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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: September 18, 2017 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:17-501 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.D. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Keith Cooke <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a <br />Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Between the City of San Leandro and the <br />Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) and Appropriating Funds <br />from the Davis/Doolittle Traffic Impact Fee Program for the Interstate 880/Davis <br />Street Interchange Landscaping Project <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a <br />Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City and the Alameda County Transportation <br />Commission (ACTC) and appropriating funds from the Davis/Doolittle Traffic Impact Fee <br />Program for the funding, planning, design, and construction of landscaping and irrigation <br />improvements at the Interstate 880/Davis Street Interchange. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In November 2006, the citizens of the State of California passed SB 1266 - Proposition 1B "The <br />Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006." This bond <br />funded the $108 million extension of a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane for southbound I-880 <br />from Hegenberger Road to just south of Marina Boulevard through San Leandro. The HOV lane <br />project also required the reconstruction of both the Davis Street and Marina Boulevard <br />overcrossings. The City contributed an additional $1.1 million for improvements to the Davis <br />Street interchange, which funded lane configuration changes, traffic signals, bridge lighting and <br />aesthetic enhancements. <br />Analysis <br />During construction of improvements at the I-880 at Davis Street interchange in 2013, the existing <br />landscaping surrounding the on- and off-ramps was removed. California’s severe drought during <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/12/2017