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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -193 RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP, A VESTING TENTATIVE MAP, AND A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENT FOR A TWO- STORY, 66 -UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LOCATED AT 2450 WASHINGTON AVENUE (PLN 2009 - 00006) ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBERS 77D- 1410 -25 AND 77 -556 -104 WHEREAS, Matthew Brooks, of William Matthews, Inc. (the "Applicant") submitted applications for a two -story 66 -unit residential development (PLN 2009 - 00006) (the "Project ") consisting of 48 two- bedroom units and 18 one - bedroom units, with a proposed density of 23.2 dwelling units per acre, to be located on a 2.85 -acre site at 2450 Washington Avenue, known as Assessor's Parcel Numbers 77D - 1410 -25 and 77- 556 -104 (the "Property "); and WHEREAS, the Property is in a relatively flat portion of the City in central San Leandro which has been previously graded and is developed with a 43,200 square foot commercial office building constructed in 1965, with an associated asphalt parking lot; and WHEREAS, the City prepared an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Report (the "MND ") consistent with the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code, sections 21000, et seq. (CEQA) and CEQA Guidelines that were reviewed and approved by the Planning Commission on October 20, 2011 by Resolution No. 2011 -001 PC in accordance with CEQA and adequately discloses and analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the Project; and WHEREAS, the MND was circulated for a 30 -day public review from October 14, 2011 to November 14, 2011 and, by separate Resolution, the City Council has made findings and adopted the MND as an objective and accurate document that reflects the independent judgment of the City in the identification, discussion and mitigation of the environmental impacts of the Project; and WHEREAS, the General Plan Land Use Map designates the site as Office and, in order to allow for the Project, with a proposed density of 23 dwelling units per acre, the General Plan Land Use Map designation for the Property would need to be amended from Office (OF) to High Density Residential (HDR) (which allows from 19 to 25 units per acre) as described in more detail in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein; and WHEREAS, the Project application also includes a proposed vesting tentative map together with its provisions for its design and improvements; and WHEREAS, the Project also requires the approval of a Planned Development Project entitlement, pursuant to 3 -1012 of the Zoning Code, and satisfies all the requisite findings as further explained in the staff report associated with this Resolution; and