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TLC Grant Application Resolution 2 July 19, 2010 3) Introducing on-street parking on San Leandro Boulevard between Davis Street and Williams Street, 4) Implementing various pedestrian crossings of San Leandro Boulevard, 5) Installing a new signal light at Parrott Street and San Leandro Boulevard, 6) Making other street light modifications at San Leandro Boulevard and to Davis Street and West Juana Avenue and at the BART entrance. In the downtown area the grant will provide the following additions 1) Adding new bicycle "racks" at the AC Transit bus stop at Davis Street and East 14th Street, 2) Adding new paving features to downtown crosswalks, 3) Installing new wayfinding signs, 4) Adding a new bus stop shelter on East 14th Street in front of the Wells Fargo Building. This grant will help implement the City's Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy by making bicycle and pedestrian connections to the BART Station and to the surrounding community safe and user friendly, while also making stronger multi-modal transportation connections in the downtown area. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) notified City staff in June that the City had been selected for a grant award per the scope described above, subject to certain design and cost changes. Staff is still waiting for a formal letter from the MTC specifying .those conditions. Current City Council Policy Not applicable. Previous City Council Action(s) The City Council previously approved in September 2007 the TOD Strategy, a plan that first outlined the idea of making San Leandro Boulevard/ BART Station more pedestrian friendly, thereby increasing the vibrancy in the downtown core area. Subsequently, the City became a grant recipient of the MTC grant for the San Leandro Boulevard BART Interface Plan. That grant and the plan it created was the precursor to the TLC grant as it provided the design and planning work that was a required by the TLC grant. City Council Committee Review and Action Not applicable. Applicable General Plan Policy Goal 6: Downtown Revitalization, of the General Plan also addresses the TOD Strategy. Specifically, Goal 6.10, BART Station Area Revitalization, states: "Foster the development of the BART Station area as a mixed use "transit village," with a full complement of office, medium and high-density residential, and office-serving retail uses, along with pedestrian plazas, open space, BART parking, and other transit facilities (possibly including a Capitol Corridor rail station)." Permits and/or Variances Granted Not applicable.