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ADOPT: Resolution Approving and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Operations and Maintenance (O & M) Agreement with Alameda Contra Costa Transit (AC Transit) for the AC Transit East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Facilities Within City of San Leandro (provides operations and maintenance responsibilities of the BRT facilities in San Leandro)
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WHEREAS, in 2001 the AC Transit Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Policy Steering Committee recommended a preferred route or Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project that specified the corridor alignment of Telegraph Avenue to International Boulevard/East 14th Street in the cities of Berkeley, Oakland, and San Leandro; and
WHEREAS, BRT is a mode of transit service that has some or all the following characteristics: Dedicated Travel Lanes; Level Boarding Platforms; Off-Board Fare Collection; and Real-Time Arrival Signs; and
WHEREAS, in May 2010 the City of San Leandro forwarded its LPA in order for AC Transit to complete a Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report (FEIS/R) and AC Transit developed the Downtown Oakland San Leandro (DOSL) LPA in June 2010; and
WHEREAS, City staff has worked with AC Transit staff to refine the project design to the extent possible to meet City goals and to implement a project incorporating transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and vehicle improvement; and
WHEREAS, for consideration herein is an agreement between the City and AC Transit defining the duties and responsibilities related to the maintenance and operation of BRT facilities within the City of San Leandro.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
That said Operations and Maintenance Agreement is hereby approved and the City Manager or his authorized representative is hereby authorized to make non-substantive revisions to said O & M Agreement, and directed to execute the same on behalf of the City, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.