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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT DATE: June 15, 2009 TO: FROM: BY: Stephen L. Hollister, City Manager APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL Stephen L. Hollister City Manager Luke Sims, Community Development Director-~ Phil Millenbah, Senior Planner SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO AND KIMLEY-HORN & ASSOCIATES, INC. RELATED TO PREPARING THE SAN LEANDRO BOULEVARD-BART STATION PEDESTRIAN INTERFACE PLAN. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council approve a contractual services agreement with Kimley- Horn and Associates, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $179,837 to prepare the San Leandro Blvd.-BART Station Pedestrian Interface Plan. BACKGROUND The proposed project is a planning/traffic study of specific access improvements at the San Leandro BART Station, to include reducing the lanes on San Leandro Boulevard from 7 to S; streetscape improvements; introducing on-street parking on San Leandro Boulevard between Davis and Williams; implementing pedestrian crossings of San Leandro Boulevard at West Juana Avenue, West Joaquin Avenue, and Parrott Street; and re-orientation of BART bus and kiss-and ride areas. The traffic study will determine the impact on traffic of the proposed roadway changes, and recommend necessary configuration requirements in order to provide an access system that meets all of the transportation modes needs. The City has been awarded a $175,000.00 planning grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to complete this plan. This plan helps implement the City's Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy by making bicycle and pedestrian connections to the BART station to the surrounding community safe and user friendly. A final EIR, which incorporates public feedback, was completed for the TOD Strategy plan and was certified by the City Council on September 4, 2007. Staff distributed a Request for Proposals (RFP) in December 2008 to approximately 7 consultant firms in the Bay Area with expertise in transit-oriented development and transportation. planning. The City received three proposals by the January deadline and all three firms were interviewed in February 2009.