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DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br />questions at the One-Stop Permit Center; and assisting in enforcement of various City <br />codes and ordinances relating to property and land use. <br /> <br />The Code Enforcement Division provides regulatory enforcement services for a broad <br />range of adopted local, state, and federal codes. These codes include, but are not limited <br />to, the City of San Leandro Administrative and Municipal Codes California Building Code, <br />and the California Health and Safety Code. Through education and responsive <br />enforcement, the goal of the division is to work with private property owners, residents, <br />and businesses to encourage voluntary compliance and to preserve and promote safe <br />and healthy communities through the enforcement of adopted standards. <br /> <br /> <br />2017-19 ACCOMPLISHMENTS <br /> After a lengthy planning and outreach process, the final Bay Fair Transit Oriented <br />Development (TOD) Specific Plan and related Environmental Impact Report (EIR) <br />was adopted by the City Council in February, 2018. The Plan creates a 20-year <br />vision to transform the Bay Fair BART Station area into a vibrant and sustainable <br />mixed use community including new housing opportunities, a modernized <br />shopping experience, and improved pedestrian and bike access. <br /> A revised Code Enforcement Division was created and became fully operational <br />following the transfer of compliance activities related to the City’s Community <br />Preservation Ordinance, Weed Ordinance and Zoning Code from the Police <br />Department. The division consists of two Community Services Officers. <br /> The Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustments were merged into a <br />unified hearing body. This merger brings the City’s planning entitlement process in <br />line with the majority of other communities in California. <br /> Following approval of the Downtown Parking Management Plan, staff worked to <br />establish an implementation plan to improve the parking experience and support <br />economic development. A wide range of technology and operational changes <br />have been utilized to improve the parking system, including new payment kiosks <br />in the Estudillo Parking Garage, a mobile payment system, new enforcement <br />technology, and new parking meters in Pelton Plaza and along West Juana Ave. <br /> Work on the Monarch Bay Shoreline Development Proje ct continued, with a <br />proposal for the construction of up to 500 housing units, a hotel, two restaurants, <br />a large public park, and new Mulford-Marina Library facility. Staff worked closely <br />with the developer to develop project plans, draft a Development Ag reement and <br />associated agreements and leases, and gain feedback from the community and <br />public agencies. <br /> Businesses continued to expand and invest in their properties, with over $448 <br />million in development permitted in fiscal years 2015 -16 through 2017-18. Over a <br />million square feet of new industrial development is underway and over a thousand <br />new housing units are approved or proposed in Downtown San Leandro and <br />beyond. <br />168 <br />190