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City Council Staff Report August 31, 1999 A-99-2 & PD-99-2 Page 2 of S B. Approve the rezoning of the property from CC Community Commercial District to CC(PD) Community Commercial, Planned Development Overlay District by adopting the attached Ordinance; and C. Approve by motion the redevelopment of the property with a Planned Development for the construction of a new hotel and self -storage facility subject to recommended Findings and amended Conditions of Approval, including the recommended amendments contained in this staff report. This proposal would consist of redeveloping an underutilized property for a business -oriented hotel and a self -storage facility. The design of the hotel (four stories facing Embers Way) will include meeting rooms with capacity for up to 75 persons; 120 rooms; no eating facilities. The proposed development and land uses will meet the objectives of the Alameda County -City of San Leandro Joint Redevelopment Project Plan to improve the economic health of the area. DISCUSSION In addition to the attached July 12, 1999, City Council Staff Report, the following is supplemental information on the matter that has been gathered during the continuance. Meeting with Board of Supervisor Gail Steele On July 26, the applicant met with Supervisor Steele, Alameda County staff and City staff. The applicant described the current proposal and the measures that will be incorporated to reduce the potential effects of the project on San Lorenzo residents located to the south across the flood control channel. The discussion centered on the visual impact of the proposed 4-story hotel and the effects on the privacy of adjacent residents. The County requested that the applicant further consider the feasibility of several site plan concepts to lessen the impact of the hotel on San Lorenzo residents. The concepts discussed included the following, which were also evaluated during the Planning Commission's review of the project: 1. Rotate the hotel 90 degrees so the narrow end of the hotel would face the residents in San Lorenzo instead of the broadside of the hotel; 2. Situate the hotel parallel to Embers Way, thus, pivoting the hotel approximately 30 degrees to increase the distance between the hotel and the residents to the south; and 3. Redesign the hotel as a three-story structure or reduce the number of rooms. The applicant also offered to work with the County to landscape the south side of the flood control channel adjacent to the residents to provide additionally screening. (This landscaping would be in addition to the tree buffer that will be provided along the southern edge of the hotel parcel and the applicant's offer to plant trees and install new fencing in the backyards of residents that will have a direct view of the hotel.) The possibility of the County abandoning this portion of the flood control easement to adjacent property owners was also discussed. M 2