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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: December 1, 2014 <br />Resolution - Council <br />File Number: 14-497 Agenda Section: 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: David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE: RESOLUTION Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Metropolitan <br />Transportation Commission (MTC) Priority Development Area Planning Grant <br />Funding Agreement and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a <br />Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of San Leandro, the San <br />Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Madison Marquette, and <br />Alameda County for the Bay Fair BART Transit Village Transit Oriented <br />Development Specific Plan (commits $50,000 City contribution to secure a <br />$440,000 grant from MTC) <br />WHEREAS, in May 2014, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission ("MTC') <br />awarded the City of San Leandro (the "City") an MTC Priority Development Area ("PDA") <br />Planning Grant ("PDA Grant") in the amount of $440,000 to prepare the Bay Fair BART <br />Transit Village Transit -Oriented Development ("TOD") Specific Plan ("Specific Plan"); and <br />WHEREAS, MTC awarded the City the PDA Grant with the understanding that the City <br />would contribute $50,000 (including $10,000 of in-kind City staff hours), and the San <br />Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District ("BART') and Madison Marquette ("MM") would <br />each contribute $15,000 in matching funds for a total matching amount of $80,000; and <br />WHEREAS, the City desires to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") <br />with BART, MM, and Alameda County to coordinate the successful implementation of the <br />Specific Plan pursuant to the PDA Grant; and <br />WHEREAS, the focal points of the Specific Plan are the Bay Fair BART Station and <br />Bay Fair BART Station parking lot and the Bayfair Center. The Project Area is located <br />primarily within San Leandro city limits, with the exception of the southeastern portion of the <br />Bay Fair BART Station property, which is located in unincorporated Alameda County; and <br />WHEREAS, the 2002 San Leandro General Plan ("General Plan") promotes the <br />revitalization of the area in and around the Bayfair Center in San Leandro and calls for <br />"introducing new and compatible uses, including new shops, services, community facilities, <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 1112512014 <br />