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Fairview Specific Plan BACKGROUND REPORT for PLANNING and ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW Fairview Specific Plan BACKGROUND REPORT FOR PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW December, 2017 Prepared by Barry Miller Consulting with assistance from Rincon Consultants Kittelson Associates TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................ 1-1 Overview ................................................................................................................................ 1-1 Fairview Specific Plan ........................................................................................................... 1-1 2. POPULATION, HOUSING, AND EMPLOYMENT ....................................................... 2-1 Population .............................................................................................................................. 2-1 Housing .................................................................................................................................. 2-5 Employment ........................................................................................................................... 2-7 3. LAND USE .......................................................................................................................... 3-1 Regional Context .................................................................................................................. 3-1 Overview of Land Use Pattern ............................................................................................. 3-2 Existing Land Use Acreage Tabulation ................................................................................ 3-3 Land Use Policy and Regulations ...................................................................................... 3-12 Eden and Castro Valley General Plan Policies Potentially Relevant to Fairview .............. 3-18 4. TRANSPORTATION ........................................................................................................ 4-1 Key Findings ........................................................................................................................ 4-1 Traffic and Circulation ......................................................................................................... 4-1 Transit Network .................................................................................................................... 4-5 Pedestrian and Bicycle Network .......................................................................................... 4-5 Policy Context .................................................................................................................... 4-11 Policies in the Eden and Castro Valley Plans ..................................................................... 4-13 5. COMMUNITY HERITAGE AND AESTHETICS ......................................................... 5-1 Historic and Cultural Resources Pre-European History ........................................................................................................... 5-1 Early Settlement ................................................................................................................... 5-1 Early 20th Century ................................................................................................................ 5-2 Mid 20th Century .................................................................................................................. 5-5 Recent Past ........................................................................................................................... 5-5 Historic Structures and Sites` ............................................................................................. 5-11 Visual and Aesthetic Conditions Overview ............................................................................................................................ 5-12 Fairview’s Visual Setting ................................................................................................... 5-12 Visual Attributes ................................................................................................................. 5-13 Community Edges and Gateways ....................................................................................... 5-14 Scenic Highways and Roadside Conditions ....................................................................... 5-17 Guiding Plans and Programs .............................................................................................. 5-18 Relevant Policies from the Eden and Castro Valley General Plans ................................... 5-20 i 6. COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFRASTRCTURE .................................................. 6-1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 6-1 Parks ....................................................................................................................................... 6-1 Schools ................................................................................................................................... 6-7 Libraries ................................................................................................................................. 6-9 Law Enforcement ................................................................................................................... 6-9 Fire Protection ...................................................................................................................... 6-11 Infrastructure Water .................................................................................................................................... 6-13 Sanitary Sewer ..................................................................................................................... 6-16 Solid Waste Management .................................................................................................... 6-17 Stormwater Management ..................................................................................................... 6-18 Other Infrastructure .............................................................................................................. 6-19 Infrastructure Funding ......................................................................................................... 6-19 Existing Policy Direction on Community Facilities and Infrastructure .............................. 6-20 Relevant Policies from the Eden and Castro Valley General Plans ..................................... 6-21 7. NATURAL RESOURCES .................................................................................................. 7-1 Agriculture and Soils ............................................................................................................. 7-1 Air Quality ............................................................................................................................. 7-7 Biological Resources ............................................................................................................. 7-9 Hydrology and Water Quality .............................................................................................. 7-18 Mineral Resources ............................................................................................................... 7-23 Relevant Policies from the Eden and Castro Valley General Plans ..................................... 7-24 8. ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS....................................................................................... 8-1 Geologic Hazards ................................................................................................................... 8-1 Global Climate Change .......................................................................................................... 8-7 Flooding ............................................................................................................................... 8-10 Hazardous Materials ............................................................................................................ 8-13 Noise .................................................................................................................................... 8-15 Wildfire ................................................................................................................................ 8-18 Relevant Eden and Castro Valley General Plan Policies ..................................................... 8-19 ii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1-1: Fairview Location Map ............................................................................................. 1-2 Figure 3-1: Existing Land Use ..................................................................................................... 3-5 Figure 3-2: Alameda County Housing Opportunity Sites in Fairview ...................................... 3-10 Figure 3-3: City of Hayward General Plan Designations for Fairview ..................................... 3-14 Figure 3-4: Existing Fairview Zoning........................................................................................ 3-17 Figure 4-1: Street Network and Monitored Intersections ............................................................ 4-2 Figure 4-2: Transit Routes ........................................................................................................... 4-7 Figure 4-3: Bicycle Level of Traffic Stress ..............................................................................
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