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RESOLUTION Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Memorandum of Understanding Between the City and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) for the East Bay Corridors Initiative, to Coordinate a Regional Approach Towards Enhancing East Bay Priority Development Areas Under Plan Bay Area
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WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro (City) applied to the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), the Council of Government for the San Francisco Bay Area, for designation of the following neighborhoods in the City as Priority Development Areas (PDAs): Downtown San Leandro and East 14th Street; and
WHEREAS, ABAG designated these neighborhoods as PDAs and adopted Plan Bay Area, an integrated land use and transportation strategy to accommodate the region's projected population, housing and job growth between 2010 and 2040 based on PDAs; and
WHEREAS, the City and other Jurisdictions of Alameda, Solano and Contra Costa Counties (collectively, the Corridor Jurisdictions) have PDAs within their communities that form a geographical and land use alignment referred to as the East Bay Corridor (Exhibit A); and
WHEREAS, the staff of the Corridor Jurisdictions and ABAG have been collaborating to identify a preliminary set of inter-jurisdictional strategies for implementing local and regional planning objectives for each segment of the corridor in an effort referred to as the East Bay Corridors Initiative; and
WHEREAS, the staff of the Corridor Jurisdictions and ABAG recommend that the Corridor Jurisdictions and ABAG continue to coordinate on the development of multi-jurisdictional strategies to create a network of thriving neighborhoods and downtowns in Corridor PDAs, including but not limited to the subgroups that comprise the Oakland-Union City Corridor and the San Pablo Corridor; and
WHEREAS, staff from the respective Corridor Jurisdictions and ABAG recommend that the Corridor Jurisdictions and ABAG enter into a Memorandum of Understanding for the East Bay Corridors Initiative (MOU) to (1) continue the development of multi-jurisdictional strategies to create a network of thriving neighborhoods and downtowns in Corridor PDAs, (2) identify and develop funding sources to implement agreed upon strategies and (3) endorse joint applications by one or more Corridor Jurisdictions for grants and other funding that support agreed upon multi-jurisdictional strategies; and
WHEREAS, the MOU does not require the City to expend any funds or endorse or support any pre-determined project or strategy except as commonly agreed upon among the Corridor Jurisdictions and ABAG.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
1. The City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized and directed to enter into, execute, and deliver the MOU for the East Bay Corridors Initiative. A copy of the MOU is attached as Exhibit B; and
2. That the City Manager, or his designee, is authorized to execute the MOU, contingent upon the City Attorney's approval of the documents as to form.