Reso 2016-117 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

congest all surrounding residential neighborhoods with increased demands on already limited street B01-04 parking. And then before you know it, we residents will be facing two hour parking limits in front of cont. our houses and parking permit requirements!!! Buildings un to 50 feet tall — Absolutely NOT! I agree that change and growth here in San Leandro, to accommodate the needs of the SF Bay Area is appropriate; but not by bringing. retail/downtown business into the existing residential areas and allowing structures of up to 50 feet in height to be built on these properties. I am a 41h generation native San Franciscan and lived in the city for 50 years. I witnessed the increasing population density, traffic, parking issues, and overcrowding in the city first hand. But, SF did not build new high rise apartments in established residential areas, rather they redeveloped B01-05 blighted areas of "downtown" — South of Market, the Embarcadero, etc. creating thriving new communities without disrupting already existing residential neighborhoods. If indeed one of San Leandro's goals is to welcome families who work in San Francisco to a more affordable, comfortable and peaceful community, constructing dense housing in areas that cannot accommodate the stress on its infrastructure, will achieve nothing but headaches for new and existing San Leandrans. New Commercial Uses: The zoning change of the Estudillo/Bancroft properties will allow for new uses, many of which are inappropriate in a residential neighborhood area, and near a school. Specifically, the City Planning Services Director's 6/16/16 document presented at the Planning Commission meeting of that date specifies that these areas on Estudillo could now offer... bars, atm's, home improvement & custom industry, fast food establishments and other retail sales, including drugstores. While I understand B01-06 that some of these businesses would need separate approval in order to operate, overall, this is unacceptable. The existing downtown area of San Leandro has plenty of drug stores and an abundance of vacant retail space to accommodate other retail sales. That said, I would love to have more fine dining opportunities in our fair City. Market Rate Rents: Conversation surrounding this re -zoning proposal, refers to the proposed new apartment units in "DA -2 San Leandro", specifically the development proposed for 1300 — 1380 Bancroft, being rented at "market rate". "Market Rate" in this instance is being identified as $4,000 per month rent for a 2 bedroom/2 bath apartment. The reason folks are looking to leave San Francisco is that they cannot 1301-07 afford the "market rates". And those who choose to stick it out, are living 4 to 6 people in a two bedroom apartment which is what it takes to pay that market rate rent bill. 4 to 6 individuals in one apartment have 4 to 6 cars, not the planned 1.5 vehicles per unit. The issues I have identified above are legitimate concerns that San Leandro City Officials must seriously consider. Reference has been made to the EIR and that traffic congestion was not B01-08 identified as a problem in the Estudillo and Bancroft areas currently targeted for this re -zoning from P to DA -2. What the EIR did not address was how the increase of traffic due to a denser population