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File Number: 12 -372 East 14th Street at Durant Avenue (Durant Station) East 14th Street at Georgia Way /Euclid Avenue (Georgia Way Station) East 14th Street at Haas /Lorraine (Begier Station) Davis Street at Hays Street (Downtown San Leandro Station) San Leandro BART (San Leandro BART Station) AC Transit is requesting that the City review its previously forwarded LPA and either reaffirm it or provide an alternative LPA. The main restriction of this action is that the City may only forward an LPA that has been analyzed in the FEIS /FEIR. This essentially limits the City to: 1) a project that terminates at the San Leandro Downtown BART Station; or 2) a no -build project. The City has basically three options from which to choose: Option 1 - Reaffirm the original LPA that has dedicated lanes to approximately Georgia Way with minor modifications that were recently introduced to reduce parking impacts and shorten walking distances to stations from senior housing locations. Option 2 - Request that AC Transit implement an LPA that modifies or eliminates elements of the original LPA that was introduced by AC Transit at the May 31 st joint meeting. The modifications include reducing the dedicated lanes so that they end at just south of Broadmoor Boulevard and the relocated stations. These changes would: 1) eliminate turn restrictions except at Broadmoor Blvd where southbound East 14th Street to eastbound Broadmoor Blvd and at Farrelly Drive where northbound East 14th Street to eastbound Farrelly Drive traffic would be restricted; 2) reduce station distances from senior housing; and 3) reduce parking impacts. See Exhibit 2. Option 3 - Abandon the project in its entirety within the boundaries of San Leandro. Benefits and Impacts of the Options All Options - Issues: The current project terminates the BRT line at the San Leandro BART Station. This terminus point precludes continuous bus travel from the north city limit to the south city limit along East 14th Street. AC Transit has indicated a willingness to study whether a coordinating bus line along East 14th Street will be able to provide continuous service along the entire length of the street. Staff believes that this condition should be included as a part of any LPA ultimately selected by the City Council as part of this process. The FEIR /FEIS indicated a higher Net Annual Cost needed to operate BRT. A diversion of funds from local service to maintain BRT would be detrimental to service within San Leandro. In addition to the above study requirement, AC Transit should be required to commit to maintaining overall levels of service in the system to provide East Bay BRT service. Option 1 - Issues: This minimally modified original LPA provides the longest distance of dedicated bus lanes in San Leandro. The dedicated bus lanes would begin /end at Sunnyside Drive with transition lanes between Sunnyside Drive and Georgia Way. This provides for the best performing BRT City of San Leandro Page 4 Printed on 711012012