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24 City of San Leandro | Economic Development Initiatives and Work Plan | December 2013 <br /> <br />Unfunded Activities and Programs to be Developed <br />Eden Road Construction – Eden Road, located near the intersection of Davis Street and <br />Doolittle Drive in San Leandro’s industrial area, is the last unpaved road in San Leandro. The <br />condition of the road is a significant inhibitor to economic activity in the area and several <br />adjacent parcels are blighted. Designs are in place to pave Eden Road and improve connectivity <br />between Doolittle Drive and Davis Street. <br />Accomplishments To-Date: City staff has developed project plans and initiated a process to <br />create an assessment district to fund a share of the project cost. However, in 2012 the State <br />Department of Finance denied the validity of a Redevelopment Agency pledge of $1.5m for the <br />project. Absent a resolution or new source of funding, the project will remain on hold. <br /> <br />Marina Boulevard and Merced Street Design and Improvements – With major <br />projects planned at the Kaiser Medical Center and the Shoreline, Marina Boulevard will become <br />an even more significant linkage in San Leandro. The Next Generation Workplace District Study <br />identified both Marina and Merced as strategic “spines” that provide critical linkages and <br />intersect to form the heart of the industrial area. Streetscape improvements will be needed to <br />ensure that these strategic thoroughfares are welcoming and attractive. Streetscape <br />improvements will also help to “humanize” the streets making them more amendable to <br />pedestrian and bicycle traffic as well as transit. These improvements, combined with other Next <br />Generation implementation plans, are part of a larger strategize to attract and retain innovative <br />high-tech businesses to this part of San Leandro. <br />Accomplishments To-Date: Funding of the design work for Marina Boulevard has been <br />identified as a future project through the City’s CIP process . This project will likely be revised or <br />expanded to include Merced. Upon completion, the design work will provide the information <br />needed to identify the funding required to implement the improvements. Passage of a regional <br />transportation funding initiative, such as Measure B-1, which failed by a very slight margin in <br />2012, will be essential to bringing this project. <br />