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revitalize the area. Downtown Design Guidelines and Principles will be developed in 2007-08 and a marketing campaign for brokers will be launched. • In the Joint Project Area, Old Navy, Staples, Chili's, Starbucks, Jamba Juice and a relocated Chevys opened for business in 2006-07. Additional interior mall improvements are also scheduled. Design work continues for future phases of improvements, all privately funded by mall owner, Madison Marquette. The Bayfair BART/Coelho Drive pedestrian improvement project was completed in fall 2007. • Agency staff has continued to focus on improving the pedestrian connections and parking facilities at, between, and around Bayfair Center and Bayfair BART. Agency staff successfully partnered with BART, Alameda County, and Bayfair Center owners, Madison Marquette, to complete a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and Access Plan in March 2007. The TOD and Access Plan was funded through a Caltrans grant and will provide the framework for future development and access improvements between the Bayfair Center and the Bayfair BART station. Design work was completed on the proposed approximately 21,000 sq. ft. Senior Center on Agency owned land at 13909 East 14`h Street. The design includes classrooms, arts and crafts areas, exercise rooms and a large main hall. In addition, the building will be designed to serve as an Emergency Operations Center. Demolition of an existing auto dealership building was completed in 2006-07. Construction began in fall 2007 to improve access to San Leandro Hospital and the Senior Center through street realignment, improved traffic light signalization and the creation of a median at East 14~' Street and 138a' Avenue. In the West San Leandro Project Area, in 2006-07 the Agency provided $100,000 in funding for the San Leandro LINKS. LINKS is a shuttle service started in 2002 to transport employees between industrial businesses and the San Leandro Main BART Station. Ridership has increased over 20% in the past two years from 14,718 monthly passengers in June 2005 to 17,938 monthly passengers in June 2007. • Agency staff has worked with the City's Engineering and Transportation Department to implement the Doolittle Drive/Airport Gateway streetscape enhancement program (Phase T Entry; Phase II Adams to Davis; Phase III Davis to Marina; Phase IV Marina to Fairway). Work on the Doolittle Drive/Airport Gateway Project (Phases I and IT) commenced in 2006-07 and is scheduled for completion in 2007-08. Design work for the third phase, from Davis Street to Fairway Drive, is complete and design work for the fourth phase will be completed in 2007-08. Agency staff entered into two redevelopment agreements in 2006-07 in order to better facilitate redevelopment. Specifically, the Agency entered into an Owner Participation Agreement with John Francisco for the redevelopment of 1045 MacArthur Boulevard (the Vila Cereja Restaurant), and White House Catering for redevelopment of 599 MacArthur Boulevard. • The Agency has continued #o support the completion of Bayside Business Parkas an anchor for the DavisBden Road business area. All parcels in the business park have been