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1 <br />EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT • <br />January 19, 2000 :`_ <br />Janet McBride BOARD OF DIREDTOR~ <br />ABAGBay Trail Project Beverly Lane <br />President <br />PO BOX 2050 ward s <br />Carol Severin <br />Oakland, CA 94604 Vice-Pres;dent <br />Ward 3 <br />John Sutter <br />I am writing on behalf of the East Bay Regional Park District to support the application of Ward Zrer <br />the City of San Leandro to the San Francisco Bay Trail Regional Development Program to secrrearyskamp <br />complete a trail segment linking Oyster Bay in San Leandro with the Martin Luther King Jr.Ward s <br />Ted Radke <br />(MLK) Shoreline in Oakland. The project includes a planning and preliminary engineering Ward, <br />study for a bridge over the slough just to the north of Oyster Bay, m San Leandro. Doug siden <br />Ward 4 <br />The alignment for the Bay Trail, shown in the District's Master Plan and the City of San <br />Leandro's Bikeway Plan and General Plan, runs within or adjacent to the redevelopment <br />area between Roberts Landing and the San Leandro-Oakland border. The District has <br />recently completed the Bay Trail around the Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline (partially <br />funded through the Bay Trail Grant Program), and is currently working with the City of San <br />Leandro and the Port of Oakland to complete this critical link. Participation by ABAG in <br />the costs of this improvement would provide both recreational and non-motorized commute <br />transportation benefits to San Leandro and Oakland residents within the redevelopment area <br />Safety conditions for bicyclists and pedestrians and a direct connection to airport and other <br />regional park facilities would also be features of the projects. Other proposed enhancements <br />of bike lanes in the vicinity would provide employees and residents in the area opportunities <br />for walking and direct links between two Regional Parks and the SF Bay Trail and San <br />Leandro Marina Area. Additional links to BART and other multi-modal destinations could <br />be made as well. <br />With the increased popularity of the bicycle for recreation and transportation, the need for <br />the regional trail at this shoreline location is indisputable. East Bay Regional Park District <br />endorses these projects and encourages the Association of Bay Area Governments to <br />recognize the value of this important Bay Trail projects. <br />Sincerely, <br />i~~~'~"~ <br />Steve Fiala <br />Trails Specialist FNGjNFF <br />~qN ~~NG <br />A 2~~Q 0 <br />cc: Raymond Davis, San Leandro Transportation Administrator r Q <br />Kristi McKenney, Port of Oakland ~NSPO~ <br />rgT,oN <br />Jear, Siri <br />Ward 1 <br />Pat O'Brien <br />General Manager <br />295C Peralta Oaks Court P.O. Box 5381 Oakland. CA 94605-C381 <br />www.ebparks.org ;; T=. 510 635-0135 <br />TAD-. 510 E33-0460 ~~ Fnx. 510 569-4319 <br />