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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Appropriate up to $542,000 for the Implementation of Phase III of the Airport Noise Insulation Program for the Davis West Neighborhood and to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Related Consulting Services Agreement with C. Kell-Smith & Associates in an Amount Not to Exceed $246,504
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve a resolution that:
1) Appropriates up to $542,000 from the General Fund that was received from the 2017 sale of the formerly City-owned property at 2139 Laura Avenue, consistent with prior City Council direction to designate such funds for improvements to the Davis West Neighborhood
2) Authorizes the City Manager to negotiate and execute a sole-source consulting services agreement with C. Kell-Smith & Associates in the amount of $246,504 using a portion of the above funds to complete the third and final phase of the Airport Noise Insulation Program for the Davis West neighborhood
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
Following modifications to the facilities and operations of the Oakland International Airport over 20 years ago, a number of residents throughout San Leandro, Alameda and other surrounding areas began experiencing increased noise impacts from the airport, which is owned and operated by the Port of Oakland (hereafter referred to as the "Port").
Subsequent efforts by various parties, including the City, to challenge the environmental documents associated with the Port's modifications to the airport led to the City entering into a settlement agreement with the Port, which mandated mitigation of potential noise impacts generated by the airport upon San Leandro residents. This original $9 million agreement, which was adopted on December 5, 2000 (with a subsequent amendment adopted on July 22, 2003), became known as the Residential Airport Noise Insulation Program, and facilitated the installation of noise-reducing features...
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