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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: October 7, 2013 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:13-460 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.E. <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:Staff Report for a Resolution of Project Compliance for Regional Measure 2 <br />(RM 2) Implementing Agency for the Downtown San Leandro BART <br />Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Project <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />It is recommended that the City Council approve the Resolution of Project Compliance for RM <br />2 for the Downtown San Leandro BART Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Project . This action <br />will allow the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to allocate $40,000 of the <br />approved RM 2 grant funding (total grant funding is $400,000.) for the design and <br />environmental phase of the subject project. It will also assure that the City will comply with the <br />MTC‘s RM 2 policy provisions, approve the Initial Project Report attached to the resolution <br />and assure the City’s completion of the project . <br />BACKGROUND <br />In March 2004, Bay Area voters approved Regional Measure 2 (RM 2), which included <br />program funding known as Safe Routes to Transit (SR2T). RM 2 raised bridge tolls to provide <br />for the SR2T program to improve pedestrian and bicycle access to transit . The City in <br />partnership with the San Leandro BART area developers were awarded a SR 2T grant in <br />December 2009 that provided for improved bicycle-pedestrian access to the San Leandro <br />BART station. The proposed improvements included: <br />1.West of the BART Station <br />a.Relocate West Estudillo Avenue pedestrian railroad crossing north to be aligned <br />with BART fare gates <br />b.Public Bike/Pedestrian Paseo from relocated pedestrian railroad crossing to <br />Alvarado Street <br />c.New bike/pedestrian pathway within the BART parking lot from the relocated <br />pedestrian railroad crossing to the BART fare gates <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 10/2/2013