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WHEREAS, in 2017, the Shoreline Development Concept Plan was updated as a result
<br />of feedback from the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)
<br />and changes in market conditions; and
<br />WHEREAS, the updated Shoreline Development Concept Plan now proposes to
<br />redevelop the Shoreline area with up to 485 housing units, a 220 -room hotel with attached
<br />restaurant, a 15,000 square foot two-story restaurant /banquet facility, a 3,000 square foot
<br />market/caf6, a redesigned nine -hole golf course, a new Mulford -Marina Branch library, a nine -
<br />acre community park, and related site improvements, including publicly accessible trails,
<br />landscaped areas, access drives, and parking lots; and
<br />WHEREAS, the submittal includes applications for a General Plan Text Amendment,
<br />General Plan Map Amendment, and Zoning Map Amendment; and
<br />WHEREAS, the proposed General Plan Text Amendment would update the Land Use
<br />Element, including Land Use Goal LU -9, and Action LU -9.4.A, to reflect the updated Shoreline.
<br />Development Concept Plan as shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by
<br />reference; and
<br />WHEREAS, the proposed General Plan Amendment would reduce the General
<br />Commercial (CG) area west of Monarch Bay Drive from 31 acres to 16 acres, increase the Parks
<br />and Recreation (PR) designation west of Monarch Bay Drive from 7.2 acres to 15.5 acres, re-
<br />designate approximately 6.8 acres from CG to High Density Residential (RH), reduce the 30.7 -
<br />acre PR area east of Monarch Bay Drive from 30.7 to 24.4 acres, and increase the Medium
<br />Density Residential (RM) acreage east of Monarch Bay Drive from 13.1 to 19.4 acres as shown
<br />in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and
<br />WHEREAS, the development described above, and related applications are collectively
<br />known as the "Project"; and planning approvals for the Project are being processed in stages. The
<br />first processing stage considers the General Plan Text Amendment, General Plan Map
<br />Amendment, and Zoning Map Amendment; the subsequent processing stage(s) will consider the
<br />development permits at fixture hearings, including but not limited to a Planned Development
<br />Project, Tentative Map, Site Plan Review, Conditional Use Permit; and Development Agreement
<br />applications; and
<br />WHEREAS, in July 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2015-125 certifying
<br />a Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) entitled, "San Leandro Shoreline Development
<br />Project EIR (SCH # 2013072011)" and adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and Report Program
<br />(MMRP) for the 2015 Project; and
<br />WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Public Resources Code
<br />Section 21000, et seq., and the State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 require that when an EIR
<br />is certified for a project, no subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead
<br />agency determines, on the basis of substantial evidence in light of the whole record, that one or
<br />more of the following exists:
<br />1. Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the
<br />previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a
<br />substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;
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