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RESOLUTION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO.2020-149 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE BAY FAIR TRANSIT -ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (TOD) SPECIFIC PLAN, AMENDING THE SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN, AND ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED BAY FAIR TOD SPECIFIC PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT SCH NO.2017032016 WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65300 et seq. requires every city and county in California to adopt a General Plan for its long-range development, and further, to periodically update that plan to reflect current conditions and issues; and WHEREAS; in 2016, the City Council adopted the San Leandro 2035 General Plan; and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65450 et seq. permits a city to adopt a specific plan for the implementation of the general plan for part of the area covered by the general plan; and WHEREAS, on February 20, 2018, the City Council adopted the Bay Fair Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Specific Plan (the "Specific Plan"); and WHEREAS, the Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan Area encompasses 154 acres and is generally bound by East 14 Street to the northeast, Hesperian Boulevard to the west, and the border between the City and unincorporated Alameda County to the south and southwest (the "Specific Plan Area"); and WHEREAS, the Bay Fair BART Station and parking lots, Bay Fair Center shopping mall, Fairmont Square and Fashion Faire Place shopping areas, and portions of the Hesperian and East 14th corridors are included within the Specific Plan Area; and WHEREAS, the Specific Plan implements the City's General Plan, which identifies the Specific Plan Area as one of the City's most significant areas of potential changes, and envisions the area as a dynamic, walkable, transit -oriented area with a mix of uses; and WHEREAS, the Specific Plan provides a vision for a sustainable, vibrant, and safe transit -oriented village with a diversity of land uses serving local and regional populations; and WHEREAS, the Specific Plan includes goals and policies related to land use, transportation/traffic, infrastructure, and design to fulfill the vision for the Specific Plan Area, and establishes uses and development standards for the Specific Plan Area; and WHEREAS, the Specific Plan includes text and diagrams specifying the distribution, location, and extent of the uses of land within the area covered by the plan, as well as the location, and extent and intensity of major components of public and private transportation and other essential facilities located within the Specific Plan Area; and WHEREAS, the Specific Plan identifies standards and criteria by which development will proceed; and