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City of San Leandro Community Development Department Planning Services Division Staff Report DATE: October 20, 2011 TO: Planning Commission FROM: Sally Barros, Senior Planner SUBJECT: PLN2009- 00006; Planned Development and a Condominium [Vesting Tentative Tract] Map; General Plan Map Amendment from Office to High Density Residential; Rezone from P(AU)- Professional with Assembly Use Overlay to RM- 1800(PD)- Residential Multi - Family with Planned Development Overlay; Development Agreement (DA); and an Initial Study, a Mitigated Negative Declaration and a Mitigation Monitoring Reporting Program; to build a new residential development consisting of 66 rental apartment units: 17 one - bedroom apartments, 48 two - bedroom apartments and one manager's unit in a Recreation building with other site amenities at 2450 Washington Avenue. The project comprises seven apartment buildings with five units per building; five apartment buildings with six units; a Recreation building with manager's unit; and private roads, landscaping, surface and attached parking for 135 parking spaces. (Assessor's Parcel Numbers 77D- 1410 -25 and 77 -556 -104; Wm. Matthews, Inc. (Applicant and Property Owner); P- Professional Zoning District.) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION The applicant and property owner propose to redevelop the subject site with a new 66 -unit residential rental project, with a mix of 17 one - bedroom units, 48 two - bedroom units and one guest unit within a Recreation building at the Washington Avenue frontage. The subject property is on the Washington Avenue commercial corridor, near the intersection with San Leandro Boulevard and is currently developed with a 43,200 square foot medical /professional office building. Staff recommends that the Planning Commission take public testimony on the environmental documents and the overall merits of the project. Staff further recommends that the Planning Commission consider staff's proposed Findings for project approval (attached Recommended Findings of Fact) and adopt the attached Resolution Recommending that the City Council: A. Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration; B. Approve a General Plan Land Use Map Amendment for the subject site from Office to High Density Residential;