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removal. The MacArthur - Estudillo Gateway Area Preliminary Plan calls for development of a more coordinated street system overall. Specifically, plans call for creating a uniform street cross-section for neighborhood streets such as Joaquin Avenue, Juana Avenue, Rodney Drive, Collier Drive, Cary Drive, Bridge Road, Morgan Avenue, San Rafael Street and San Jose Street and along Estudillo Avenue, the neighborhood arterial. These cross -sections include planter strips to permit uniform street tree planting. Planting opportunities exist along Joaquin Avenue, Juana Avenue, and Estudillo Avenue to create planting strips four to five feet wide for large stature trees. The other streets can have three foot planter spaces to accommodate moderate stature trees. San Leandro citizens and the City Council have made a commitment to improve the City through street tree planting. The proposed grant project would be consistent with this committment. Targeted areas for street tree planting are shown on the Project Location Map (Figure B), which are based on proximity to 1-880 and availability of adequate planter strips. Figures C and D illustrate the concept for street tree planting. 2. Park Enhancement Tree Planting - The City of San Leandro Parks Needs Assessment, adopted in June 1999, outlines policies for providing quality neighborhood recreation and for improving existing park and recreation facilities to meet neighborhood needs. As part of the Needs Assessment development, interviews were conducted with community and staff members. In the course of developing criteria for evaluating parks and facilities, each park was analyzed. This evaluation led to the policies for enhancement now adopted in plans. Opportunities identified in the Needs Assessment for enhancement of existing local parks include: providing more trees and wind/sun shelter, adding trees to picnic areas, and adding trees to provide an identifiable entry to some park sites. Trees provided under this grant proposal would fill these needs and provide a means for fulfilling specific goals that have already been determined. Several of the park sites where tree planting is proposed are located adjacent to school sites. These parks are used extensively by the adjacent schools. Tree planting will effectively benefit the School District by improving facilities used heavily by school children. For a list of plantings at park locations see Exhibit L 3. School Tree Planting - Proposed planting sites are at San Lorenzo Unified School District sites. The San Lorenzo School District has identified a Page 5