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City of San Leandro City Council Meeting Date: May 5, 2025 Agenda Number: 8.b. Agenda Section: PUBLIC HEARINGS File Number: 25-134 File Type: Resolution - Council Adopt Two Resolutions; 1) Reject an Appeal by Mitchell M. Tsai Law Offices for Carpenters Local 713 and Advocates for the Environment (Appellants) of the Decision of the Planning Commission to Certify an Environmental Impact Report and Associated Documents; and 2) Approve a Conditional Use Permit, Administrative Site Plan Review, and Administrative Exception (Height) to construct a 50-foot-tall, 244,573-square-foot warehouse/distribution building at 880 Doolittle Drive, PLN22-0039. Zoning District IG, General Industrial. APNs 77A-0741-004-02 and 77A-0741-005-00. Applicant: Prologis LP COUNCIL PRIORITY ·Economic Development SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION The applicant requests approval of a Conditional Use Permit, Administrative Site Plan Review, and Administrative Exception (Height) to construct a 50-foot-tall, approximately 244,573-square-foot warehouse/distribution building and related site improvements at 880 Doolittle Drive. The Planning Commission considered the item at a duly noticed public hearing on February 6, 2025, and voted 4-2 (one vacancy) to certify the Environmental Impact Report and approve the project . Two timely appeals of the Planning Commission’s decision were filed by Mitchell M. Tsai Law Offices for Carpenters Local 713 and Advocates for the Environment . The appeals contend that the City did not adequately respond to the appellants’ comments on the Environmental Impact Report. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a Resolution (Attachment A) certifying the Environmental Impact Report and adopting certain findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and a Resolution (Attachment B) rejecting the appeals and affirming the decision of the Planning Commission to approve a Conditional Use Permit, Administrative Site Plan Review, and Administrative Exception (Height) (PLN2022-0039). BACKGROUND The subject property is located at 880 Doolittle Drive, a 14.4-acre site in the IG (Industrial General) Zoning District comprised of two vacant industrial buildings and a large surface parking lot. Vehicular access is provided by existing driveways connecting to Hester Street and Doolittle Drive. The applicant is proposing to merge the two existing parcels, demolish the two existing industrial buildings and pavement, and develop a new approximately 244,573-square - foot industrial Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/4/2025