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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - July 20, 1992 Page - 7 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) the area of the Shopping Center could be increased to a maximum of 1 ,430,000 square feet over. a 20-year period. Mr. Weisbrod presented an illustrative site plan, which was the basis for the EIR that was prepared for this project. He said, under the Development Agreement, a third and fourth department store could be added to the property; Macy's would be expanded; the Mall area would be expanded by as many as 100 shops or shop areas; and multi -story parking structures would be added. He said a free standing building near Montgomery Wards and a restaurant at the corner of Fairmont Drive and E. 14th Street would also be added. Mr. Weisbrod said a focused EIR was prepared to address the environmental impacts of the project, and the City Council has received the Final EIR. He said as part of the Development Agreement, a C-RM, Commercial Regional Mall , zoning district would be applied to the shopping center site. He said the site is now zoned C-2, Light Commercial , and the C-RM zoning designation would be commensurate with the Development Agreement, and would be established in the existing Zoning Code, and also in the new Zoning Code when it takes effect early next year. Mr. Weisbrod said the Development Agreement includes criteria for the design of new buildings as they are added to the site, including signage, landscaping of the property, and visual impact from surrounding properties, including the large space to the south of the shopping center. Mr. Weisbrod said that, during the first Planning Commission Hearing on this item, a question was asked about the comparison of Bayfair Mall to Southland Mall in Hayward. He said the Southland Shopping Center site is 119 acres and the current building area is approximately 1 , 186,000 square feet, so the building area is just a little under what the leasable floor area would be under this Development Agreement. He said the Planning Commission was also concerned regarding security • • at the Bayfair 'Shopping Center. He said Bayfair has their own security • force, with security personnel who are presently patrolling the parking-lot area during daylight hours, and some of the stores also have their own security on the site in the stores. He said Police Chief Bob Maginnis had made a presentation to the Planning Commission on security and the San Leandro Police work very closely with the security people at Bayfair and are almost in daily contact with them. Mr. Weisbrod said that the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt the Development Agreement; certify the Final EIR, which is necessary in order to adopt the Development Agreement; create the C-RM zoning district; and rezone the Bayfair Mall property to the Commercial Regional Mall district.