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Memo to City Council -3-February 2, 1984 <br />be the use most compatible with the environmental limitations on the site, <br />the use most able to pay the cost of mitigating the traffic impacts, and the <br />use which would result in the best fiscal balance for the City of San Leandro. <br />The applicant's very favorable response from prospective tenants supports the <br />site's viability as a commercial location. <br />The major concern with respect to the. pro-ject is the impact on the traffic con- <br />ditions in the vicinity. At present the traffic volumes on the frontage streets <br />and on many of the streets serving the area are very high, especially at the p.m. <br />peak hour. Some of the intersections in the vicinity of the project are oper- <br />ating at levels of service E and F~ levels which are generally considered <br />unacceptable. The specific traffic problems, project impacts and mitigation to <br />redu.ce impacts are described in detail in the Final EIR. The comments· on the <br />Draft EIR and the testimony at the three hearings describe the community concerns <br />with respect to present and potential traffic problems. <br />The Commission, in reviewing the project, did note that major new development <br />on this property is essential to obtaining the widening along the Washington <br />and Lewelling frontages and the improvement of the Washington and Lewelling <br />intersection to the extent needed to make it function at an acceptable level of <br />service. In several other locations in San Leandro a major new development at <br />an intersection with traffic problems ~as been the key to street improvements <br />which have significantly upgraded the traffic performance at the intersection. <br />For example, the Marina/Merced intersection, the Washington/Halcyon intersection, <br />and the extension of Fairmont Drive from East 14th Street to Hesperian Boulevard <br />are in this category. <br />This project, because it is located near the edge of the City, results in <br />impacts outside of th~ City of San Leandro. Consequently other jurisdictions <br />besides the City are involved in resolving traffic problems. Both the State <br />(Caltrans) and Alameda County have jurisdiction over streets or ramps affected <br />by the project. This factor complicates the problems of assuri.ng mitigation is <br />undertaken. Based on the information ava.il ab 1 e, the Cammi ssion has recommended <br />that the applicant be required to make improvements on his property frontages <br />and the Commission has recommended the City and County work together to resolve <br />the approach to improvements outside the City's jurisdiction. The Commission <br />believes that if the project is required to provide its reasonable share of <br />traffic improvements in the vicinity, it will result in significant improvement <br />in the existing situation. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />After careful consideration of the project at three public hearings and review <br />of the Draft and Final EIR's, the Planning Commission recommends that the <br />Reclassification and General Development Plan be approved, subject to the <br />attached conditions for the Planned Unit Development. The conditions recommended <br />for this project are unusually extensive. This reflects both the size and com- <br />plexity of the project and the fact that the project had been given close <br />54