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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: March 19, 2018 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:18-127 PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Tom Liao <br />Acting Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of San Leandro <br />Upholding the Decision of the Board of Zoning Adjustments to Approve Parrott <br />Street Apartments, PLN17-0061 <br />APL18-001 <br />WHEREAS, Eden Housing, Inc., (the “Applicant”); and Parrott Street Investors, LLC, (the <br />“Property Owner”) submitted an application to construct a five-story 62-unit multi-family affordable <br />housing development at 1604 and 1642 San Leandro Boulevard (PLN17-0061) (“Project”); and <br />WHEREAS, the subject property is comprised of two parcels to be merged, a 13,321 <br />square foot corner lot and a 6,700 square foot interior lot adjacent to the south, totaling 20,021 <br />square feet (0.46 acre). The corner lot is vacant and unimproved and the interior lot is developed <br />with a two-story four-unit apartment complex. The complex would be demolished and removed; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the subject property is located at the southeast corner of San Leandro <br />Boulevard and Parrott Street, across the street from the San Leandro BART station; and the site <br />is included within the Downtown Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy area; and <br />WHEREAS, on September 4, 2007 the San Leandro City Council approved the “San <br />Leandro Transit Oriented Development Strategy,” a plan that addresses planning and design in <br />the downtown area and around the San Leandro BART station. The TOD Strategy contains <br />policies and design standards to focus higher density growth in the transit-accessible downtown <br />area. The project site along San Leandro Boulevard is ideal for transit oriented development and <br />affordable housing because the area is immediately served by a variety of public transportation <br />sources, including AC Transit, BART and San Leandro’s LINKS shuttle, and has established <br />shopping and professional services within the immediate vicinity; and <br />WHEREAS, associated with the adoption of the TOD Strategy specific plan was the new <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/13/2018 <br />106