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SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN UPDATE DRAFT FEIR CITY OF SAN LEANDRO REVISIONS TO THE DRAFT EIR 3-4 AUGUST 2016  Remove the “Maximum Office FAR: 2.0” and “Maximum Retail FAR: 2.0” and replace with “Maximum Non-Residential FAR: 3.5” in Section 2-686.  Remove the wording in Section 2-680.F.1(a) “A front building setback of 12 feet to 15 feet from the existing property line is required along the west side of East 14th Street to align with the Civic Center and to create a minimum 25-foot sidewalk and pedestrian amenity zone.” 3.3 REVISIONS TO CHAPTER 4.2, AIR QUALITY The third paragraph on page 4.2-40 of the Draft EIR is hereby amended as follows: Significance after Mitigation: Significant and unavoidable. The General Plan includes policies, listed above and under Impact AQ-1 that, once adopted, would minimize emissions to the extent feasible. Mitigation Measure AQ-1 AQ-2A would require implementation of BAAQMD-approved mitigation measures if subsequent environmental review determines that applicants for future development in San Leandro could generate operational emissions in excess of the BAAQMD significance thresholds. An analysis of emissions generated from the operation of specific future projects allowed under the General Plan would be compared to BAAQMD’s project-level significance thresholds during individual environmental review. The total criteria air pollutant emissions from operation of future development projects under the proposed project would be substantial and would contribute to increases in concentrations of air pollutants, which could contribute to ongoing violations of air quality standards. It should be noted that the identification of this program-level impact does not preclude the finding of less-than-significant impacts for subsequent projects that comply with BAAQMD screening criteria or meet applicable thresholds of significance. The policies proposed as part of the General Plan would reduce criteria air pollutants, to the extent feasible, as part of this programmatic review of air quality impacts. Additional measures to reduce criteria air pollutant emissions would be considered during individual project-level review based on site-specific and project-specific characteristics to reduce significant impacts as applicable. Because those projects and measures cannot be known at this time, the impact is considered significant and unavoidable. 3.4 REVISIONS TO CHAPTER 4.11, POPULATION AND HOUSING The last paragraph on page 4.8-11 of the Draft EIR is hereby amended as follows: As described under Section 4.11.1.2, Existing Conditions, the City of San Leandro’s jobs-to-household ratio was 1.36 in 2015 which is consistent with the 1.35 jobs-to-household ratio for the Bay Area as a whole. However, the 28 percent increase in jobs, under the proposed Plan, would increase the jobs-to-household ratio from 1.36 in 2015 to 1.44 by the horizon year 2035. This suggests that there will be a higher number of employment opportunities relative to housing within San Leandro, thus, workers would need to