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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
<br /> RESOLUTION NO. 2015-125
<br /> RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT,
<br /> ADOPTING MITIGATION FINDINGS, FINDINGS CONCERNING ALTERNATIVES, A
<br /> STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS AND A MITIGATION
<br /> MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM UNDER CEQA FOR THE SAN LEANDRO
<br /> SHORELINE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (PLN2013-00040)
<br /> WHEREAS, as part of a public/private partnership,the City of San Leandro and Cal-Coast
<br /> Development, LLC propose to redevelop an approximately 75-acre area including 52 acres of land
<br /> area and 23 acres of water area(both owned by the City)that encompass the San Leandro Marina
<br /> and surrounding properties. The Project would be a mixed use development with residential,
<br /> office, commercial and public recreational uses. New features would include an approximately
<br /> 150,000-square-foot office campus, a new 200-room hotel, an approximately 15,000-square-foot
<br /> conference center,up to 354 housing units, 3 new restaurants totaling approximately 21,000 square
<br /> feet, a new parking structure and related improvements. A variety of public amenities would be
<br /> installed, including a new approximately 2,500-square-foot community library/community meeting
<br /> space, an aquatic center/dock,bocce ball courts,outdoor recreational areas,picnic areas,a perched
<br /> beach,pedestrian piers,two miles of public promenade, a natural shoreline element along the
<br /> interior of the harbor basin, a pedestrian/bicycle bridge, a boardwalk/lookout pier, several small
<br /> finger piers, and refurbishment of existing public restrooms on site. Implementation of the Project
<br /> would remove several existing structures and uses, including the 462 existing boat slips,the El
<br /> Torito restaurant building,the harbormaster's office, and the San Leandro Yacht Club building,
<br /> among others. The harbor would only be open to non-motorized watercraft, so the Project includes
<br /> the construction of a small boat launch, a kayak storage building, and an aeration fountain in the
<br /> harbor basin to aid in water circulation; and
<br /> WHEREAS,the Project includes applications 1)to amend the General Plan land use
<br /> designation from Parks and Recreation to Medium Density Residential for approximately 12
<br /> acres for proposed residences on the 9-hole golf course; 2)to rezone approximately 12 acres
<br /> from Commercial Recreation to RM 2000(PD) Residential Multi-Family, Planned Development
<br /> overlay, consistent with the General Plan amendment and to rezone approximately 40 acres from
<br /> CR Commercial Recreation to CC(PD) Community Commercial, Planned Development
<br /> Overlay; 3) site plan review, tentative map, development plan and design guidelines; and 4)
<br /> development agreement. The Project is being processed in two steps. The first step will
<br /> consider the General Plan amendment and rezoning; the second step will consider the
<br /> development permits at future hearings, including but not limited to site plan review,tentative
<br /> map, and Planned Development(PD)plans. The development described above and related
<br /> applications are collectively known as the "Project"; and
<br /> WHEREAS,the Project site is approximately 75 acres, generally located along both sides
<br /> of Monarch Bay Drive between Marina Boulevard and Fairway Drive. The site includes Mulford
<br /> Point to the north and Pescador Point to the south,the boat harbor, existing businesses,various
<br /> structures and parking lot between; portions of the existing 9-hole Marina Golf Course; and the
<br /> existing Mulford-Marina Branch public library; and
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