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General Plan Amendments 4 March 21, 2011 The definition of the Transit Oriented Mixed Use category corresponds to the range of land uses and development intensities envisioned by the TOD Strategy. The zoning designations that have been adopted for the TOD area would not be affected. The Amendment would also slightly change the definition (and mapping) of the "Downtown Mixed Use" category already in the 2002 General Plan in order to achieve consistency with the TOD Strategy. In addition, narrative throughout the General Plan would be amended to remove any potential . inconsistencies with the TOD Strategy. This includes editing the General Plan Introduction to acknowledge and describe the TOD Strategy, editing the Framework Chapter of the General Plan to explain the differences between the TOD projections and the General Plan projections, and editing the Land Use Element to update numeric summaries of land use categories (Table 3 -1), the zoning consistency matrix (Table 3 -2), and various policies and actions. Policies 6.01 and 6.10, and Actions 6.10 -A, 6.10 -13. 7.12 -A. and 7.12 -C would all be amended to become consistent with the TOD Strategy. In addition. the "Focus Area" narrative for the Downtown BART Station area (p. 89) would be updated to reflect the TOD Strategy. The full page text box on P. 90 highlighting the Central San Leandro/ BART Station revitalization study would be deleted and replaced with a new full page text box highlighting the TOD Strategy. The '`Focus Area" narrative for the San Leandro Boulevard corridor also would be amended, and references to the older industrial area between Williams Street and Marina (along Alvarado Street) would be edited for consistency with the TOD Strategy. Finallv, edits to the Transportation and Environmental Hazards Elements of the General Plan would be made. The Transportation edits address provisions for bicycles, traffic forecasts, and minimum density to achieve consistency with the TOD Strategy. The Environmental Hazards edit would acknowledge that the TOD Strategy included its own assessment of noise impacts since it had a different horizon year than the General Plan. Readers would be advised to consult both the TOD EIR and General Plan EIR when considering future noise conditions in this area. The changes itemized above will have no environmental impacts beyond those already evaluated by the San Leandro General Plan EIR and the TOD Strategy EIR. Table 1 (on page 6) indicates the net change in acreage for each General Plan Land Use Category resulting from the consistency amendments. Approximately 160 acres will receive the new "Transit Oriented Mixed Use" designation. Figure 1 (page following) shows the geographic extent of the map changes, indicating the existing and proposed General Plan designation for 22 different areas.