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CITY OF SAN LEANI)RO APPROVED AND <br /> FORWARDED <br /> STAFF REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL <br /> Stephen L. Hollister <br /> DATE: March 7, 2011 City Manager <br /> • <br /> TO: Stephen L. Hollister, City Manage <br /> FROM: Uchenna Udemezue, Director <br /> Engineering and Transportati )epartment <br /> BY: Kenneth Joseph, City Engin r <br /> Engineering and Transports on Departmen <br /> SUBJ ECT PROJ ECT/PROJ ECT DESCRIPTION: <br /> MATTER OF APPROPRIATING FUNDS AND APPROVING PROGRAM SUPPLEMENT <br /> AGREEMENT NO. 017 -N TO ADMINISTERING AGENCY -STATE AGREEMENT NO. 04- <br /> 5041R TO ACCEPT FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT (BART) - <br /> DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, FEDERAL -AID PROJECT NO. <br /> ESPL -5041 (036). <br /> • SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION <br /> Staff recommends approval of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Program <br /> Supplement Agreement that accepts $311,563 in federal grant funding and obligates the City to <br /> complete the subject project. Staff further recommends the appropriation of $311,563 in grant <br /> funds for project design and $1,604,470 in local matching funds as required for the federal grant <br /> for both the design and construction of the subject project. <br /> I3ACKGROUND <br /> In September 2007, the City Council approved the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) <br /> Strategy, a plan for making the San Leandro BART Station more pedestrian - friendly to increase <br /> the vibrancy in the downtown area. Subsequently, the City received a Metropolitan <br /> Transportation Commission (MTC) grant for the schematic design of the San Leandro Boulevard <br /> BART Station Pedestrian Interface Plan (Interface Plan). <br /> Additional funds in the form of a federal Transportation for Livable Communities (TLC) <br /> Program grant were sought for this project. The purpose of the TLC Program is to support <br /> community -based transportation projects that bring new vibrancy to downtown areas, <br /> commercial core areas, neighborhoods, and transit corridors by enhancing their amenities and <br /> ambiance and making them places where people want to live, work and visit. City staff applied <br /> for a TLC grant to complete street improvements pursuant to the Interface Plan and for <br /> improvements to the East 14 Street/Downtown area pursuant to the TOD Strategy. <br />