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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2023- RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR 1) THE BAY FAIR TOD SUB-AREA 1 PRECISE PLAN IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,200,000 AND 2) THE BAY FAIR TOD SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $600,000 IN RESPONSE TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION'S (MTC'S) PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA (PDA) GRANT CALL FOR PROJECTS AND, IF FUNDING IS AWARDED, EXECUTE DOCUMENTS TO ACCEPT FUNDS, AND COMMIT IN- KIND CONTRIBUTIONS OF STAFF TIME WHEREAS, in May 2014, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (“MTC”) awarded the City of San Leandro (the “City”) an MTC Priority Development Area (“PDA”) Planning Grant (“PDA Grant”) in the amount of $440,000 to prepare the Bay Fair Transit-Oriented Development (“TOD”) Specific Plan (“Specific Plan”); and WHEREAS, the PDA Program is a voluntary partnership between local governments, MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to nominate areas served by transit that can accommodate future housing, jobs, and community amenities and provide a dedicated share of regional funding for local planning and capital improvements in PDAs; and WHEREAS, on February 20, 2018, the City Council adopted the Specific Plan after a broad-based community engagement effort to establish a vision and development framework for the area’s future as a mixed-use TOD; and WHEREAS, in 2018, the City of San Leandro established the BayFair TOD PDA; and WHEREAS, the Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan Area (“Specific Plan Area”) encompasses 154 acres generally bound by East 14 Street to the northeast, Hesperian Boulevard to the west, and the border between the City and unincorporated Alameda County to the south and southwest; and WHEREAS, the Specific Plan implements the City’s General Plan, which identifies the Specific Plan Area as one of the City’s most significant areas of potential change, and envisions the area as a dynamic, walkable, transit-oriented area with a mix of uses; and WHEREAS, in 2020, the City Council adopted Specific Plan amendments, and in 2021, Adopted Zoning Code Chapter 2.10, Bay Fair Transit-Oriented Development (B-TOD) District, to implement the Specific Plan and identify the standards for development within the Specific Plan Area; and