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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST <br />City of San Leandro 1388 Bancroft Avenue Project <br />November 2018 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />3.0-69 <br />REGULATORY SETTING <br />San Leandro General Plan <br />The San Leandro General Plan Transportation Element addresses the movement of people and <br />goods in the city, including by a variety of transportation modes. The plan’s goals include the <br />following: <br />Goal T-1 Coordinate land use and transportation planning. <br />Goal T-2 Design and operate streets to be safe, attractive, and accessible for all <br />transportation users whether they are pedestrians, bicyclist, transit riders or <br />motorists, regardless of age or ability. <br />Goal T-3 Promote and accommodate alternative, environmentally-friendly methods <br />of transportation, such as walking and bicycling. <br />Goal T-4 Ensure that public transportation is safe, convenient, and affordable and <br />provides a viable alternative to driving. <br />Goal T-5 Improve major transportation arteries for circulation in and around the city. <br />Goal T-6 Minimize the adverse effects of business, industrial, and through traffic on <br />neighborhood streets. <br />Goal T-7 Improve traffic safety and reduce the potential for collisions on San Leandro streets. <br />Goal T-8 Coordinate local transportation planning with other agencies and <br />jurisdictions. <br />CHECKLIST DISCUSSION <br />a, b, f) Less Than Significant Impact. The project site is currently developed with two buildings <br />totaling approximately 24,400 square feet of medical office space. These uses are estimated to generate 84 trips during the peak PM period. The project would result in a 45-unit apartment building, which would generate approximately 25 trips during the peak <br />PM period.2 Thus, the project would result in a reduction in trips compared to existing <br />conditions. Because the project would result in fewer peak-hour trips than under existing conditions, impacts on the level of service of the local and metropolitan road network <br />would be less than significant. <br />In addition, the project has been evaluated for consistency with the GreenTRIP program <br />and awarded conditional GreenTRIP certification (Rizzo 2018). GreenTRIP is a certification program for new residential development that was established by TransForm, a nonprofit transportation advocacy organization. GreenTRIP certifies projects that allow new <br /> <br />2 The trip generation rates used in this calculation are 3.46 trips per 1,000 square feet of medical office use (ITE code 720) and 0.56 trips per dwelling unit of low-rise multi-family housing (ITE code <br />220) (ITE 2017).