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an ST113iLLo Howeowneps A S S 0 C I A T 1 0 N November 8, 1999 Mary D. Nichols Secretary for Resources Resources Agency of California 1416 Ninth Street, Suite 1311 Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Ms. Nichols: I am writing on behalf of the Estudillo Homeowners Association (EHOA) and its MacArthur-Estudillo Gateway Action (MEGA) committee, to express our strong support for the City of San Leandro's Urban Forestry Grant Proposal under the Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program. The City of San Leandro's grant proposal identifies Estudillo Avenue as a target area for street tree planting. Estudillo Avenue is a major collector street carrying 15,000 vehicles per day through a single- family residential neighborhood between Interstate 580 and downtown San Leandro. The Estudillo Avenue / Davis Street corridor also serves as one of the major connections between Interstate 880 and Interstate 580. The neighborhood would benefit greatly from the planting of trees to offset vehicular emissions and noise and would contribute to efforts to slow vehicular speed. The planting of street trees along Estudillo Avenue and adjacent neighborhood streets is an important element identified in the MacArthur-Estudillo Gateway Plan. Formed in 1996, MEGA's work is founded on a base of broad community input. MEGA is currently working intensively with the City of San Leandro and with a group of volunteers, including neighborhood residents and technical resource people, to develop a MacArthur-Estudillo Gateway Plan Document. This document spells out EHOA's vision for the MacArthur-Estudillo Gateway, summarize historical forces and existing conditions, and outline a phased plan for funding and implementing urban design and traffic calming features to improve the quality of life in the Estudillo neighborhood and in the City of San Leandro as a whole. Neighborhood residents have strongly advocated the planting of large canopy trees along Estudillo Avenue and adjacent neighborhood streets to restore the neighborhood to its historical esthetic character. The Estudillo Homeowners Association will present the MacArthur-Estudillo Gateway Plan to City Council in the summer of 2000 and request that it become an adopted policy document supplementing the city's new General Plan. Guided by the MacArthur-Estudillo Gateway Plan Document, EHOA, through its MEGA committee, will undertake a broad range of activities to bring the plan from concept to reality. We urge you to endorse the City of San Leandro's grant proposal and we look forward with great anticipation to tree -lined streets in the MacArthur-Estudillo Gateway neighborhood and to the realization of a key portion of a our plan. in ely, Marcia Johnson Co -Chair, MacArthur-Estudillo Gateway Action Committee (MEGA) EXHIBIT N Page 39 778 Joaquin Avenue, San Leandro, CA 94577 5 1 0 - 6 1 4 - 0 1 0 1