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File Number: 16-656
<br />Environmental Review
<br />This project is categorically exempt from CEQA per Section 15268 of the CEQA guidelines.
<br />The Notice of Exemption was filed with the Alameda County Recorder on December 16, 2010.
<br />Summary of Public Outreach Efforts
<br />During the development of the master plan, the Recreation and Human Services Department
<br />held the following meetings to gather public input on Siempre Verde Park:
<br />·February 3, 2010, 7:00 PM, Recreation and Parks Commission Public Meeting, San
<br />Leandro City Hall South Offices
<br />·February 3, 2010, 9:00 AM, Interactive Meeting with Students, Washington Elementary
<br />School
<br />·February 3, 2010, 8:15 AM, Parent-Teacher Association “Coffee Klatch” Meeting,
<br />Washington Elementary School
<br />·January 28, 2010, 7:00 PM, Community Meeting/Design Charrette, San Leandro City
<br />Hall South Offices
<br />·January 23, 2010, 10:00 AM, Community Meeting, San Leandro City Hall South Offices
<br />·January 21, 2010, 10:00 AM, Senior Commission Meeting, San Leandro City Hall
<br />Sister Cities Gallery
<br />·January 20, 2010, 7:00 PM, Community Meeting, San Leandro City Hall Sister Cities
<br />Gallery
<br />·January 19, 2010, 6:00 PM, Youth Advisory Commission Meeting, San Leandro City
<br />Hall Sister Cities Gallery
<br />During the detailed design phase, the project was described on the Engineering and
<br />Transportation Department website, presented at the town hall meeting for Council Districts 1,
<br />2, and 5 held on May 11, 2015, and also at a community meeting on July 9, 2015 which was
<br />hosted by the Recreation and Human Services Department. Both meetings were advertised
<br />on Nextdoor.
<br />The Notice to Bidders was published in the Daily Review, the South County Post, Visión
<br />Hispana, and World Journal. Staff also notified twenty-one builders exchanges and
<br />construction data firms as well as a list of contractors that have asked to be notified of bidding
<br />opportunities via email about the advertisement of the subject project.
<br />Prior to start of construction, 8’-wide by 4’-high project information signs were installed along
<br />Park Street near the north corner of the Siempre Vere Park and also in the landscaped area
<br />along San Leandro Blvd west of the park. Residents were also notified via Nextdoor of the
<br />construction phase approximately one month prior.
<br />The park rededication ceremony on October 1, 2016 was advertised in the San Leandro
<br />Times and on social media sites, such as Facebook and Nextdoor. Banners were posted at
<br />Siempre Verde Park and also at the Main Library about the event. Recreation and Human
<br />Services staff went door-to-door in the adjacent residential neighborhood to distribute flyers in
<br />English, Chinese, and Spanish about the park rededication. Approximately 800 people
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