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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: September 8, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-500 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.B. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report Requesting Direction from City Council on a Proposal to Install <br />Rainbow Crosswalks at the Intersection of West Juana Avenue and Clarke <br />Street as Part of the West Juana Pedestrian Improvement Project No. <br />2014-0500 (This change would not increase the cost of the project) <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff proposes a rainbow crosswalk pattern be substituted for the Downtown wagon wheel <br />crosswalk design at the West Juana Avenue and Clarke Street intersection to celebrate art <br />and diversity in San Leandro. There would be no fiscal impact to this change. Staff requests <br />City Council direction to move forward on this proposal. <br />BACKGROUND <br />On June 1, 2015, the City of San Leandro awarded a contract to McGuire and Hester for <br />sidewalk, curb and gutter, storm drain and high visibility crosswalks to enhance West Juana <br />Avenue between Downtown and the San Leandro BART station. The $659,850 in <br />improvements was funded from multiple sources: Measure B, MTC and TFCA grants. <br />Construction of the project is scheduled to begin in September and should be completed by <br />the end of the calendar year. <br />Analysis <br />At the July 7, 2015 Facilities and Transportation Committee meeting, staff proposed a rainbow <br />crosswalk design, in lieu of the Downtown wagon wheel decorative design, at the intersection <br />of West Juana Avenue and Clarke Street. Attachment A includes information on the <br />proposed intersection, the proposed rainbow crosswalk design and the wagon wheel design <br />for your information. <br />The rainbow crosswalk design is being proposed to celebrate the diversity of the City and to <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/2/2015