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$AN City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: May 18, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />File Number: 15-284 Agenda Section: ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number: 10.A. <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: Staff Report for a Resolution Approving a Consulting Services Agreement <br />Between the City of San Leandro and Raimi + Associates to Prepare the Bay <br />Fair Transit Village Transit Oriented Development Specific Plan and <br />Environmental Impact Report <br />411LTA IIT, /_1:T/_1ki14N0]LTA ILTA 14kiIoi-A0[0P►1� <br />Staff recommends that the City Council approve a consulting services agreement (CSA) with <br />Raimi + Associates for an amount not to exceed $500,000 to prepare the Bay Fair Transit <br />Village Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Specific Plan and Environmental Impact Report <br />(EIR) required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). <br />-11 <br />With its proximity to multiple transit options, the Bay Fair Transit Village (see Attachment 1, <br />Project Area Map) has exciting possibilities as a mixed-use, transit -oriented retail, commercial <br />and residential destination. The Bay Fair Transit Village project area includes Bayfair Center <br />and Bay Fair BART Station. In Spring 2014, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission <br />(MTC) awarded the City of San Leandro a $440,000 Priority Development Area (PDA) <br />Planning Grant to prepare a long-range Bay Fair Transit Village Transit Oriented Development <br />(TOD) Specific Plan (Specific Plan) and EIR. The City's local project partners are the San <br />Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Madison Marquette (owner of Bayfair <br />Center), and Alameda County as they represent direct stakeholders in the enhancement of <br />the proposed project area. <br />The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and MTC have recognized the Downtown <br />TOD and East 14th Street corridor as certified PDAs, but the Bay Fair Transit Village does not <br />have the designation. By having an approved TOD Plan in place, the Bay Fair Transit Village <br />area will be able to gain PDA status from ABAG and MTC. Key benefits for PDA certified <br />areas are access to and/or priority for a variety of federal, State and regional funding. <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 5/12/2015 <br />