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00"s Ck <br />egNb a & <br />C/O RH5D <br />835 E 14th St. <br />San Leandro. CA 94577 <br />January 23, 2014 <br />Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />City of San Leandro <br />835 East 14"' Street <br />San Leandro, CA 94577 <br />Board of Directors <br />Michael Gregory, President <br />Dave Owen, Vice President <br />Jan Woycheshin, Secretary <br />Paul Woycheshin, Treasurer <br />Claudia Taurean, Membership Coordinator <br />Maureen Forney <br />RE: Application for Partnership Planning for Sustainable Transportation Grant for the <br />San Leandro Creek Multi -Use Greenway Trail <br />Dear Mr. Zapata, <br />I am thrilled to offer our unqualified support to the San Leandro Creek Multi -use Greenway <br />Trail. Such a planning grant is invaluable to prepare for one of the most exciting projects our <br />creek has had to date. <br />As Watershed Awareness Coordinator for Friends of San Leandro Creek, this planning grant <br />is something we have been ready and waiting for. This grant will give the San Leandro Creek <br />a new "face" that everyone can see, enjoy and use. Our creek is not easily viewed and I have <br />heard from many residents of the area that they had no idea a creek was here. This grant will <br />give people awareness, and in turn, people will hold the creek as someplace special and <br />important in our community. A natural desire to help and protect the creek will follow. <br />Connecting the Bay Trail to the Ridge Trail along San Leandro Creek is a powerful dream. <br />Every school day there are children who jump fences and use the creek as a route to school. <br />Having a path can and will be used for groups of kids to walk together to reach school safely. <br />Commuters from San Leandro BART can cross the street and reach the pathway less than a <br />quarter mile from the station. It would then be an easy walk to City Hall or Downtown while <br />enjoying the sight and sounds of the creek and the wildlife that shares it with us. For too long, <br />people have held creeks as dumping grounds for litter and junk, and a place for the homeless <br />to take refuge. When it's out of sight, no one seems to know or care. Opening the creek for <br />everyone to use will deter this behavior. Awareness of this kind can only help bring the need <br />to restore the creek to its former glory and health to the forefront. <br />Friends of San Leandro Creek is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization. Taxpayer ID 68-0370579. <br />Your contributions are tax deductible. <br />www.fslc.org <br />