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AN City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: January 6, 2014 <br />ONR x419" ` Resolution - Council <br />File Number: 13-620 <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 />Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: 8.C. <br />TITLE: RESOLUTION Supporting Efforts to Identify Funding for the Development of a <br />Creek Walk and Multi -Purpose Trail (identifies funding for the design and <br />development of an approximately 6.3 -mile urban creek walk along the banks <br />of San Leandro Creek) <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro is committed to and supports efforts to identify <br />funding for the design and development of an urban creek walk along the banks of San <br />Leandro Creek; and <br />WHEREAS, approximately half of the proposed multi-purpose trail would be in the City of <br />San Leandro and the other half in the City of Oakland, is on land owned by the Alameda <br />County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, cities and school districts of San <br />Leandro and Oakland, private and commercial interests; would begin at Martin Luther King Jr. <br />Regional Shoreline and end at Anthony Chabot Regional Park, both owned and operated by <br />East Bay Regional Park District; and <br />WHEREAS, if developed, such a creek walk would serve to provide a host of public <br />benefits to the residents of San Leandro and Oakland, including reconnecting communities <br />and neighborhoods that have been separated by urban development; and <br />WHEREAS, an urban creek walk also would serve to promote healthy lifestyles by <br />providing the public with an easily -accessible trail and additional opportunities to explore the <br />natural environment; and <br />WHEREAS, such a project would directly benefit low-income and disadvantaged urban <br />community residents by providing them with direct access to open space; and <br />WHEREAS, an urban creek walk provides direct and indirect economic benefits to the <br />entire community by creating a new downtown attraction for visitors who may also frequent <br />local businesses; and <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 1212312013 <br />