Easement - Portion of 15035 East 14th St - File D-1386, 2005

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1.24.020 While the private investment and new de- velopment of public improvements envisioned in the Plaza 1 plan have been largely realized, and many of the additional improvements slated for the Plaza 2 area are underway, the redevelopment agency has proposed this eighth amendment of the Plaza 2 redevelop- ment plan. The amendment, which is con- tained in this document, adds the territory noted above (Expansion Areas A, B, C and D), identifies various improvements and de- velopments to be undertaken within these ar- eas, and stipulates the agency's financing powers and expenditure limitations. This amended Plaza 2 redevelopment plan incorporates and supersedes all previous ver- sions of the Plaza 2 redevelopment plan. (Plaza 2 redev. plan § 1, 1988) 1.24.020 Project area boundaries and description. The legal description of the Plaza 2 rede- velopment project area, which includes the previously approved Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the currently proposed Area 5 (Expansion Ar- eas A, B, C and D), is contained in Appendix A of this division. The Expansion Areas A, B, C and D that make up Area 5 are generally described as follows: Expansion Area A is located along both sides of San Leandro Boulevard, between Davis Street and San Leandro Creek. The strictures located along the east side of San Leandro Boulevard are being purchased by the city as apart of its San Leandro Boulevard and Davis Street widening and upgrading pro- jects. The occupants are to be relocated and the structures are to be demolished. The rede- velopment agency intends to purchase the re- sidual portions of these parcels from the city (and add them to the adjacent former city cor- poration yard site [included in a previous amendment to the Plaza 2 plan]), which is eventually to be redeveloped. Several of the structures along the west side of San Leandro Boulevard are deteriorating or functionally obsolete. Also, several residential uses still exist in the area, inappropriately in- termixed with commercial and light industrial uses. The intent of the plan is to cause this area to be redeveloped for commercial or light industrial uses. The remaining portion of Expansion Area A includes the lands of the Union Pa- cific/Western Pacific Railroad right-of-way north of Davis Street, which is the site of the railroad's public loading dock and the ele- vated BART tracks. The agency plans the de- velopment of a public parking lot and access driveways in this area to serve the loading dock and the redeveloped properties fronting on the west side of San Leandro Boulevard. Expansion Area B is that area situated west of BART's San Leandro station and is bounded generally by West Estudillo Avenue on the north, Martinez Street and the Union (Western) Pacific Railroad on the east, Williams Street on the south, and Alvarado Street and the South- ern Pacific Railroad on the west. The major portion of this area, north of Thornton Street, contains several deteriorating former Del Monte food processing buildings now used for general warehousing and storage. Clearance and redevelopment of this area with predomi- nately office uses is envisioned by the agency. The portion of the area south of Thornton Street contains a mix of deteriorating and va- cant buildings intended for light industrial, warehouse and office uses. The area west of the Southern Pacific right-of-way is ear- marked for redevelopment as a business park, while the uses east of the railroad right-of-way (San Leandro Redevelopment Agency 3-05) 24