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SAN °~ "~.~-::1F9 CITY OF SAN LEANDRO a :~,~~;~-~tiQ °~a ~ `% ~ '" ° Department of Development Services ~c~gpON0tE0 ~~^ 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: MacArthur Boulevard Streetscape Master Plan/Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Leandro (Applicant). The MacArthur Boulevard Streetscape Master Plan addresses the following goals: Enhancement of the commerciaUbusiness environment; Calming of traffic and enhancement of pedestrian movement; and creation of an attractive city gateway. Major design elements include enhanced curbside parking areas, pedestrian-oriented street lighting, infill street trees, corner sidewalk "bulb-outs" -and shorter pedestrian street crossings, attractive benches and trash receptacles, and, in the southerly portion of the corridor, median islands for traffic calming and beautification. The project area encompasses approximately 6,000 feet of MacArthur Boulevard, extending from Durant Avenue on the north (at border with City of Oakland) to Grand Avenue/7oaquin Avenue on the south. Both the east and west sides of MacArthur Boulevard are included. II. DECLARATION THAT PROJECT WILL NOT SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT ENVIRONMENT The proposed project will have no significant effect on the area's resources, cumulative or otherwise. This is supported in the attached Initial Study Checklist Form, which concludes that implementation of the proposed project would either result in no impacts or impacts that are considered less than significant without mitigation. III. FINDINGS SUPPORTING DECLARATION: A. The project area covered by the Streetscape Master Plan coincides with the MarArthur Boulevard portion of the West San Leandro/MacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Project Area. The Redevelopment Plan included in its list of projects, development and implementation of a MacArthur Boulevard Streetscape Master Plan. Thus, the proposed project is implementing one of the items identified by the Redevelopment Plan. B. The proposed project has been reviewed according to the standards and requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and an Initial Study Checklist Form has been prepared with a determination that the project will not have a significant impact on the environment. The Checklist concludes that implementation of the proposed project would MacArthur Boulevard Streetscape Master Plan - ND December/2000