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THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM A FRAMEWORK FOR PUBLIC INVESTMENT Each year the City of San Leandro allocates money toward the upkeep of existing city facilities and toward the design -and construction of new projects. The underlying purpose of this ongoing investment is to maintain and enhance the quality of life for the residents of the city. The following are general principles or guidelines for directing this public investment effort. Community Pride and a Sense of Place 1. San Leandro is a special place, and the city's valued qualities, especially the feeling of community pride, should be apparent to residents and visitors alike. People should always have a sense, therefore, that they are in San Leandro. Accordingly, attention to the appearance of city entryways is important. Through a combination of signs, monuments, landscaping, paving and other physical and psychological markers, people should be aware that they have entered this special place. 2. Major thoroughfares in and through the city should be beautiful. This involves landscaping and especially street trees, signage, street lighting, undergrounding utility lines, benches and other public "furniture", special paving, and, of course, the continual maintenance of these things. It also means investing in public art, plazas and open spaces, and civic buildings that accent these corridors and remind us of our community pride. 3. Furthermore, private property along these corridors, notably in the commercial districts, must also be attractive and well -maintained. Our public projects, therefore, should help stimulate private investment and associated property improvements in these areas. A positive cycle of investment and improvement is triggered: property values are enhanced, further stimulating the attractiveness of the area for further private investment and development. In some cases more direct involvement on the part of the City in the rehabilitation of storefronts, buildings or parking lots may be warranted to initiate the necessary improvements.