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PO Box 260770 | Encino, CA 91426 <br />Land Planning, Finance & Development <br />Tel. 818-380-2600 <br />February 23, 2023 <br />Mr. Mark Shorett <br />PDA Program Manager <br />Association of Bay Area Governments <br />Metropolitan Transportation Commission <br />375 Beale Street Suite 800 <br />San Francisco, CA 94105 <br />RE: Letter of Support- MTC Priority Development Area (PDA) Planning Grants 2022-23 Bay Fair <br />TOD Precise Plan and Specific Plan Amendment applications for the City of San Leandro <br />Dear Mr. Shorett, <br />Kingman Pacific Associates acquired a 3.6-acre site in Sub-Area 1 of the Bay Fair TOD District in <br />2019. We have successfully entitled 497 units of multi-family housing that is projected to include <br />50-100% affordability dependent on available funding sources. Our partners, Pacific West <br />Communities, are currently seeking State AHSC funding for the project in partnership with BART and <br />the City of San Leandro. <br />We’re writing to express strong support for the City of San Leandro’s PDA Planning grant applications <br />to complete a Bay Fair TOD Precise Plan and amend the Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan accordingly. This <br />planning work will address key access challenges, including direct access from our planned high- <br />density housing site on East 14th Street across the Estudillo Creek Flood Control Channel to the Bay <br />Fair BART station. We look forward to continued stakeholder engagement to realize the vision <br />established through prior TOD planning efforts. <br />Through our work with BART and the City on the AHSC application, it is clear that detailed site and <br />multi-modal circulation plans are necessary to reflect new opportunities, address key infrastructure and <br />access challenges, and provide the additional parameters needed to support and streamline future <br />development. The plan will establish an updated circulation network, developable blocks and develop <br />conceptual designs for the key infrastructure needed to catalyze full scale development of the TOD. We <br />expect to be able to leverage MTC’s investment in this regionally important work to advance affordable <br />housing production in the plan area. <br />We look forward to a continued partnership with the City, BART, and other key stakeholders in the Bay <br />Fair TOD district. <br />Sincerely, <br />Alexis Gevorgian <br />Kingman Pacific Associates