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59 improvements to the garage, to include installation new parking management technology following the bankruptcy of the company that installed the current technology. The City is also working with Cal Coast Development as the master developer for the Monarch Bay Shoreline Development Project, a 52–acre comprehensive development project located near the City’s marina. The project is proposed to include up to 150,000 square feet of office, a 200–room hotel with a 15,000–square–foot conference center, 354 units of housing, 3 restaurants, a parking structure, a branch library/meeting space, and pedestrian and recreational amenities, including a bike path, boardwalk, and picnic areas. Project planning and agency approvals are underway, with entitlement applications to be submitted in 2017. A $50 million renovation of the City’s existing Water Pollution Control plant, which was constructed in 1939, was recently completed. The plant currently treats 5 million gallons of treated water per day, and this renovation will take the plant to a capacity of 7.6 million gallons of treated water per day, preparing the city for future commercial and residential growth. The project was funded by a $50 million low–interest loan from the State’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (“CWSRF”) program. The City also supports a number of public art initiatives in Downtown San Leandro and beyond. Recent projects include the installation of a public musical and art exhibit developed by the Exploratorium science museum. Called Chime Way, the exhibit includes 8 rocking chairs that sound chimes and encourage public interaction in centrally located Joaquin Plaza. Phase 2 of a utility box art project is also being completed, to include original art pieces on 25 additional utility boxes, for a total of 41 throughout the City. Following a public design process, new street banners have also been installed along East 14th and Davis Streets, with banners to be installed in additional areas in the future. Other projects underway include the installation of four murals on prominent buildings throughout the City, including along I–880 and at the BART station. Lit San Leandro. On October 17, 2011, the City Council unanimously approved a license agreement with San Leandro Dark Fiber (SLDF) allowing installation of a fiber optic loop, known as “Lit San Leandro,” through several areas of the City using existing conduit. The City’s private partner in creating both San Leandro Dark Fiber and Lit San Leandro is Dr. Patrick Kennedy, CEO and Founder of OSIsoft, the City’s largest tech company. Now known as “Phase I” of the expanding Lit San Leandro fiber optic loop, Lit San Leandro provided the opportunity to revolutionize the City’s infrastructure, providing the City with the opportunity to become a major player in advanced manufacturing, gigabit technologies, software development and clean/green/energy technologies. The first businesses began to be connected to Lit San Leandro early in 2012 and the vast majority of the fiber optic loop was installed by August 2012 and is now operational. To date, over 250 businesses have been connected to Lit San Leandro, including the WestGate Center with almost 1 million building square feet and the Bayfair Shopping Center, with over 800,000 square feet connected. In December 2012, the City of San Leandro won a $2.12 million matching federal grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to expand a the fiber optic loop for businesses, offering data transmission speeds of 10 gigabits per second, which is 2,000 times faster than the average U.S. connection. This grant money leveraged City resources to create almost 10 additional miles of new conduit (Phase 2), bringing the Lit San Leandro fiber network to almost 20 miles total. The conduit expansion will provide service to industrial areas of San Leandro and potentially facilitate connections to the City of Oakland and its port. Approved by