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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: September 28, 2020 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-400 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.D. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:Keith Cooke <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Susan Hsieh <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for City of San Leandro City Council Resolutions to Approve a <br />Reduction in the Number of Vehicle Travel Lanes from Three to Two and to Install <br />Class IV Bicycle Lanes on Fairmont Drive from Hesperian Boulevard to East <br />14th Street, Approve a Funding Agreement with the Bay Area Air Quality <br />Management District for Class IV Bike Lanes on Fairmont Drive, and Approve <br />the Appropriation of $220,000 from the Transportation Fund for Clean Air Grant <br />to Partially Pay for the Improvements <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff studied reducing the number of vehicle travel lanes from three to two and installing Class IV <br />bike lanes on Fairmont Drive from Hesperian Boulevard to East 14th Street and determined that <br />the traffic impacts were within the City’s General Plan goals for level of service. Class IV bike <br />lanes are on-street bicycle facilities that are physically separated from vehicle traffic by a buffer <br />zone with a vertical element such as delineator posts and are a desired feature for Fairmont Drive <br />as identified in the City’s 2018 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. <br />This Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) agreement provides funding and <br />commits the City to the construction of Class IV bike lanes on Fairmont Drive from East 14th <br />Street to Hesperian Boulevard. <br />Staff recommends approval of restriping Fairmont Drive from Hesperian Boulevard to East 14th <br />Street such that there are two vehicle travel lanes and one class IV bicycle lane in each direction, <br />and approval of a funding agreement and appropriation of Transportation Fund for Clean Air <br />(TFCA) grant funds of $220,000 for construction of the improvements. <br />BACKGROUND <br />In 2013, the City Council adopted a complete streets policy. “Complete Streets” describes a <br />comprehensive, integrated transportation network with infrastructure that allows for safe and <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/23/2020 <br />160