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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />STAFF REPORT <br />DATE: July 18, 2011 <br />I ICI <br />FROM: <br />BY: <br />Lianne Marshall, Interim City ManaRPr <br />Uchenna Udemezue, Director <br />Engineering and Transportation <br />Kenneth Joseph, City Engineer <br />Engineering and Transportation Department <br />SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: <br />APPROVED AND <br />FORWARDED <br />TO CITY COUNCIL <br />A�� <br />Lianne Marshall <br />Interim City Manager <br />RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GOLDEN <br />ASSOCIATES RELATING TO THE BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT (BART) - DOWNTOWN <br />PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, PROJECT NO. 11- 150 -38 -331, FEDERAL -AID <br />PROJECT NO. ESPL -5041 (036). <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends approval of a contractual services agreement with Golden Associates in the <br />amount of $178,000 for the preparation of construction documents related to landscape and <br />irrigation for the subject project. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In September 2007, the City Council approved the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) <br />Strategy, a plan for making the San Leandro BART Station more pedestrian- friendly to increase <br />the vibrancy in the downtown area. Subsequently, the City received a Metropolitan <br />Transportation Commission (MTC) grant for the schematic design of the San Leandro Boulevard <br />BART Station Pedestrian Interface Plan (Interface Plan). <br />Additional funds in the form of a federal Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC) <br />Program grant were sought for this project. The purpose of the TLC Program is to support <br />community -based transportation projects that bring new vibrancy to downtown areas, <br />commercial core areas, neighborhoods, and transit corridors by enhancing their amenities and <br />ambiance and making them places where people want to live, work and visit. City staff applied <br />for a TLC grant to complete street improvements pursuant to the Interface Plan and for <br />improvements to the East 14 Street/Downtown area pursuant to the TOD Strategy. <br />In July 2010, the City Council formally authorized the City Manager to submit an application for <br />the TLC grant, which was subsequently awarded to the City. The grant provides for pedestrian- <br />