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City of San Leandro <br />City Council <br />Meeting Date: July 10, 2023 <br />Agenda Number: 10.j. <br />Agenda Section: ATS Review <br />File Number: 23-257 <br />File Type: Staff Report <br />Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Project Funding <br />Agreement with the Alameda County Transportation Commission for the Hesperian Boulevard Gap <br />Closure Project; and to Accept $255,000 in Grant Funds and to Authorize the Use of and Appropriate <br />Match Funds of $29,249 <br />COUNCIL PRIORITY <br />·Infrastructure <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to enter into a project <br />funding agreement with the Alameda County Transportation Commission for the Hesperian <br />Boulevard Gap Closure Project . <br />BACKGROUND <br />Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) administers funding programs <br />consisting of Measure B, Vehicle Registration Fee, Measure BB, Transportation Fund for <br />Clean Air, and federal One Bay Area Grant Cycle 3 Programs for projects and programs that <br />benefit the Alameda County transportation system. The Comprehensive Investment Plan <br />(CIP) is Alameda CTC's near-term strategic planning and programming document through <br />which fund sources administered by Alameda CTC are programmed through a consolidated <br />process to maximize investments towards critical transportation infrastructure and program <br />operations needs that are essential for developing and maintaining the county's transportation <br />system. <br />In June 2022, the City applied for grant funding for the Hesperian Boulevard Gap Project in <br />the amount of $1,050,000 as part of Alameda CTC’s 2022 CIP. <br />The Hesperian Boulevard Gap Closure project proposes to improve the existing Class II bike <br />lanes on Hesperian Boulevard between Bayfair Drive and E. 14th Street by converting them <br />into protected Class IV bike lanes. This improvement would connect to the existing Class IV <br />bike lanes on Fairmont Drive, the proposed Class IV bike lanes on Bancroft Avenue <br />(Crosstown Corridors project), and the proposed Class IV bike lanes on E. 14th Street <br />(Alameda CTC’s East Bay Green Way project). <br />Analysis <br />Alameda CTC allocated $255,000 in local CIP grant funding to the City in FY 2023-2024, with <br />a local match of 11.47%, which is $29,249. The grant funds the design phase of the project. <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/14/2023