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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2025-081 RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO RECEIVE A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANT FROM THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (MTC) IN THE AMOUNT OF $265,000 TO EXAMINE STATION ACCESS AND CIRCULATION AROUND THE CITY’S FIVE BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) STATIONS AND BOARDING PLATFORM AND REAFFIRM THE CITY’S SUPPORT OF LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION OF MTC’S TRANSIT- ORIENTED COMMUNITIES (TOC) POLICY WHEREAS, on September 30, 2024, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (“MTC”) announced a Call for Projects for Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) Planning and Implementation Grants, and informed local jurisdictions of a November 22, 2024, deadline for submittal of Applications, as well as grant application guidance and requirements including compliance with the TOC Policy; and WHEREAS, in 2023 MTC identified three TOC areas in the City of San Leandro: E. 14th Street Corridor (four AC Transit-operated TEMPO Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)), San Leandro Station, and Bay Fair Station; and WHEREAS, on November 22, 2024, staff applied to MTC to propose an access gap study of the four BRT Stations and the BRT boarding platform at San Leandro Station (“the Study”) in response to the MTC’s Call for TOC Planning and Implementation Projects, and WHEREAS, on February 14, 2025, MTC awarded the City of San Leandro (the “City”) a TOC Planning Grant (“TOC Grant”) in the amount of $265,000 in technical assistance funds to conduct the Study; and WHEREAS, the City would work in partnership with BART and AC Transit to conduct the Study; and WHEREAS, the grant activities would implement numerous policies and programs to advance City Council Priorities related to Infrastructure and Economic Development; and WHEREAS, the City previously accepted $1.8 million from MTC’s Priority Development Area Grant and committed to achieving TOC Policy compliance in its acceptance of the grant; and WHEREAS, the MTC adopted Resolution No. 4530 1, the TOC Policy 2; and WHEREAS, the TOC Policy incentivizes local jurisdictions to plan and zone for higher residential and commercial densities in areas within one half mile of existing and planned fixed-guideway transit stops and stations to support the region’s transit investments and implement key GHG reduction strategies from Plan Bay Area 2050; and WHEREAS, incentivizing local jurisdictions to also adopt policies focused on increasing housing production of all types, particularly affordable housing production, preservation and protection, commercial anti-displacement and stabilization, parking management, and transit station access and circulation further supports regional transit investments and Plan Bay Area 2050 implementation; and 1 https://mtc.ca.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023-11/MTC_Resolution_4530.pdf 2 https://mtc.ca.gov/planning/land-use/transit-oriented-communities-toc-policy