Minutes 2018 0326 State of the City Address

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6 INFRASTRUCTURE AND CITY SERVICES Introduction As you walk, bike, or drive through town, you can see the changing landscape. You see freshly paved streets, parks renovated, new public art, and new infrastructure. In the past year, the City staff, City Council and I have renewed our attention to making systemic improvements to our city to benefit all residents, young and old alike. Our accomplishments this year include overseeing major infrastructure updates and new amenities for residents, investments in City services to improve the health and safety of San Leandrans, and key steps toward providing new transit-friendly housing options and budgeting prudently for the future. Infrastructure Last June, the City Council adopted the largest Capital Improvement Program in our City’s history, which allocated funding for long-needed improvements to roads, buildings and parks. We have recently completed over $8 million of rehabilitation on our roads. This investment is more than double what we have previously spent annually. For the next year we expect to complete over $13 million of work which is triple our past annual expenditures! This is all made possible by the community’s support of Measure BB and SB1. This has been the first opportunity in decades for the city to be able to invest to this much in our streets and roads. And not only are we fixing our streets, we are also making them safer for pedestrians and bike riders by implementing traffic calming and enhanced crosswalks across the city. In recent years, the City Council heard from our residents that maintaining community standards needs to be a top priority. Our residents also understand all too well that seemingly small concerns like junk and debris, overgrown lawns and vandalism can turn into bigger problems if not addressed quickly. With that in mind, the City Council allocated $1 million to