Title
Staff Report for Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) Between the City of San Leandro and the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) and Appropriating Funds from the Davis/Doolittle Traffic Impact Fee Program for the Interstate 880/Davis Street Interchange Landscaping Project
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends adoption of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City and the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) and appropriating funds from the Davis/Doolittle Traffic Impact Fee Program for the funding, planning, design, and construction of landscaping and irrigation improvements at the Interstate 880/Davis Street Interchange.
BACKGROUND
In November 2006, the citizens of the State of California passed SB 1266 - Proposition 1B "The Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006." This bond funded the $108 million extension of a High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane for southbound I-880 from Hegenberger Road to just south of Marina Boulevard through San Leandro. The HOV lane project also required the reconstruction of both the Davis Street and Marina Boulevard overcrossings. The City contributed an additional $1.1 million for improvements to the Davis Street interchange, which funded lane configuration changes, traffic signals, bridge lighting and aesthetic enhancements.
Analysis
During construction of improvements at the I-880 at Davis Street interchange in 2013, the existing landscaping surrounding the on- and off-ramps was removed. California's severe drought during the three following years prompted the postponement of replacement landscaping at the interchange. Now that drought restrictions have been lifted, the City has asked ACTC to initiate a project to install landscaping and irrigation. The primary goal of the project is to replace the removed trees with low wa...
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