Reso 2024-013 Good City Company for Bay Fair TOD

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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2024-013 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GOOD CITY COMPANY IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1.8 MILLION FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE BAY FAIR TOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN, SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENTS, AND RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT; AND TO APPROPRIATE $1,800,000 IN FUNDING FOR SAID AGREEMENT (MTC PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA GRANT FUNDED) 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 Bay Fair TOD PDA; and WHEREAS, the Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan Area (“Specific Plan Area”) encompasses 154 acres generally bound by East 14th 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 WHEREAS, the Specific Plan and Zoning Code enable the development of a mixed-use urban village that supports housing, retail, office, entertainment, and civic uses with safe pedestrian and bicycle connections to public transit, services and employers; and WHEREAS, the State, regional, and local policy frameworks have evolved significantly since the Specific Plan and B-TOD Zoning were adopted and key sites in the Specific Plan Area have changed ownership; and WHEREAS, staff recommends undertaking additional planning efforts through coordination with key stakeholders and additional community engagement to advance the vision for the Bay Fair TOD; and WHEREAS, in December 2022, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) announced a Call for Projects for Priority Development Area (PDA) Planning Grants, and informed local jurisdictions of a February 23, 2022, deadline for submittals of Applications, as well as grant requirements including compliance with the Transit Oriented Communities Policy; and