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BAY FAIR TOD SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS The Bay Fair Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Specific Plan Amendments will update the Specific Plan, General Plan, and Zoning Code to incorporate the detailed studies, strategies, and development plans prepared through the Bay Fair TOD Sub-Area 1 Precise Plan process to ensure consistency across all policy documents and provide for development streamlining. The Specific Plan, General Plan, and Zoning Code Amendments will also align with MTC’s Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) policy for the full 150-acre Priority Development Area (PDA). Since the 2018 Specific Plan was adopted, the State, regional, and local policy framework has evolved significantly, including: • State housing legislation related to 6th Cycle Housing Elements, objective development standards, streamlined review of housing projects, and parking reforms • AB2923 and BART’s 10-Year Transit-Oriented Development Work Plan • Plan Bay Area 2050 and related implementation (e.g., TOC Policy, Priority Sites Pilot) • San Leandro’s 2021 Climate Action Plan and 2023 General Plan Environmental Justice Element • San Leandro’s Certified 2023-2031 Housing Element, and related EIR that evaluated up to 5,000 housing units and 375,000 sq. ft. of office in the Bay Fair TOD Area Additionally, key properties in the Bay Fair TOD PDA have new owners resulting in exciting opportunities for adaptive reuse of up to 400,000 square feet of an aging mall for a transit -oriented employment center and entitlement of a 497-unit multi-family development through the SB35 State streamlining process. The 2018 Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan requires significant revisions to respond to the above changes and align with current opportunities for transit-oriented development. The necessary Specific Plan amendments will be informed by detailed development plans, parcelization plans, circulation plans, open space plans, and infrastructure plans prepared through the Bay Fair TOD Sub-Area 1 Precise Plan process. The Specific Plan Amendment scope includes environmental review that will build off of the Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan EIR and 2023-2031 Housing Element EIR to evaluate additional capacity that would result from the proposed amendments, allowing for streamlined development project review.