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Cizn Kimley-Horn <br /> and Associates,Inc. <br /> • <br /> Memorandum <br /> To: Sunny Tong <br /> Westlake Development Partners,LLC <br /> • <br /> From: Matt Weir,P.E.,T.E., PTOE <br /> Re: Response to Caltrans'Comments • <br /> San Leandro Crossings—San Leandro, California <br /> Date: February 20,2014 <br /> As requested,I am writing to provide responses to traffic related (referred to as"Impact Analysis") <br /> comments offered by Caltrans in a letter dated February 19,2014. <br /> Comment#1 <br /> The commenter asks for discussion pertaining to the selection of study intersections and,more <br /> specifically, why Interstate 880/Davis Street ramps and State Route 61 (Davis Street)/State Route 185(E. <br /> 14th Street)intersections were not analyzed. <br /> Response: Early in the project scoping stage we reviewed the Downtown San Leandro TOD Strategy to <br /> confirm the development assumptions contemplated in the project area's EIR.This effort included a <br /> back-check of the entire TOD Strategy, as well as the subject project's site. In addition,we reviewed the <br /> TOD Strategy EIR and confirmed that the proposed project would generate fewer trips than the <br /> development Intensity assumed for the site in the TOD Strategy EIR.The following is a summary of what <br /> was confirmed through this review: <br /> • TOD Strategy Included: • <br /> o 3,431 dwelling units • <br /> o 120,870-sf commercial/retail <br /> o 718,240-sf office <br /> • Westlake site is described as: <br /> • o Opportunity Site 24 within Special Planning Area 8,and as BART Block 53 <br /> • 820 dwelling units <br /> • 74,000-sf office <br /> • 15,000-sf retail <br /> • 3,810 daily trips <br /> Using the current proposed project,the current plan falls under the development combination assumed <br /> on the site in the EIR.The current proposed project is anticipated to generate"'3,500 daily trips("300 <br /> daily trips less than the Opportunity Site 24 data presented above).This comparison incorporates the <br /> same transit and mixed-use trip reductions previously incorporated in the EIR traffic analysis.As a result, <br /> the TOD Strategy EIR considered,studied,and mitigated more intensive development than is being <br /> proposed on the project site.Therefore,only those intersections immediately surrounding the project <br /> site and those anticipated to be most affected by the proposed project were included in the traffic <br /> impact analysis. <br /> San Leandro Crossings Page 1 of 3 <br /> Response to Caltrans'Comments February 20,2014 <br />