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Potentially Significant Potentially Unless Less then Significant Mitigation Significant Impart Incorporated Impact No impact . Comments: a) The proposed project would complement rather than divide the established community by developing an underutilized urban site and would Implement land uses approved by the Downtown San Leandro Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy. The TOD Strategy was previously analyzed in an EIR that was certified in September of 2007. Therefore, the proposed project would not disrupt or divide the physical arrangement of the community established by existing uses. b) The City of San Leandro General Plan contains various policies pertaining to land use, housing, circulation and transportation, open space, recreation and noise, which could be applicable to the proposed project. The proposed project does not involve the creation of a new General Plan land use designation and zoning district,but rather implements land uses set forth in the Downtown San Leandro TOD Strategy and analyzed in the TOD Strategy EIR (TOD Strategy Approved and EIR Certified September 4, 2007). The TOD Strategy was developed to comply with and implement the overall vision of the General Plan as it relates to the downtown San Leandro area. The TOD Strategy is a comprehensive plan•for the smart growth of the downtown area and supports office, residential and mixed-use development. As part of the TOD Strategy,a detailed land assessment was completed and thirty-nine opportunity sites were identified. This site was identified and included in that list of opportunity sites. Development of the project site will help to implement the Downtown San Leandro TOD Strategy. The proposed development is located in the DA-5(S)and PS(S)zoning districts. These districts are located within the area of the Transit Oriented Development Strategy. The size, height development characteristics are consistent • with policies included in the City's General Plan and zoning. As a result, the proposed project will not conflict with an applicable land use plan,policy or regulation and will therefore,not have a potentially significant effect. c) There are no habitat conservation plans or natural community conservation plans In effect within the project area. The project site has been previously graded and disturbed, contains vegetation that Is primarily ruderal in nature and is surrounded by existing development.Accordingly, the proposed project would not conflict with any habitat conservation or natural community conservation plans and will therefore have no Impact. • � I XI. MINERAL RESOURCES. Would the project: a. Result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be X of value to the region and the residents of the state? b. Result in the loss of availability of a locally important mineral resource X recovery site delineated on a local general plan,specific plan or other land use plan? • - I Comments: as=b.: The State legislation protecting mineral resource zones is the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975. Part of the purpose of the act is to classify mineral resources in the State and to transmit the information to local governments which regulate land use in each region of the State. Local governments are responsible for designating lands that contain regionally-significant mineral resources in local general plans to assure resource conservation in areas of • intensive competing land uses. The law has resulted in the preparation of Mineral Land Classification Maps delineating Mineral Resource Zones(MRZ) 1 through 4 for aggregate resources (sand,gravel and stone). The project area is classified by the California Geological Survey as MRZ-1,a Mineral Resource Zone for which there is adequate information to indicate there are no aggregate mineral resources present. Consequently,there would be no impact on mineral resources with project Implementation and no mitigation measures are required. XII.NOISE. Would the project result in: a. Exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards X established in the local general plan or noise ordinances,or applicable standards of other agencies? b. Exposure of persons to or generation of excessive groundbome vibration X or groundbome noise levels? • 20