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RESOLUTION Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Priority Development Area Planning Grant Funding Agreement and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of San Leandro, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Madison Marquette, and Alameda County for the Bay Fair BART Transit Village Transit Oriented Development Specific Plan (commits $50,000 City contribution to secure a $440,000 grant from MTC)
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WHEREAS, in May 2014, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission ("MTC") awarded the City of San Leandro (the "City") an MTC Priority Development Area ("PDA") Planning Grant ("PDA Grant") in the amount of $440,000 to prepare the Bay Fair BART Transit Village Transit-Oriented Development ("TOD") Specific Plan ("Specific Plan"); and
WHEREAS, MTC awarded the City the PDA Grant with the understanding that the City would contribute $50,000 (including $10,000 of in-kind City staff hours), and the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District ("BART") and Madison Marquette ("MM") would each contribute $15,000 in matching funds for a total matching amount of $80,000; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") with BART, MM, and Alameda County to coordinate the successful implementation of the Specific Plan pursuant to the PDA Grant; and
WHEREAS, the focal points of the Specific Plan are the Bay Fair BART Station and Bay Fair BART Station parking lot and the Bayfair Center. The Project Area is located primarily within San Leandro city limits, with the exception of the southeastern portion of the Bay Fair BART Station property, which is located in unincorporated Alameda County; and
WHEREAS, the 2002 San Leandro General Plan ("General Plan") promotes the revitalization of the area in and around the Bayfair Center in San Leandro and calls for "introd...
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