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2 Project Description <br />The proposed project involves the adoption of the Bay Fair Transit Oriented Development (TOD) <br />Specific Plan (“proposed Specific Plan”). The proposed Specific Plan includes policies and <br />development standards to guide future development in Specific Plan Area within the City of San <br />Leandro. The proposed Specific Plan is intended to implement the guidance provided in the City’s <br />2035 General Plan. The 2035 General Plan envisions Bay Fair as a dynamic, walkable, transit- <br />oriented area with a mix of uses – including retail, office, higher density housing, and open space – <br />that leverage their prime location near BART. A reasonable and conservative estimate of buildout <br />associated with the General Plan through 2035 would include development of 2,540 housing units <br />and 300,000 square feet of office space, as well as the removal of an estimated 161,000 square feet <br />of retail space. Information about how the buildout numbers were calculated is provided in <br />subsection 2.3.7. <br />This section describes the proposed Specific Plan location, characteristics of the Specific Plan Area <br />and potential buildout under the proposed Specific Plan, Specific Plan objectives, and the approvals <br />needed to adopt the proposed Specific Plan. Actual development under the provisions of the <br />Specific Plan would require subsequent approvals and permits including consideration of whether <br />the environmental impacts of the project are addressed in this EIR or whether further <br />environmental review is required under CEQA standards. <br />2.1 Lead Agency/Project Applicant <br />City of San Leandro <br />835 East 14th Street <br />San Leandro, California 94577 <br />Contact: Tom Liao, (510) 577-6003 <br />2.2 Location and Setting <br />2.2.1 Specific Plan Area Setting <br />The Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan Area (“Specific Plan Area”) is at the southeastern edge of the San <br />Leandro, adjacent to unincorporated Alameda County. It includes the Bay Fair BART Station, Bayfair <br />Center, East 14th street and Hesperian Boulevard corridors, and a small number of residential uses. <br />The Specific Plan Area is surrounded in most directions by single-family neighborhoods. Further <br />beyond, the area is near three Interstate freeways (I-580, I-238, and I-880). Figure 2 shows the <br />regional location and Figure 3 shows the Specific Plan Area location. <br />The Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan Area has a total acreage of 154 acres, with a majority of its land <br />designated towards retail and commercial uses. The remaining portion contains a mix of uses <br />including office, light industrial, and residential. The study area has different sub areas (such as Bay <br />Fair BART Station, Bayfair Center, Fashion Faire Place, and Fairmont Square Shopping Center), which <br />are divided by two intersecting corridors (East 14th Street and Hesperian Boulevard). Figure 4 shows <br />the location of the main subareas and they are further described below. <br />100