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

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may be selectively redeveloped with a busi- ness park or light industrial uses. Expansion Area C is the area along the north and south sides of Davis Street, west of Orchard Avenue. This area extends west to Wainwright Avenue, which is the general lim- its of the commercial uses along this portion of Davis Street. Most of the commercial uses along the north side of Davis Street are of marginal quality, economically and physi- cally. This area is generally envisioned to be redeveloped with commercial uses. The properties along the south side of Davis Street were included as a part of the Davis Street Gateway project, a major thor- oughfare widening and upgrading project. Also, an assisted senior housing project is to be developed along the south side of Davis Street, between Orchard and Wayne Avenues. Expansion Area D is located west of Inter- state 880 on the north side of Davis Street, between Warden Avenue and the eastern edge of the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way. This area is characterized by a mix of heavy commercial and industrial uses (including the Lasley Truck Stop), a truck farm and a single- family home adjacent to Phillips Lane, a twenty (20) foot wide unimproved private ac- cess road. This area suffers from an inappro- priate mix of uses, inadequate access and cir- culation, improper parcelization and deterio- rating and dilapidated structures. The area is proposed to be selectively redeveloped with light industrial and/or business park uses. Overall, the redevelopment project area expansion areas are characterized by the exis- tence of buildings and properties which suffer from functional and structural obsolescence. economic dislocation, deterioration and disuse resulting from faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing, depreciated property values and impaired investments, age, obsolescence, l .24.030 deterioration, dilapidation and mixed charac- ter, which constitute a serious physical, social, and economic burden on the community which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private enterprise acting alone. It is declared that the Plaza 2 project area is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effect the public purposes set forth in the State Community Redevelopment Law. (Plaza 2 redev. plan § 2, 1988) 1.24.030 Purpose of redevelopment project. A. The city of San Leandro redevelopment agency proposes to use the authority provided to it by this plan to eliminate or reduce blight and blighted conditions presently existing within the designated Plaza 2 redevelopment project area. B. This action is necessary because within the project area there presently exists an in- adequate circulation system; mixed and shift- ing land uses; fragmented parcelization; func- tionally obsolete and physically deteriorated structures; potential toxic contamination; and inadequate public improvements, including needed parking facilities, street reconstruc- tion, traffic signalization, curb, gutter and sidewalk construction, street lighting, land- scaping, recreational facilities and municipal services facilities —all of which inhibit proper and desirable use and development of the pro- ject area. C. The purpose of this redevelopment pro- ject is to revitalize the project area through the joint participation of property owners, busi- ness owners and the redevelopment agency and to prevent ftirther deterioration, disuse and obsolescence to the detriment of the pub- lic welfare. 25 (San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Stipp. No. I. 10-04)