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File Number: 11 -343 aesthetics, air quality, cultural resources, geology /soils, hydrology /water quality, noise, population and housing, public services, recreation, and utilities. The state mandated 30 -day public review period is from October 14 to November 14, 2011. To date, comments have been received from the State of California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC), from the San Leandro Unified School District ( SLUSD) and from the East Bay Municipal Utilities District ( EBMUD.) The DTSC stated that the "Project Site did not appear to pose a threat to human health or the environment." However, the letter included language saying that if "previously unidentified hazardous substances" were to be disturbed during future site work that the DTSC be notified. To address this issue, staff has included language from their letter into the Recommended Conditions of Approval under item XIV.A (in italics.) SLUSD inquired whether the project would generate more traffic and, if so, whether the City of San Leandro would require new traffic signals. In response, City staff provided the traffic study included in the Planning Commission memorandum dated October 20, 2011, which indicates that traffic is projected to decrease with the proposed project in comparison with the existing medical office building. The EBMUD comment letter outlined its rules for new service for the proposed project and recommended the inclusion of a condition of approval that the project adhere to the State Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance. Staff responded that the rules for new service were communicated to the applicant and that City staff had previously included a Recommended Condition of Approval related to water efficient landscaping (Condition III -C.) Comment letters and the staff responses to DTSC, SLUSD and EBMUD are included as attachments to the Mitigated Negative Declaration found in the Resolution. Board /Commission Review and Actions Preliminary plans were presented to the Planning Commission to review at work sessions on January 14 and May 20, 2010 and at a public hearing on October 20, 2011, where the motion to forward the item to Council with a recommendation of approval was passed with a vote of 7 -0. The Planning Commission made the attached findings for approval and modified the attached Recommended Conditions of Approval with the addition of one condition (in bold italics) to require noise attenuation to the interior noise standard of 45 decibels in the attached garages. Summary of Public Outreach Efforts Notification of the November 21, 2011 City Council public hearing was sent to property owners and businesses within a 300 -foot radius of the site and posted at the property and its vicinity. A legal ad was also published in the local newspaper, the Daily Review, ten days prior to the Council meeting. • Staff attended a meeting of the Dundee Homeowners Association, the association of property owners of the Sandpiper Condominiums, on November 15, 2011. Comments from that meeting were not available at the time of writing this report but will be communicated verbally to the City Council on the evening of the November 21, 2011 public hearing. Emails received prior to the Planning Commission meeting indicated concern over the City of San Leandro Page 7 Printed on 11/15/2011