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PLN2013-00045;San Leandro Downtown Technology Campus/Westlake Development Panners,LLC.;1333 Martinez Street January 2014 Mitigated Negative Declaration Pursuant to the Downtown TOD Strategy (Page 74 — Abandoned Streets), Martinez Street between Thornton Street and West Estudillo Avenue will be vacated as part of this proposal. The development plan for the vacated portion of the street includes pedestrian,bicycle, street, sidewalk, landscaping and utility improvements. As part of the overall.development phasing plan, it may become necessary to . record one or more Lot Line Adjustments to accommodate the buildings and parking layout on the site. The project also includes the relocation of the existing at-grade railroad pedestrian crossing(currently located northeasterly of the Martinez Street terminus at West Estudillo Avenue between the subject property and the BART station) further south to provide more convenient access for pedestrians to access the BART fare gates. Public access to the crossing will be provided by a landscaped "Paseo" that will bisect the site in an east-west direction. • V. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE • The Planning and Housing Manager finds, based on the initial study, that the proposed project as described above will not have a significant effect on the environment and therefore does not require an environmental impact report. The mitigation measures identified herein would reduce all impacts -to a less than significant level. Therefore, there is no substantial evidence, in light of the whole record before the agency,that the project,with mitigations, may have a significant effect on the environment. VI. IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS An Initial Study conducted by the City of San Leandro (including an attached checklist)determined that the proposed project, with incorporated mitigation measures, will reduce anyproject impacts to a less than significant level. This Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared in accordance with Section 15070 of the State of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. A. The proposed project has been reviewed according to the standards and requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and an Initial Study Environmental Evaluation Checklist has been prepared with a determination that the project will not have a significant impact on the environment and as long as the applicant complies with all identified mitigation measures. • B. The project area is located within the seismically-active Bay Area. Therefore, the project applicant would be required to comply with all applicable State and City regulations to address geologic hazards. The mitigation measures are conditions of approval. • VII. SUMMARY OF MITIGATION.MEASURES Mitigation Measure#1: The applicant shall cooperate with the appropriate regional, state and federal agencies to implement the regional Clean Air Plan and enforce air quality standards in compliance with General Plan Policy 31.01. Mitigation Measure#2: The applicant shall promote strategies that help improve air quality by reducing the necessity of driving, such as programs for carpooling and vanpooling, better provisions for bicyclists and pedestrians, and implementing mixed use and higher density development around transit stations in compliance with General Plan Policy 31.02. • 1