSLBART Revitalization Strategy - IS/ND 12 December/2000