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