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Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Forward the City's Selected and Approved Aesthetic Features as Shown in Attachments 2A and 2B for the Marina Boulevard and Davis Street (State Route (SR) 112)/I-880 Interchanges in San Leandro for the I-880 Southbound HOV Project
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WHEREAS, the portion of Interstate 880 (I-880) through San Leandro is currently planned to be improved with the addition of a southbound HOV lane from the northern San Leandro border to just south of the Marina Boulevard-Marina Automall Interchange passing through the Davis Street Interchange, which is being primarily financed by the Corridor Mobility Improvement Program of the State Infrastructure Bond Program; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) has designed, and Caltrans intends to construct, the new I-880/Marina Boulevard-Marina Automall Interchange and the new I-880/Davis Street (SR112) Interchange; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the special circumstance and the singular opportunity for implementing the General Plan's goal of providing gateway features at these major entrances into the City; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda CTC and Caltrans require the City of San Leandro to select and approve the aesthetics for said Interchanges; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, the Facilities and Transportation Committee, San Leandro residents and staff have provided input on the aesthetic features; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended approval of said aesthetic features.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
1. That said aesthetic features as indicated in Attachments 2A and 2B, or substantially in the form presented, are hereby approved and submittal by the City Manager is hereby authorized; and
2. That the City Manager is authorized to make non-substantial revisions to said aesthetic features; and
3. That the Attachments 2A and 2B shall be attached to and made a part of this resolution.