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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 />July 2,2007 <br /> <br />Jo <br />Ci <br /> <br /> <br />TO: John Jermanis, City Manager ~" <br /> <br />FROM: Uchenna Udemezue, Director . <br />Engineering and Transportation epartmen~ <br /> <br />BY: Keith R. Cooke, Principal Engi.!eer ~~ VJ <br />SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A GRANT <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE ALAMEDA COUNTY TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT <br />AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE BAY TRAIL SLOUGH BRIDGE PROJECT, PROJECT <br />NO. 144-36-012, AND APPROPRIATION OF MEASURE B FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF <br />$750,000 <br /> <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />The City has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Alameda County Transportation <br />Improvement Authority (ACTIA) toward the construction of the Bay Trail Slough Bridge <br />project. <br /> <br />The City of San Leandro and the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) are working in <br />partnership to pursue funding opportunities to complete construction of the proposed Bay Trail <br />Bridge project. The total estimated cost of construction is $2,600,000. In 2004, ACTIA awarded <br />the City a $250,000 grant in Cycle 1 of the Measure B Bicycle and Pedestrian program. <br />Currently, ACTIA is in Cycle 3 of its program and has awarded the City an additional $750,000, <br />which brings its grant total to $1,000,000. To simplify documentation, ACTIA will combine <br />both grants into one agreement of $1 ,000,000 and terminate the existing agreement. <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter <br />into a grant agreement with ACTIA and appropriation of funds in the amount of $750,000 for the <br />subject project. <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 />