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Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Amendment No. 1 to the Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of San Leandro and the Alameda County Transportation Commission for the Westgate/Davis Street and Southbound I-880 HOV Lane Improvements and Appropriating $400,000 of Marina/I-880 Interchange Fee and Relinquishing $600,000 of Direct Local Distribution Funds for a Total of $1 Million for Reimbursement of Design and Construction Cost for Hardscape and Traffic Improvements at the Marina/I-880 and Davis/I-880 Interchanges (Provides for the City's Investment Of $1,000,000 Into Traffic And Hardscape Improvements At The Marina/I-880 And Davis/I-880 Interchanges.)
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WHEREAS, the portion of Interstate 880 (I-880) through San Leandro is currently being 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 primarily financed by the Corridor Mobility Improvement Program of the State Infrastructure Bond Program; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) designed, and Caltrans is constructing, 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 reducing traffic congestion and providing gateway features at these major entrances into the City as identified in the 2015 General Plan; and
WHEREAS, an agreement authorized on May 16, 2011 exists between the City of San Leandro and the Alameda County Transportation Commission; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda CTC and Caltrans require the City of San Leandro to contribute funding for said Interchanges; and
WHEREAS, Amendment No. 1 to the agreement, a copy of whic...
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