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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />STAFF REPORT <br />DATE: November 16, 2009 <br />TO: Stephen L. Hollister, City <br />FROM: Uchenna Udemezue, <br />Engineering and Tray <br />BY: Keith R. Cooke, Principal <br />SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: <br />APPROVED AND <br />FORWARDED <br />TO CITY COUNCIL <br />Stephen L. Hollister <br />City Manager <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A FUNDING <br />AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO AND THE ALAMEDA <br />COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY (ACPWA) FOR THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD <br />(UPRR) (OAKLAND SUBDIVISION) CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT STUDY. <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Funding <br />Agreement between the City of San Leandro (City) and the Alameda County Public Works <br />Agency (ACPWA) for the preparation of the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) (Oakland <br />Subdivision) Corridor Improvement Study. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The UPRR/BART Corridor Class I bikeway was included and described in the November 2004 <br />City of San Leandro Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The project is a 3.5 mile Class I path <br />within the BART right-of--way between Oakland and unincorporated Alameda County. The Plan <br />describes that the proposed bikeway would facilitate north-south access for bicyclists and <br />improves bicycle and pedestrian access to the BART stations and adjacent areas, such as <br />downtown San Leandro and the Bayfair Center. <br />The East Bay Greenway Concept Plan, prepared by Urban Ecology, evaluated in depth a <br />combined multi-use path along the BART right-of--way and an on-street bikeway from 18th <br />Avenue in Oakland through San Leandro to the Hayward BART Station. The study reinforced <br />the vision of a pedestrian and bicycle facility similar to the Ohlone Greenway in Berkeley, <br />Albany and El Cerrito where a landscaped multi-use path is located beneath the elevated BART <br />track and alongthe old Southern Pacific Railroad right-of--way. The planned UPRR Corridor <br />Improvement Study is separate and distinct from the East Bay Greenway Study and will draw <br />from and complement it where possible. <br />