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normally be approved either administratively by the Community Development Director, or the Planning Commission if the change is deemed substantial. As proposed with this new condition, all amendments would have to be brought before the Planning Commission for recommendation and the City Council for final action. In addition to being in conformance with General Plan policies that were identified in previous staff reports, staff notes that the project would facilitate implementation of the following policies of the West San Leandro/MacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Plan: Study the Davis West intersection to help residents exit the neighborhood in a timely and safe manner (i.e. signal timing, options such as right turn on red during the morning hours). As part of the conditions of project approval, the applicant has agreed to fund preparation and implementation of a Signal Timing Plan, to be developed in conjunction with City staff and Caltrans. The Plan will look at the intersection signals on Davis Street between I-880 northbound ramp and Doolittle Drive. Implementation of the plan is required prior to issuance of the first certificate of occupancy for the development. ► Provide shuttle services to residential areas, schools, employment and public transportation. The developer has been conditioned to participate financially to the LINKS shuttle program. 1 Promote environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices by San Leandro businesses. The project is being developed in coordination with Alameda County Waste Management Authority (WMA), with spec f c goals set by WMA for green building construction. In addition, WM.A is actively working with the developer to attract value-added tenants. Staff notes that should the current proposal be denied, the current IG zoning designation would allow development of a wider variety of industrial uses than would be allowed with the proposed Planned Development Overlay. Additionally, the Planned Development would provide staff and the decision -makers with greater land use controls than the current zoning. For example, the FedEx Ground facility, as a "small parcel -processing center," would only require administrative review by the Zoning Enforcement Official under the existing zoning. Although traffic impacts would still be an issue with this project (or likely any other development on the project site), without a Planned Development in place, staff s ability to require certain circulation/roadway improvements would be severely limited. Traffic Conditions of Approval When the project was last before the Planning Commission, certain conditions of approval related to traffic improvements had been identified, but sufficient detail regarding timing and PLN2002-00031 — Bayside Business Park Work Session #2 October 1, 2002 Paee 3 of 7