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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - July 20, 1992 Page - 15 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Council Member Kerr said he hopes staff and the Council will work with the Committee in developing the area. He said he would like to see an auto mall or auto row. Mayor Karp said he wants to work with Ashland and the community to create a win-win for both sides. Sarah Pandle, Senior Planner with Alameda County Planning, said she has been working with the community task force that is devising the Specific Plan for Ashland and the East 14th Street business corridors. She displayed a map that shows the study area, extending from the Bayfair District to East Lewelling Boulevard, down Mission Boulevard to the City of Hayward city limits, and along East Lewelling Boulevard. She said it is a very ambitious project, unlike anything the County has ever done before. Mike Oliver said the City does have an approved Capital Improvement Program that includes the installation of street trees beginning at Bayfair Drive and going north`on both sides of the street. He said we will be working with the County staff to get the project under way in the near future. Ms. Pandle said the County will also have a streetscape project that is a part of their Specific Plan and will also be looking for community block grant monies for face lifts to the businesses. Mayor Karp said East 14th Street will be resurfaced from downtown to Bayfair. Ms. Pandle said they are also meeting with Caltrans for their resurfacing plans for the County area. She said the County responded to the EIR and most of their concerns are site development design issues such as the orientation of the parking structures and the expansion to East 14th 'Street• frontage and how it presents a back door appearance to' the Mall . She 'said the Development Agreement is very open ended, and although it -lends itself to a streamlined process, it lacks strict design guidelines. She displayed an alternate Site Plan showing how the street frontage in this area might be addressed. ; She said the plan proposes a commercial front to the parking lot, because merely landscaping the area does not provide a strong enough connection. She said the County is asking the Council to consider setting some type of design criteria that would allow for their recommended type of development. She said the other alternative would be to require a Site Development-type of application which would allow the community to comment on a building such as this size. She said the,County requests that the City strengthen the design guidelines and consider and work 'with the County on addressing East 14th Street.