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July 17, 2017 Exhibit A - Consistency Memorandum - Environmental Documentation for the San Leandro Technology Campus Mixed Use Development Project, Westlake Development Partners, LLC (PLN16-0067). The City of San Leandro c/o Michael Baker International reviewed the proposed San Leandro Technology Campus Mixed Use Development at Parrot Street and Thornton Street to determine the appropriate level of environmental review required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). As documented below, Michael Baker determined that additional environmental review is not required and that the project is consistent with the San Leandro Zoning Code and the San Leandro 2035 General Plan. PROJECT DESCRIPTION REGIONAL AND LOCAL SETTING The project site is located on Martinez Street, between Parrott Street and Thornton Street in downtown San Leandro. San Leandro is located in western Alameda County in the San Francisco Bay Area (Figure 1, Regional Location), between Oakland to the northwest and Hayward to the southeast. Regional access to the project area is via Interstate 880 (I-880) and State Route (SR) 112, and locally via Alvarado Street, Martinez Street, Thornton Street, and Parrot Street. The project site is located approximately 0.8 mile east of I-880 and 0.3 mile south of SR 112, between the existing Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR)/Amtrak track to the west and the San Leandro Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station to the east. The project site is bordered on the north by an existing parking structure, on the south by industrial uses across Thornton Street, on the west by light industrial across the UPRR/Amtrak track, and on the east by the San Leandro BART station parking lot. The project site (parcel 11) is the southern parcel of a five-parcel area designated for a transit-oriented development called the San Leandro Technology Campus (SLTC; [Figure 2, Project Location]). Parcels 2 and 3 have been developed and are currently in use, as the first phase of the SLTC development. Parcel 2, adjacent to the project site on the north side, is developed with the 6-level SLTC parking structure (Figure 3 Existing Parking Structure Looking South). As shown in Figure 4, Existing Office Building Looking West, Parcel 3 is developed with a six-story office building, occupied by OSIsoft, LLC Software Company. Parcels 4 and 5, to the north of the overall SLTC development site, are currently vacant and covered with grasses. shows the existing parking lot. PROJECT SITE SETTING The project site encompasses approximately 3.1 acres. The project is located on a vacant site, which is relatively flat and has previously been graded and disturbed. The project site groundcover is primarily dirt, dispersed with a grass patches and dirt piles (Figure 5, Project Site Existing Conditions). As shown in Figure 5, a chain-link fence surrounds the project site perimeter. Approximately 10 trees are dispersed outside the chain-link fence along the western, southern, and eastern borders of the project site. 1 Referred to as parcel 1 for clarity in this document only. 147