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Staff Report for a Resolution of Project Compliance for Regional Measure 2 (RM 2) Implementing Agency for the Downtown San Leandro BART Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Project
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the City Council approve the Resolution of Project Compliance for RM 2 for the Downtown San Leandro BART Pedestrian and Bicycle Access Project. This action will allow the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to allocate $40,000 of the approved RM 2 grant funding (total grant funding is $400,000.) for the design and environmental phase of the subject project. It will also assure that the City will comply with the MTC's RM 2 policy provisions, approve the Initial Project Report attached to the resolution and assure the City's completion of the project.
BACKGROUND
In March 2004, Bay Area voters approved Regional Measure 2 (RM 2), which included program funding known as Safe Routes to Transit (SR2T). RM 2 raised bridge tolls to provide for the SR2T program to improve pedestrian and bicycle access to transit. The City in partnership with the San Leandro BART area developers were awarded a SR2T grant in December 2009 that provided for improved bicycle-pedestrian access to the San Leandro BART station. The proposed improvements included:
1. West of the BART Station
a. Relocate West Estudillo Avenue pedestrian railroad crossing north to be aligned with BART fare gates
b. Public Bike/Pedestrian Paseo from relocated pedestrian railroad crossing to Alvarado Street
c. New bike/pedestrian pathway within the BART parking lot from the relocated pedestrian railroad crossing to the BART fare gates
2. At the BART Station
a. Electronic bicycle lockers
b. Bicycle racks
c. Bicycle shelter
3. East of the BART Station
a. Sidewalk bulb-outs and enhanced crosswalk treatments along West Juana Avenue at the intersections of Carpentier, Clarke and Hays Streets
b. West Juana Avenue narrowed by four feet and sou...
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