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City of San Leandro <br />City Council <br />Meeting Date: July 7, 2025 <br />Agenda Number: 5.j. <br />Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />File Number: 25-316 <br />File Type: Staff Report <br />Adopt a Resolution to Accept and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Agreements to Receive a <br />Technical Assistance Grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in the Amount of <br />$265,000 to examine Station Access and Circulation Around the City’s Five Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) <br />Stations and Reaffirm the City’s Support of Local Implementation of MTC’s Transit-Oriented <br />Communities (TOC) Policy <br />COUNCIL PRIORITY <br />·Infrastructure <br />·Economic Development <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a Resolution approving and authorizing the City <br />Manager to accept a $265,000 Technical Assistance Grant from the Metropolitan Transportation <br />Commission (MTC) to examine multimodal station access and circulation around the City’s five <br />AC Transit-operated TEMPO Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations. The grant award is intended to <br />support the City’s efforts to achieve compliance with MTC’s Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) <br />Policy (Attachment B). The Resolution would also reaffirm the City’s support of local <br />implementation of MTC’s TOC Policy. <br />BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS <br />Technical Assistance Grant <br />In October 2024, MTC issued a Call for Projects for jurisdictions seeking technical assistance to <br />support work necessary to come into compliance with MTC’s TOC Policy. The City of San <br />Leandro subsequently applied for and received a $265,000 grant to support the City’s efforts <br />towards achieving compliance. The grant would specifically fund an examination of multimodal <br />access and circulation around the City’s five BRT stations (four BRT stations located along E. <br />14th Street and Davis Street and the BRT boarding platform at the San Leandro BART Station), a <br />requirement for achieving compliance with the TOC Policy. The examination would include <br />recommendations for capital and service improvements that would enhance and expand <br />convenient access to the City’s BRT stations via walking, biking, or bus/shuttle trips. <br />Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Policy <br />In 2022, MTC adopted a TOC Policy to support the region’s transit investments by ensuring <br />communities around transit stations are places that not only support transit ridership, but advance <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/4/2025