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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: July 7, 2014 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:14-251 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:RESOLUTION Authorizing the City Manager to Prepare and Transmit a <br />Transportation Art and Community Identification Proposal Application to the <br />California Department of Transportation to Permit the Installation of Art Murals <br />on Traffic Control and Utility Boxes on Public Sidewalks (places mural wraps <br />on utility boxes owned and operated by Caltrans) <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro held a Arts and Culture Town Hall meeting on <br />Saturday, November 16, 2013; and <br />WHEREAS, the format was interactive and offered multiple opportunities for <br />participants to provide direction on the City’s arts and culture programs; and <br />WHEREAS, the demonstration project to install art murals on traffic control and utility <br />boxes on public sidewalks was presented by City staff and received strong support from public <br />participants; and <br />WHEREAS, the California Department of Transportation requires a Transportation Art <br />and Community Identification Proposal application from the local public agency; and <br />WHEREAS, it is a requirement of the Transportation and Community Identification <br />Proposal application to ensure that the City of San Leandro will bear the cost to install, <br />maintain, remove, restore, and provide a resolution from the local public agency supporting <br />the proposed utility box mural wrap demonstration project. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as <br />follows: <br />That the City Manager is authorized to prepare and transmit the Transportation Art and <br />Community Identification Proposal application and any other documents that may be <br />necessary to effectuate the application. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/2/2014