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File Number: 21-571 direction and a landscaped concrete median. The Annual Street Overlay/Rehabilitation 2019-2021 project, which is currently in design, includes a road diet for this segment that will remove a travel lane and install a buffered Class II bike lane. The grant will cover a portion of the cost of upgrading the planned buffered Class II bike lane to a Class IV bike lane by installing intermittent raised, medians which provide separation between bicyclists and vehicular traffic. Fairmont Drive is currently configured with three travel lanes each direction and a concrete median from Hesperian Boulevard to East 14th Street. The Street Sealing 2020-2021 project, which is currently under construction, includes a road diet for this segment that will remove a travel lane and install a buffered Class II bike lane. The grant will cover a portion of the cost of upgrading the planned buffered Class II bike lane to a Class IV bike lane by installing intermittent raised, hardscaped medians which provide separation between bicyclists and vehicular traffic. Analysis Acceptance of the grant will commit the City to installing Class IV bike lanes on Hesperian Blvd between Fairmont Drive and Springlake Drive and on Fairmont Drive from Hesperian Boulevard to East 14th Street. The grant will fund 75% of the cost of the improvements leaving only 25% of the cost for the City to cover. This work will improve safety and accessibility for bicyclists of all levels on an important thoroughfare in San Leandro and help the City meet its Climate Action Plan goals to reduce greenhouse gases. Rejection of the grant, and not installing Class IV bike lanes, will leave the matching funds available for pavement maintenance or rehabilitation. The City has a backlog of pavement maintenance; using road maintenance funds for installation of medians will cause the backlog to grow. The matching funds in the amount of $504,000 represent the cost to perform a mill and fill on residential streets for a length of about one half of a mile, which is about three typical blocks in San Leandro. Current Agency Policies · Maintain and enhance San Leandro’s infrastructure Previous Actions ·On September 28, 2020, by Resolution No. 2020-124, the City Council approved a reduction of the number of vehicle travel lanes from three to two and installation of Class IV Bicycle lanes on Fairmont Drive between Hesperian Boulevard and E 14th Street. ·On January 4, 2021, by Resolution No. 2021-005, the City Council approved a reduction of the number of vehicle travel lanes from three to two and installation of Class IV Bicycle lanes on Hesperian Blvd between Fairmont Drive and Spring Lake Drive. Committee Review and Actions ·On December 2, 2020, the road diet proposal for Hesperian Boulevard was presented to Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 12/30/2021 298