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Findings Related to Environmental Review and Project Approval GHC Bernal Investors LLC Project Bernal Property Development Agreement, Prezoning, Planned Unit Development, Design Review and Other Related Actions I. INTRODUCTION The Final EIR was certitied by the City Council on Febmary 15, 2000 by Resolution No. 00-013. The Final EIR analyzed four alternative plans: the Cooperative Plan, the Preferred Plan, the No Golf Course Plan, the Alameda County Specific Plan. In response to comments received following publication of the Draft EIR, the Preferred Plan was refined into the June 1997 Draft Specific Plan, and which was subsequently modified in the September 1998 Draft Specific Plan. In November 1999, [he Preferred Plan was set aside to allow [he Measure I process to go forward. The Measure I process proposed to have the City purchase most of the site for future public uses, allow 374 units on the Eastern Parcel (about 35 acres), and 750,000 square feet of commercial /office on the central pazcel (about 37 acres). At [he March 2000 election, Measure I failed to obtain the votes needed for passage. After the March electioq San Francisco chose to option [he property to a developer who would follow the Measure I project plans. GHC Bernal Investors LLC ("GHCBI") has proposed to develop Phase I of the project (the private development portion) consisting of: 745,000 square fee[ of office and 5,000 squaze feet of retail on about 40.5 acres; 100 apartment units on 4.9 acres; and 581 housing units (including affordable units) on about 117.8 acres. GHCBI has proposed three alternatives for its project, depending upon its ability to receive entitlements to develop housing on the East Pazcel. The City will take title to the remaining 320 acres for possible future development as Phase Il. The 320 acres which the City is receiving is currently unplanned. During the Measure I process, a community task force recommended possible uses in the event the voters approved the acquisition. The recommendations included civic, cultural, community, social, recreational, transportation, and educational uses, which in total exceeded the available acreage. While these recommendations may be a starting point when considering future public uses for the 320 acres, any subsequent development of Phase II will include extensive community input through neighborhood and public meetings, including possible voter approval of a public use plan, Council determination regarding funding, and additional environmental review. Therefore, because there is no plan or certainty about the results of this public process, the 320 acres being received by the City is currently unplatmed public space.