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 ..............................................................................