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City of San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Major Accomplishments in 2000-01 I. Plaza I & II Redevelopment Area (Central Area/Downtown) San Leandro Plaza Shopping Center The City has recently adopted a downtown plan designed to move the Washington Street Plaza into the 21 st century. This plan involved community workshops and input from groups like the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Association. The Downtown plan calls for a community focused plaza area, increased parking, and heightened pedestrian linkages throughout the downtown and between the downtown and the downtown BART station. Redevelopment is identified as an implementation tool in the downtown plan, as the area is within the Plaza Redevelopment Area. Creekside Plaza Office Complex Formerly the City's corporation yard, the site in the Plaza Redevelopment Area was vacant for the past 20 years. Over this time the agency has reviewed numerous proposed uses for the site ranging from retail stores to movie theaters. This past year the Agency entered into an agreement with the developer for the sale of the land for the construction of the City's first Class A Office complex comprising 200,000 square feet of office in three buildings and a parking structure. Among other things this agreement spells out design standards and improvements for a public walk along the creek. The new office complex will strengthen and enhance San Leandro's downtown business community by bringing 500 employees to the site within walking distance of shopping, dining, and professional services. Boy Scouts of America Building The sale of Agency -owned property located at 1001 Davis Street for development of an approximate 22,000 square foot building to serve as East Bay headquarters for San Francisco Bay Area Council #28, Boy Scouts of America, Inc. The high quality design features include the building orientation, the use of the climbing wall enclosed with glass on the Davis Street frontage, details on the windows, and the curved portion of the building at the Orchard Avenue and Davis Street intersection with the flag pole and bench features. Specific architectural components of the project that will enhance the project site and surrounding vicinity include the pictorial gallery, climbing wall, and inscribed concrete pads that will be a public art feature. II. City -County (Joint) Redevelopment Area (Central/South San Leandro) Pedestrian Bridge The San Leandro Redevelopment Agency in partnership with the Alameda County Redevelopment Agency and BART has received a $2 million grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's TLC program. The purpose of this grant is to heighten the