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ADOPT: Resolution Designating the City of San Leandro’s Locally Preferred Alternative for the AC Transit East Bay Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project (designates the City’s preferred option for BRT)
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WHEREAS, in 1998 the AC Transit District (“AC Transit”) initiated work on the “Major Investment Study” to closely examine alternatives for transit service on several transit corridors in its service area; and
WHEREAS, in 2000 a Major Investment Study Policy Steering Committee comprised of members from all affected jurisdictions, including the City of San Leandro (“City”), was convened to provide guidance to the study from a corridor-wide perspective; and
WHEREAS, in 2001 the 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 2007, AC Transit in collaboration with the Federal Transit Administration released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report (“Draft EIS/R”) for the continued development of the East Bay Bus Rapid Transit Project (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, in July 2007 the City of San Leandro formally submitted comments in response to the Draft EIS/R, with comments focused on route alignment, traffic, parking, economic, construction, roadway maintenance, and operation impacts, among other concerns; and
WHEREAS, in May 2010 the City of San Leandro forwarded its original Locally Preferred Alternative (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
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