Reso 2001-020 RDA 2001-002 - Laserfiche WebLink

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~ gRN ~~. ~__ ~' ~~"~±~~~~ ~ CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ~. , . t'-~' ti "~~Hp°w"`~~~~~ MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION Notice is hereby given that the City of San Leandro finds that no significant effect on the environment as prescribed by the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as amended will occur for the following proposed project: I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposal consists of adoption of a Revitalization Strategy for the project area and land use designation amendments to the existing Plaza Redevelopment Area Plan. The Strategy recommends several streetscape-related capital improvement projects and higher density residential, commercial and office in-fill developments, which together are intended to create a coherent and attractive district and maximize the value of the area's assets. The Strategy contains detailed designs for improvement of area streets and the BART and AC Transit stations. It also includes site development plans and illustrations of recommended in-fill development projects, and design guidelines that may be used to review site-specific development proposals. The project applicant for this proposal is the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Leandro. II. DECLARATION THAT PROJECT WILL NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT ENVIRONMENT: With implementation of the recommended mitigation measures, the proposed project will have no significant effect on the area's resources, cumulative or otherwise. II. FINDINGS SUPPORTING DECLARATION: A. Central San Leandro is the City's best location for new, higher density in-fill development due to the close proximity of Downtown and the San Leandro BART station. Combined with a number of vacant and underutilized properties, an opportunity has been created for investment in land uses that are supportive both of transit use and downtown revitalization. B. The proposed project has been reviewed according to the standards and requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and an Initial Study Environmental Evaluation Checklist has been prepared with a determination that the project will not have '. a significant impact on the environment and as long as future site/project-specific applicants comply with all identified mitigation measures. C. Currently, there are some discrepancies between the specific land uses allowed by the Plaza Redevelopment Plan and those proposed by the Strategy. Implementation of the Revitalization Strategy will require amendments to the Land Use Utilization Plan of the Plaza Redevelopment Plan. Potential impacts related to inconsistencies between the two