2A Work Session 2012 0709 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Draft 07/02/2012 ..Title Resolution designating the City of San Leandro's Locally Preferred Alternative for the AC Transit East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project ..Body 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 a corridor -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 14 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, in May 2010 the City of San Leandro forwarded its original Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) in order for AC Transit to complete a Final Environmental Impact Statement /Report (FEIS /R) and AC Transit developed the Downtown Oakland San Leandro (DOSL) LPA in June 2010; and WHEREAS, AC Transit distributed the FEIS /R for the Project in February 2012 and the City held a public meeting and submitted comments on the FEIS /R in March 2012 and subsequently approved the FEIS /R in April 2012; 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