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Consulting Services Agreement between City of San Leandro and Last revised 01/29/2025 TRI Commercial for Retail Action Plan Exhibit A – Page 2 of 3 III. Analysis Task 5 - Void Analysis: • Identify promising retail categories for attraction. The Consulting Team has state-of-the-art technology to perform a retail Void Analysis. This Void Analysis will be used by the Team (specifically the retail brokers) to identify specific categories, such as those whose sales have leaked previously from the City. Task 6 - Prioritization of Tenants: • Develop a prioritized list of retail tenants and non -retail entities like entertainment and service providers. Using the specific missing retail/restaurant and service categories from the Void Analysis, the Team will provide a list of retailer contact information for future outreach. Task 7 - Site Assessments: • Evaluate the City’s identified three (3) retail properties, noting parking, infrastructure, zoning, and other factors The retail brokers on the Consulting Team have a current understanding of how San Leandro’s retail centers fit within the Bay Area retail picture. Along with other Team members a re-evaluation and assessment of the three retail centers will be completed and provided to the City with the opportunities and challenges associated with each center. Task 8 – Permanently Deleted Task 9 - Regulatory Review: • Team will review the City’s Land Use Table for commercial and make suggestions for changes to zoning and commercial uses definitions. • Team will also discuss with staff, or staff’s consultant the processes a new business must go thru to pull a use or building permit. Team will give suggestions on how these might be streamlined. • Team will provide feedback and examples of preferred processe s most appropriate for San Leandro. Because zoning and permitting are huge challenges in retail leasing today, part of the team will meet with the City’s Community Development department to gather information on zoning, specific plan updates, and the City’s entitlement and permitting process to determine if any changes can be made to streamline and simplify zoning and permit requirements. IV. Retail Attraction Strategy Task 10 - Strategy Attraction Development: • Work with City staff to create short- and long-term retail attraction strategies. • Develop a 12-month action plan for retail attraction efforts. • Conduct Retail Outreach 101 Training Session with City staff (Optional) The Consulting Team will analyze research and information collected in the assessment tasks of the City’s Docusign Envelope ID: 96DA5B41-FB24-4D58-9898-0D1B10B3F8B0