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COMMENT LETTER # A02 <br />0EP"TMFM0VTR*MP0XrAV0N <br />DISTRICT 4 <br />ow� dF:TKANsiT AND commimmy PtANOWd <br />BOX2366Q.MS-10D : <br />OAKLANOXA946-234M <br />PHONE (51%2W5528 <br />PAX (510) 286-0$9 <br />TTY 711 if4 wvr "ter" <br />WWWAOLM,gov <br />July 11, 2016 ALAGEN180 <br />ALA -VAR -PM VAR <br />GTS# 04 -ALA -2016-00002 <br />Mr. Tom Liao_SCH# 2001092001 <br />Community Development Department <br />City of San Leandro <br />835 East 1411 Street <br />'San Leandro, CA 94577 <br />San Leandro General Plan Update — Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report <br />Dear Mr. Liao: <br />Thank you for including the California Department of Transportati n ( I )in <br />0 Ca trans the <br />environmental review process for the San Leandro General Plan Update. The new Caltrans <br />mission, vision, and goals signal a modernization of our approach to California's transportation <br />system, in which we seek to reduce statewide vehicle miles traveled (YMT) by 15 -percent by <br />2020 and increase non -auto modes of active transportation. Caltrans plans to increase non -auto <br />mode shares by 2020 through tripling bicycle, and doubling pedestrian and transit trips. These <br />'targets also support the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC) Regional <br />Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), which promotes the increase <br />of 'non -auto mode shares by ten percentage points and a decrease in automobile VMT per capita <br />by ten percent. The following comments are based on the Revised Draft Environmental:Impact <br />Report (RDEIR), <br />PiRied Understanding <br />The Proposed general plan update would replace the existing General Plana for the City of San <br />Leandro, which was last comprehensively updated in 2002. The planning horizon for the <br />proposed plan is 2035. The overall purpose of the General Plan is to create a policy framework <br />that articulates a vision for long term physical form and development, while preserving and <br />enhancing the quality of life for San Leandro's residents. The proposed plan does not include any <br />specific development, The project also includes amendments to the Zoning Code and zoning map <br />to bring these regulatory, documents into conformance to, the updated general plan. <br />The majority of proposed changes to the General Plan land use map consist of the m - designation <br />of sites that were previously designated as Office (now an obsolete land use designation), or the <br />application of the new land use designations to sites that were previously designated for other <br />uses. Implementation of the proposed project is projected to result in 5,595 new housing units, <br />14,790 new residents, and 12,134 nein jobs in 2035. <br />oPn)Wdea,ues, roodindbir. hiregrated a#d Orview t&%V#nnanfm <br />4%twa m on/sunce Califemia'i eawjmY w4 thobifin, " <br />A02-01 <br />