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LPA for AC Transit BRT 4 May 17, 2010 DEIS/R -Summary of BRT Alignment Alignment/Variations Descriptions Alternatives 1 and 3: East 14 East 14 Street: Two-way median transit way from north City Limit Street, Bayfair Drive and BayFair to Davis Street, mixed-flow lanes from Davis Street to Blossom BART access road Way, two-way median transit way from Blossom Way to Bayfair Drive Bayfair Drive and BayFair BART access road to terminus at BayFair BART Station: median transit way along BayFair Drive transitions to mixed flow Alternatives 2 and 4: East 14 Mixed-flow lanes along East 14t Street, Davis Street and San Street, Davis Street and San Leandro Boulevard terminating at the San Leandro BART Station Leandro Boulevard to San Leandro BART Review by City of San Leandro, 2007 In 2007, the City of San Leandro reviewed the DEIS/R and extended its support of either Alternative 2 or 4 because of the series of impacts related to the original design of the BRT dedicated transit lanes. The City deferred to the AC Transit Board of Directors in determining between the two service options of Alternatives 2 and 4 (Combined versus Separate). The City of San Leandro at the time of initial review of the DEISBIR could not support the original Alternatives 1 and 3 due to impacts related to numerous planned infrastructure improvements on East 14th Street, Level of Service (LOS) impacts, traffic/circulation, parking, land use and cumulative impacts. The City's response commented on the proposed build alternatives, as well as identified five principal impact areas: Traffic/Circulation; Parking; Land Use; Environmental Justice; Noise and Other impacts. Since our review, AC Transit has made it known that Alternatives 1 and 3 are its preferred alternatives. Subsequently, it worked with staff and Council to explain how its modifications to Alternatives 1 and 3 have mitigated the City's identified impacts. Review by City of San Leandro, 2007 to present AC Transit worked with staff over the past several years to provide refined information that was not in the original environmental document and to provide some solutions to earlier identified impacts. This information was presented to the City Council during a work session in June 2007 and at community meetings during the summer of 2008. Unfortunately, the community meetings were not well attended and were inconclusive as to residents' preferences. Starting in Fa112008, Staff met on a regular. basis with AC Transit staff and staff from the cities of Berkeley and Oakland in what is now called the BRT Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). These meetings focused on how AC Transit can improve the partnering and communication with each city's elected officials, staff and citizens. Additional meetings focused on how to elicit a unified and coordinated action plan from AC Transit that would be acceptable to the elected