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Appendix E (Initial Study/Part 1) C~ Page 4 6. Description of Project: The proposal is for an office park including a maximum of 180,000 square feet of office space, a 13,000 square foot environmental education center, and a 503-car tri-level parking garage, at the northeast corner of San Leandro Boulevard and Davis Street. The project would be developed irl two phases with Phase I including development of Building A (80,000 square feet, including a 6,000 square foot restaurant); Building B (50,000 square feet), and '520 surface parking stalls. Phase II would include development of Building C (50,000 square feet) and a 503-car tri-level parking garage (235 surface stalls would be retained, for a total of 738 parking stalls on-site). Also included for purposes of environmental review, but to be built and owned separately, is development of a 13,000 square foot environmental education center. This building would be developed by Friends of the Creek at some time in the future when development funds become available. Amenities for the office park would include a corner plaza with fountain, a creek walk and areas for sitting. The proposal would require action by the Redevelopment Agency to approve a Disposition and Development Agreement with Creekside Associates, LLC for development of the 7.75-acre site. The site is currently vacant and was the former location of the City's Corporation Yard and several residential and commercial properties, vacated in the 1980's. A parcel map will also be processed to reserve the back portion of the property for public ownership and development with a creekwalk and the environmental education center. Two previous applications (with the same applicant) for the project site were processed in 1997 and 1998. The first proposal was for a large retail center, including a major grocery store. The second proposal included smaller retail uses and 60 townhouse units. The first application included an amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Plaza 2 Redevelopment Project Expansion Area, which was approved. This amendment redesignated the project site from "Residential or Office" to "Retail Sales, Office Facilities or Residential." The current proposal is consistent with this amended land use designation. 7.3. The proposal to develop an 180,000 square foot office plaza on a vacant lot that previously housed the City's Corporation Yard would represent a change in the existing pattern of development. However, the Plaza 2 Redevelopment Plan gives a land use designation •for the property of "Retail/Office/Residential". Therefore, the proposed project is consistent with the existing land use designation. The appropriate infrastructure is available to connect future improvements with existing utility lines, as this is an infill location. 8. The 7.75-acre site is a substantially flat, vacant site that was previously occupied by the City of San Leandro Corporation Yard and several residential and commercial properties which were acquired by the City for the San Leandro Boulevard street widening project in the late 1980's. The Corporation Yard moved to its new location in the early 1980's and property acquisition for the residential and commercial properties was completed in the late 1980's, prior to the street widening project. There are no significant plants or animals, except for the area adjacent to the creek. Creekside Plaza IS-Part I November 1999 :~.__ s