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<br />CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br /> <br />STAFF REPORT <br /> <br />APPROVED AND <br />FORWARDED <br />TO CITY COUNCIL <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />June 18, 2007 <br /> <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />John Jermanis, City Manager <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Luke Sims, Interim Directorf~/"1 <br />Community Development f I <br /> <br /> <br />BY: <br /> <br />Kathleen Livermore, Interim Planning Manage <br /> <br />SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION ADOPTING A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE BAY <br />TRAIL SLOUGH BRIDGE PROJECT, PROJECT NO. 144-36-012, AS COMPLETE AND IN <br />COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) <br /> <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />The Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration was circulated for a 30-day <br />review and comment period from May 9, 2007 to June 7, 2007. No comments were received <br />during this period. <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the City Council, as lead agency, adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />for the construction of a new pedestrianlbicycle bridge and trail to connect the Oyster Bay <br />Regional Shoreline, owned by East Bay Regional Park District and located in the City of San <br />Leandro, with recently constructed Bay Trail facilities that are located to the north on property <br />owned by the Port of Oakland. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Oyster Bay Regional Park is a 170-acre park located at the west end of Davis Street. The park <br />was built on a former landfill and is mostly undeveloped. An existing paved bicycle path runs <br />along the park's northern perimeter adjacent to the slough, sweeping west along the waterfront to <br />Neptune Drive. From Neptune Drive, the bicycle path continues south past the San Leandro <br />Marina and beyond the San Mateo Bridge. <br /> <br />A feasibility study entitled "Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge San Francisco Bay Trail" was <br />completed in March 2002. The study reviewed the design and environmental considerations for <br />construction of a bridge across the slough north of Oyster Bay Regional Park and the trail <br />connecting this bridge with the existing San Francisco Bay Trail constructed within the City of <br />Oakland. In 2005, Mark Thomas & Company, Inc. completed the design of the Bay Trail Bridge <br />and connecting trail. <br />