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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: September 8, 2020 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-375 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Keith Cooke <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Susan Hsieh <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council to Approve the Receipt of <br />and Authorize the City Manager to Execute Agreements with the California <br />Department of Transportation to Receive Grant Funding from the Fiscal Year <br />2020-2021 Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program for the <br />Crosstown Class IV Corridors Study (provides for City Council approval to <br />receive a Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant and authorize the <br />City Manager to execute necessary agreements for the Crosstown Class IV <br />Corridors Study) <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro (the City) seeks to improve safety, access, and <br />mobility for all roadway users along Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street and these streets were <br />identified as a high priority in the 2018 Update of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan for <br />implementation and for study in the Crosstown Class IV Corridors Study; and <br />WHEREAS, the City submitted an application in October 2019 to the California <br />Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Sustainable <br />Transportation Planning Grant Program to be used for the Crosstown Class IV Corridors Study; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, On June 18, 2020 Caltrans conditionally approved a grant funding award for <br />the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant; and <br />WHEREAS, to receive the awarded $349,248 in grant funds, the City, as a Grantee, must <br />execute a Restricted Grant Agreement with Caltrans before such funds can be claimed through <br />the Transportation Planning Grant Programs; and <br />WHEREAS, the Grant requires a minimum $45,252 local funding match that the City will <br />appropriate from Measure B/BB funds when a consultant for the study is selected; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Leandro is eligible to receive Federal <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/2/2020 <br />2387