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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />CITY COUNCIL FACILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE <br />February 21, 2008 <br />4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m. <br />San Leandro City Hall <br />835 E. 14~' Street <br />San Leandro; California <br />Sister Cities Gallery <br />HIGHLIGHTS <br />Committee Members: Mayor Tony Santos, Chair, Councilmember Souza., <br />Councilmember Starosciak <br />City Staff Present: Mike Bakaldin, Cynthia Battenberg, Reh-Lin Chen, Keith Cooke, <br />Steve Hollister, John Jermanis, Ken Joseph, Tara Peterson, Luke <br />Sims, Uche Udemezue <br />Outside Presenters: None <br />Public Present: Martin Ricard <br />The meeting was called to order at 4:02 p.m. <br />1. Discussion Regarding Downtown Lighting and Pedestrian Improvement Project <br />Ken Joseph presented this project, which goes back about 6 years. One hundred twenty-five <br />new light fixtures similar to those on W. Estudillo are proposed in the Downtown Plaza and <br />on portions of W. Juana, Hays, Washington and Parrott. The goal is to raise the lighting <br />level and to improve the aesthetics. W. Joaquin will be closed to traffic west of East 14t <br />Street and turned into a pedestrian plaza. The Awning, Sign and Paint Program is developing <br />some standards for outdoor seating for businesses in the plaza area. There will a loss of <br />about 21 parking spaces. <br />The property, including the parking lots, is City-owned. These parking lots are RDA parking <br />lots and are fully its responsibility. The stores own their pads. Safeway, the City, and <br />Regency contribute to common area maintenance for everything west of Washington. <br />Sergio's parking lot will be repaved. <br />The City will call for bids next month. The construction is expected to last 8-9 months. <br />Construction cost estimate is about $3 million. The project will be funded by RDA bond <br />issue and be coordinated with the TOD. <br />