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File Number: 16-556 <br />Security Cameras and License Plate Readers/Cameras <br />The Association also proposes the addition of Two security cameras on private property. <br />While not subject to approval, the information was provided as part of the proposal and the <br />proposed design has been evaluated and determined to be acceptable. The cameras would <br />be placed beneath the patio cover of the kiosk parallel to Bayfront Drive (see Exhibit C). In <br />addition, there would be two license plate reader/cameras on stone veneer columns. One <br />would be located on Bayfront Drive, 15-20 feet from the Lewelling Boulevard circle and the <br />other would be located on Anchorage Drive, south of the post for the egress gate (see Exhibit <br />A). They would be approximately four feet tall, have a square column design of two- by <br />two-feet, and finished with a decorative cap. <br />Operations <br />The applicant stated that cyclist and pedestrians entering or leaving from Lewelling Boulevard <br />are would not monitored, to address prior concerns related to Bay Trail Public Access. The <br />purpose of the attendant at the kiosk is to observe motor vehicles. The kiosk provides <br />necessities of shelter and restroom facility for the attendant which has been an effective <br />program in deterring criminal activity. <br />STAFF ANALYSIS <br />In 2014 to the present time, tThe City has recommended more effective and less exclusive <br />safety and security measures should be undertaken to address the Association’s safety <br />concerns. These measures included such as the installing of security cameras, maintaining <br />and improving outdoor lighting, continuing the Neighborhood Watch efforts, working with the <br />City’s Police Department, and/or hiring private security to patrol the neighborhood. As stated <br />in the applicant’s statement and previously in this report, the Association hired a firm to staff <br />the development’s entrance with an attendant and it’s reported had positive results in reducing <br />incidents of crime to the neighborhood. Therefore, the Association proposes a kiosk, a <br />permanent shelter and structure, for the attendant. This would be an improvement to the <br />current practice where an attendant is seated and/or standing on the Bayfront Drive sidewalk <br />or Lewelling Boulevard circle. On occasion there is a portable (temporary) umbrella for shade <br />or shelter. <br />The City further recommended that the kiosk be placed outside of the public right-of-way and <br />be placed on private property such that public access will be unencumbered. The kiosk should <br />not be placed in the path of pedestrians per the San Francisco Bay Conservation <br />Development Commission (BCDC) requirement for public access. Thus the proposed security <br />kiosk placement is on Heron Bay Park property outside of the Lewelling Boulevard <br />right-of-way and north of the Bayfront Drive sidewalk. <br />Although the City believes that gates should not be made part of this residential neighborhood <br />based on the City’s General Plan policy not to gate residential communities, the proposed <br />egress gate on Anchorage is off of the Lewelling Boulevard Circle and the Bayfront Drive so it <br />does not have any deterrent view for Bay Trail users including pedestrians and bicyclists. The <br />Alameda County Fire Department has reviewed the proposal and found the drivable barrier <br />design on the eastern half of the street and the gate on the western half of the Anchorage <br />Drive acceptable for emergency access. <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/13/2016