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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - July 20, 1992 Page - 13 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Mayor Karp commented that BART is using current parking stalls in Bayfair area, and upon completion of the Castro Valley station, parking load will be reduced in the Bayfair and BART lots, giving 150+ parking stalls. Mr. Weisbrod said he is not aware of any current transportation management plan. He said there is an attractive bridge over the flood control channel to provide access to BART, and they do plan on having a transit center. Mayor Karp invited .John Endicott of Westland to address the City Council . Mr. Endicott said the document that the Council is reviewing is the result of two years of work between Westfield Corporation, the City Attorney' s Office,• and City staff. He said this is a sophisticated package in terms of visualizing how a major regional mall can be developed through the next 20 years. He said the Development Agreement would give Westland assurance that they could proceed with expansion, and assures the City that any expansion will be constructed in accordance with the Agreement. He said the 20 year span is important because negotiations with major tenants can take up to five years, and processing approvals through cities can take from eight to ten years. He said the Development Agreement gives Bayfair a competitive edge in obtaining tenants. He spoke regarding fees and said the principle is that the fees that are applicable today would be those that are applicable when Westland does the work. He said the design-criteria package is important to the tenants because tenants, particularly major tenants, spend a lot of money on designs and advertizing, and with this criteria, the stores will see that they will be able to come in with their ideas. Mr. Endicott said security' is important to the successful -operation of a retail mall ; whose business is based 'on-tenants:and having customers. He said if customers are not happy, tenants may not want to stay there when their lease expires. He said his company always has a dialogue with the local police because it makes common sense. He said the function of Bayfair's security is to identify a problem and work out what resources are needed to deal with the problem, but it is not Bayfair's responsibility to become the police. He said Bayfair's security people are not armed, but are well equipped with bicycle patrols, walkie-talkie system, and telephone communications that can go directly to the police; they also have vehicle patrols and internal security, and have just instituted a new security-camera system on the roof.