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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: September 3, 2013 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:13-432 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.B. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Lianne Marshall <br />Assistant City Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (EB BRT) Artistic Enhancement <br />Process Representatives <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit) has requested that the City of San <br />Leandro provide representatives to serve on several advisory committees that will assist in the <br />implementation of the East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (EB BRT) Artistic Enhancement Strategy. <br />Because AC Transit is working under a tight timeline and requested that the City submit <br />nominees in August when the Council did not meet , staff forwarded the following nominees to <br />AC Transit: <br />Community Advisor - Council Member Cutter <br />Artist Selection Panel - Suzanne Pershing, President of San Leandro Arts Council <br />Technical Assistance Committee - Chris Zapata, San Leandro City Manager <br />Staff recommends that the Council ratify the above appointments to serve on these advisory <br />committees. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (EB BRT) is a high quality, high capacity rapid transit system <br />that improves upon traditional transit systems by enabling buses to travel in dedicated lanes. <br />The system’s 9.5-mile route will begin at the 20th Street Uptown Station in Oakland, <br />eventually making its way to East 14th Street in downtown San Leandro, and then along Davis <br />Street to the San Leandro BART station . Service is scheduled to begin in 2016. As part of the <br />project, AC Transit committed to including artistic enhancements with the design of the bus <br />stations because of their demonstrated ability to improve public engagement, community <br />identity and civic pride, as well as increase use of public transit more generally. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 8/27/2013