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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: May 21, 2012 <br />Resolution - Council <br />File Number: 12 -187 Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Uchenna Udemezue <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW: David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE: ADOPT: Resolution Appropriating Matching Funds for a 2012 -13 Bicycle <br />Transportation Account (BTA) Grant Project (provides matching funding <br />$61,660 to implement Class II and Class III Bikeways in selected areas for a <br />$616,600 grant from the BTA) <br />WHEREAS, the BTA is an annual program that provides state funds for city and county <br />projects that improve safety and convenience for bicycle commuters. To be eligible for BTA <br />funds, a city must prepare and adopt a Bicycle Transportation Plan (BTP); and <br />WHEREAS, to be eligible for BTA funds, the City of San Leandro adopted a Bicycle <br />Transportation Plan (BTP) in the form of the 2010 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, Caltrans anticipates an appropriation of $11.9 million for projects that improve <br />safety and convenience for bicycle commuters; and <br />WHEREAS, staff has submitted a grant application for 2012 -13 BTA funds to implement <br />and complete the bicycle networks in support of the City's Priority Development Areas by <br />placing Class II bike lanes and Class III bike routes as directed by the Bicycle and Pedestrian <br />Master Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, if selected for a BTA grant, the City of San Leandro's proposed project cost of <br />$616,600 must be matched by at least 10 percent (10 %), or $61,660 in local funds. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does hereby appropriate <br />$61,660 in matching funds from the Measure B Bicycle and Pedestrian fund for the 2012 -13 <br />BTA grant project. <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 511512012 <br />