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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2010-054 RESOLUTION DESIGNATING SAN LEANDRO'S LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE (LPA) TO BE INCLUDED AND ANALYZED IN THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT/REPORT (EIS/R) FOR AC TRANSIT'S BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) PROJECT Recitals WHEREAS, in 1998 the AC Transit District ("AC Transit") initiated work on the "Major Investment Study" to closely examine alternatives for transit service on several transit corridors in its service area; and WHEREAS, in 2000 a Major Investment Study Policy Steering Committee comprised of members from all affected jurisdictions, including the City of San Leandro ("City") was convened to provide guidance to the study from acorridor-wide perspective; and WHEREAS, in 2001 the Policy Steering Committee recommended a preferred route or "Locally Preferred Alternative" (LPA) for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project that specified the corridor alignment of Telegraph Avenue to International Boulevard/East 14th Street in the cities of Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro; and WHEREAS, BRT is a mode of transit service that has some or all the following characteristics: Dedicated Travel Lanes; Level Boarding Platforms; Off-Board Fare Collection; and Real-Time Arrival Signs; and WHEREAS, in May 2007, AC Transit in collaboration with the Federal Transit Administration released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report ("Draft EIS/R") for the continued development of the East Bay Bus Rapid Transit Project (Project); and WHEREAS, in July 2007 the City of San Leandro formally submitted comments in response to the Draft EIS/R, with comments focused on route alignment, traffic, parking, economic, construction, roadway maintenance and operation impacts, among other concerns; and WHEREAS, AC Transit wishes to complete a Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report ("Final EIS/R") for the Project to compete for Federal Transit Administration "Small Starts" Funding; and WHEREAS, according to Federal Transit Administration rules, AC Transit is required to consider a "Locally Preferred Alternative" adopted by San Leandro, to be analyzed in the Final EIS/R for the Project; and WHEREAS, City staff has worked with AC Transit staff to refine the Project design to the extent possible to meet City goals and to implement a project incorporating transit, bicycle, pedestrian and vehicle improvement; and