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San Leandro Crosstown Corridors Study 5-1 This chapter discusses potential next steps that the City of San Leandro may undertake to implement the proposed vision for the Bancroft Avenue and Williams Street Crosstown Corridors. This chapter includes planning level cost ranges, funding strategies and an implementation action plan. 5.1 Total Cost Estimate Planning level costs were developed as part of the conceptual design process. While more detailed cost estimating woul d need to be undertaken as part of future project phases, the long-term corridor of improvements for the full corridor is estimated to cost approximately $43,000,000-49,000,000. This accounts for approximately: • $27,000,000-30,000,000 for Bancroft Avenue • $16,000,000-19,000,000 for Williams Street More information on the preliminary cost estimates is provided in Appendix G. 5.2 Potential Funding Sources Implementing the vision for the corridor will require securing many different funding sources. Based on the City’s recent experiences with competitive grants and grant scoring criteria, the following funding sources are anticipated to be the best fits for the projects: • Caltrans Active Transportation Program (ATP): While ATP is one of the most competitive statewide and regional grant funding sources, the San Leandro Crosstown Corridors is likely a strong contender for grant funding. One of the primary scoring criteria is benefit to disadvantaged communities, which is applicable to most of the corridor. With the safety benefits for active modes and the significant walking and biking comfort improvements, the project would likely rank high. This grant would likely only be applicable to the walking and biking related improvements, and it is anticipated that some of the landscape and transit improvements would not be eligible. • Caltrans Highway Safety Improve Program (HSIP): HSIP intends to address areas with serious documented safety records. The primary metric for this a cost benefit ratio that heavily weighs fatal and severe injuries. This grant is primarily used to fund specific safety countermeasures, so project definition requires documented safety benefits for collision type. HSIP could be a good funding source to support signal and crosswalk improvements at key intersections. • One Bay Area Grants (OBAG): As the local congestion management agency, the Alameda CTC has a call for OBAG grant applications every two years. Priority is given to projects either fully or partially within a Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)-designated Priority Development Area (PDA) or providing access to/from within 0.5 mile of a PDA. PDAs are designated locations where the region strategically wants to grow. The last OBAG grant cycle was in 2022. • Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program: Funded through statewide Cap and Trade funds, the AHSC grants help fund affordable housing but can include substantial transportation improvements within one mile of the affordable housing site. Recent cycles have placed greater emphasis on transportation improvements. Given the need for affordable housing in the area, this could be an important grant funding source. However, it is reliant upon opportunities to coordinate with housing developers. The City should flag and pursue the grant as interest in affordable housing development arises on parcels along or near the corridor. • Alameda County Transportation Commission (CTC) Comprehensive Investment Plan (CIP): The Comprehensive Investment Plan (CIP) is Alameda CTC’s near-term strategic planning 5. Implementation and Next Steps DRA F T