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Minutes - Joint San Leandro City Council/ Page - 21 - San Leandro Redevelopment Agency/ Alameda County Board of Supervisors Meeting - June 28, 1993 JOINT PUBLIC HEARING (continued) Council Member Corbett, said she had several EIR questions, in regard to long term effects, specifically looking at comments related to traffic circulation, level of service of Police and Fire and some of the other effects. She asked how that process will take place. Mr. McElroy said if a retail shopping center were proposed, specific details such as layout, the number of square feet, what the peak hours are, and so on would be looked at. The question would be, how does it relate to the circulation around it? Under the CEQA usual process they would have to look at the traffic for that specific area. There would be a normal environmental review process. Redevelopment is a program; projects go though the normal environmental review process and must have conformance with the Zoning Code and General Plan. In response to a question from Council Member Corbett, Mr. McElroy said if it is mitigated by existing City policy, it could be covered by a mitigated negative declaration. If it was not consistent, an EIR might be considered for further exploration. He said it might be at the time of specific project approvals or at the time of concept, but it would be far in advance of approvals. Council Member Corbett, asked if there is a deadline for completion of negotiations with the taxing entities? June Catalano they must be completed within 60 days after the initial action of the Council , but she felt it would be done much sooner. Council Member Corbett asked if the information would be available before the final Resolution? City Attorney Meyers said it would be after adoption of the redevelopment plan. Council Member Corbett, asked for a review of the process that instituted the redevelopment plan. June Catalano said confusion may have arisen because in a number of redevelopment areas there will be a separate redevelopment plan with uses specified. In some cases those are more specific than zoning. She said we wanted to make this a plan with lots of carrots and no sticks and, early on staff decided that their recommendation would be for the General Plan and Zoning Code to actually be the plan for the property. The plan is concerned with the infrastructure, the facade improvements, low interest loans, public works projects. Other items are intended to stimulate business. They will be marketed but not forced on people. Council Member Corbett, said this will be accomplished through private investment and people making changes to their own property. Ms. Catalano added that there will be significant public improvements also. Council Member Corbett, asked if there is some sort of timetable in which the eminent domain can be tied down. Mr. Martinelli said there are several ways. Within three years, upon demand, a property owner can request that the redevelopment agency exercise eminent domain. Then the agency has a