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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: May 18, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-275 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.J. <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:Staff Report for Resolutions Supporting Priority Conservation Area <br />Designations for the San Leandro Creek and the San Francisco Bay Area <br />Water Trail <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />A Priority Conservation Area (PCA) designation from the Association of Bay Area <br />Governments (ABAG) allows important natural resources, regional recreation areas, <br />agricultural areas, urban greenways, and riparian corridors to be eligible for future regional <br />funding. Two areas in the City should be nominated as PCAs: the San Leandro Creek, <br />including a 200-foot buffer, and the San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail. Both of these <br />projects provide natural landscaping, urban greening and regional recreation opportunities. <br />Staff recommends approval of the resolutions that support designating the San Leandro <br />Creek and the San Francisco Bay Area Water Trail as Priority Conservation Areas. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Priority Conservation Areas <br />The Priority Conservation Area program was initiated in 2007 by ABAG to identify Bay Area <br />open spaces that: <br />a) Provide regionally significant agricultural, natural resource, scenic, recreational, and/or <br />ecological values and ecosystem functions; <br />b) Are in urgent need of protection due to pressure from urban development or other <br />factors; and <br />c) Supported by local consensus. <br />The PCAs were established at the same time as the locally nominated Priority Development <br />Areas (PDAs). Together, the PDAs and PCAs have informed and will continue to inform the <br />development of Plan Bay Area and implementation initiatives such as the One Bay Area <br />Grant. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/12/2015