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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RE: Exhibit A -CONSISTENCY MEMORANDUM FOR THE SLTC MIXED-USE PROJECT (PLN16-oo67) JULY 17, 2017 (i) Are pecu liar to the projector the parcel on which the project wou I d be I ocated, (2) Were not analyzed as significant effects in a prior EIR on the zoning action, general plan, or community plan, with which the project is consistent, (3) Are potentially significant off-site impacts and cumulative impacts which were not discussed in the prior EIR prepared for the general plan, community plan, or zoning action or, (4) Are previously identified 5ignificanteffect5 which, asa resultof substantial new information which was not known at time the EIR was certified, are determined to have a more severe adverse impact than discussed in the prior EIR. (c) If an impact is not peculiarto the parcel orto the project, has been addressed as a significant effect in the prior EIR, or can be substantially mitigated by the imposition of uniformly applied development policies or standards, then an additional EIR need not be prepared for the project solely on the basis of that impact. (d) This section shall apply only to projects which meet the following conditions: (i) The project is consistent with: (a) A community plan adopted as part of a general plan, (b) A zoning action which zoned or designated the parcel on which the project would be located to accommodate a particular density of development, or (c) A general plan of a local agency, and an EIR was certified by the lead agency for the zoning action, the community pan, orthe general plan. CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15162 AND 15163 CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15163 provide that the agency shall not prepare a subsequent or supplemental EIR unless the agency determines, on the basis of substantial evidence, that certain conditions exist that would lead to a new significant impact or substantial increase in the severity of a previously identified impact, orthat a new or previously rejected mitigation measure or alternative would substantially reduce significant effects. (See also Public Resources Code Section 21166.) GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS The project area is zoned Downtown Area (DA -6) District, and the General Plan land use designation is Transit -Oriented Development Mixed Use. The DA -6 District is intended to implement specific provisions of the Downtown San Leandro Transit -Oriented Development Strategy by clustering residential and office uses in the vicinity of Davis Street and San Leandro Boulevard that will benefit from visibility from these streets and the nearby BART station (San Leandro 2016c; CalRecycle 2014). Per Zoning Code Section 2-676, development in the DA -6 District i requires approval bythe Cityto ensure general consistency with the provisions contained in the Design Guidelines in the Downtown San Leandro Transit -Oriented Development Strategy. Table 2 compares the project's proposed land uses with general plan and zoning code regulations.