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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: March 2, 2015 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-118 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 Expend Funds to Design and <br />Fabricate the Enhanced Artistic Treatment of an Additional East Bay Bus <br />Rapid Transit Station (BRT Station) at Georgia Way in the City of San <br />Leandro and to Appropriate $49,500 from General Fund Reserves and <br />Transfer the Funds to the City Manager’s Contingency Fund <br />WHEREAS, AC Transit has undergone a comprehensive process working with artists <br />and the community to develop a program to artistically enhance BRT stations along the BRT <br />Corridor; and <br />WHEREAS, AC Transit has allocated $1.5 million to fund this artistic initiative which will <br />provide basic art at all BRT stations and enhanced art at select stations, including one station <br />in San Leandro; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro has determined that the community would benefit <br />from the enhancement of two stations - the Downtown San Leandro and the Georgia Way <br />Stations - based upon the prominence of these locations; and <br />WHEREAS, AC Transit has agreed to enhance an additional station if the City pays the <br />$49,500 cost to design and fabricate the artistic enhancements. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as <br />follows: <br />1.The recitals above are hereby true and correct and incorporated herein. <br />2.The City Council appropriates $49,500 from General Fund Economic Uncertainty <br />Reserves for these BRT Station enhancements and transfers such funds to the City <br />Manager’s Contingency Fund (Account #010-14-015). <br />3. The City Council authorizes the City Manager to execute all documents to effect the <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/24/2015