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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT DATE: April 19, 2010 TO: FROM: BY: Stephen Hollister, City Manager Lianne Marshall, Assistant City Manager~,~ APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL Stephen Hollister City Manager Kathy Ornelas, Community Relations Representative SUBJECT PROJECT/PROJECT DESCRIPTION: RESOLUTION APPROVING THE NAME OF THE BAY TRAIL BRIDGE TO BE THE BILL LOCKYER BAY TRAIL BRIDGE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council consider naming the Bay Trail Slough Bridge the "Bill Lockyer Bay Trail Bridge" in recognition of Treasurer Lockyer's vision and commitment to seeing a hiking and bicycling "ring around the bay" trail to encircle San Francisco and San Pablo Bays. BACKGROUND The Bay Trail Bridge project will be completed this month, and a dedication ceremony is being planned. This bridge will close a critical gap in the east bay region of the San Francisco Bay Trail and marks the 300t" completed mile of the trail. For San Leandro's part, the Bay Trail runs along the northern perimeter of Oyster Bay Regional Park, sweeping west along the waterfront to Neptune Drive. From Neptune Drive, the trail continues south past the San Leandro Shoreline and Marina and beyond to the San Mateo Bridge. The Bay Trail Slough Bridge will provide a vital link in the trail between Berkeley and Hayward. The San Francisco Bay Trail got its beginnings in 1987 when then-State Senator Bill Lockyer (now State Treasurer) conceived of the plan and authored Senate Bill 100, authorizing the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to "develop and adopt a plan...for a continuous recreational corridor which will extend around the perimeter of San Francisco and San Pablo bays." The Bay Trail Plan was developed over atwo-year period by an advisory committee to ABAG that included representatives from federal, state, regional and local government agencies, environmental and recreational organizations, and others. The Plan was adopted by ABAG in July 1989, giving a high priority to a link between San Leandro's trail and Port of Oakland property.