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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
<br />RE: Exhibit A -CONSISTENCY MEMORANDUM FOR THE SLTC MIXED-USE PROJECT (PLN3.6-oo67)
<br />JULY 17, 2017
<br />Source: TCA Architecture 2017.
<br />Construction
<br />Project construction would last approximately zo months and would entail grading, excavation, building
<br />and parking garage construction, asphalt and hardscape paving, landscaping, and architectural coating
<br />(i.e., painting).
<br />Construction vehicles would access the site via Davis Street, Marina Boulevard, and San Leandro
<br />Boulevard.. Roads would not be closed during construction, and all road access would be maintained.
<br />BACKGROUND AND LEGAL STANDARDS
<br />The City of San Leandro Downtown Transit -Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy guides long-range
<br />physical development and re -development ofthe 5o2 -acre area in and around the downtown area of San
<br />Leandro, centered at the intersection of East 14th and Davis streets. The City Council adopted the
<br />Downtown San Leandro TOD Strategy on September 4, 2007. The Downtown San Leandro TOD
<br />Strategy Environmental Impact Report (EIR) analyzed the physical impacts of Downtown TOD Strategy
<br />implementation and was certified on June 5, 2007 (SCH #2oo6052102). The EIR addressed impacts
<br />related to aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, greenhouse gas emissions,
<br />geology, soils, and seismicity, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use
<br />and planning, noise, population and housing, public services and recreation, transportation, and utilities
<br />and service systems. The EIR is a program EIR, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168.
<br />CEQA provides that after a public agency certifies an EIR (including a program EIR, such as for a general
<br />plan or other comprehensive land use plan), the agency must consider whether further environmental
<br />review is required for a subsequent discretionary decision. Three sets of provisions in CEQA and the
<br />CEQA Guidelines address the requisite analysis. Whether a supplemental EIR or other environmental
<br />document must be prepared depends on an analysis of the subsequent activity.
<br />CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 3.5183
<br />Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, a public agency need not prepare an EIR or negative
<br />declaration fora projectthat is consistent with a community plan, existing zoning, or general plan policies
<br />for which an environmental document has been certified. CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 specifically
<br />states:
<br />(a) CEQA mandates that projects which are consistent with the development density established by
<br />existing zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified shall not
<br />require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are
<br />project -specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site. This streamlines the
<br />review of such projects and reduces the need to prepare repetitive environmental studies.
<br />(b) In approving a project meeting the requirements of this section, a public agency shall limit its
<br />examination of environmental effects to those which the agency determines, in an initial study or
<br />other analysis:
<br />Service
<br />455
<br />Total
<br />30,o96
<br />Total Building Area
<br />22o,638
<br />Source: TCA Architecture 2017.
<br />Construction
<br />Project construction would last approximately zo months and would entail grading, excavation, building
<br />and parking garage construction, asphalt and hardscape paving, landscaping, and architectural coating
<br />(i.e., painting).
<br />Construction vehicles would access the site via Davis Street, Marina Boulevard, and San Leandro
<br />Boulevard.. Roads would not be closed during construction, and all road access would be maintained.
<br />BACKGROUND AND LEGAL STANDARDS
<br />The City of San Leandro Downtown Transit -Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy guides long-range
<br />physical development and re -development ofthe 5o2 -acre area in and around the downtown area of San
<br />Leandro, centered at the intersection of East 14th and Davis streets. The City Council adopted the
<br />Downtown San Leandro TOD Strategy on September 4, 2007. The Downtown San Leandro TOD
<br />Strategy Environmental Impact Report (EIR) analyzed the physical impacts of Downtown TOD Strategy
<br />implementation and was certified on June 5, 2007 (SCH #2oo6052102). The EIR addressed impacts
<br />related to aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, greenhouse gas emissions,
<br />geology, soils, and seismicity, hazards and hazardous materials, hydrology and water quality, land use
<br />and planning, noise, population and housing, public services and recreation, transportation, and utilities
<br />and service systems. The EIR is a program EIR, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168.
<br />CEQA provides that after a public agency certifies an EIR (including a program EIR, such as for a general
<br />plan or other comprehensive land use plan), the agency must consider whether further environmental
<br />review is required for a subsequent discretionary decision. Three sets of provisions in CEQA and the
<br />CEQA Guidelines address the requisite analysis. Whether a supplemental EIR or other environmental
<br />document must be prepared depends on an analysis of the subsequent activity.
<br />CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 3.5183
<br />Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183, a public agency need not prepare an EIR or negative
<br />declaration fora projectthat is consistent with a community plan, existing zoning, or general plan policies
<br />for which an environmental document has been certified. CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 specifically
<br />states:
<br />(a) CEQA mandates that projects which are consistent with the development density established by
<br />existing zoning, community plan, or general plan policies for which an EIR was certified shall not
<br />require additional environmental review, except as might be necessary to examine whether there are
<br />project -specific significant effects which are peculiar to the project or its site. This streamlines the
<br />review of such projects and reduces the need to prepare repetitive environmental studies.
<br />(b) In approving a project meeting the requirements of this section, a public agency shall limit its
<br />examination of environmental effects to those which the agency determines, in an initial study or
<br />other analysis:
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