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Staff Report for a Resolution Approving a Contractual Services Agreement with Stantec Consulting Services Inc. for the Preparation of the San Leandro Creek Trail Master Plan
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve 1) a contractual services agreement (CSA) with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $138,062 to prepare the San Leandro Creek Trail Master Plan and 2) a $156,118 carryover of unallocated Caltrans grant funds from FY 2014-15 to FY 2015-16. Of the $156,118, $138,062 shall be allocated for the Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., agreement and the remaining $18,056 shall be used for ongoing City staff grant administration costs.
BACKGROUND
The proposed San Leandro Creek Trail Master Plan Study (a feasibility study) is an effort to develop a plan, design concepts, and an implementation strategy for a multi-use trail and path along segments of the San Leandro Creek in the Cities of San Leandro and Oakland. This project will build on several years of preliminary outreach and analysis of the corridor in Oakland; over a decade's worth of effort by the Friends of San Leandro Creek to restore a thriving riparian corridor within Oakland and San Leandro; and many other efforts by a diverse group of stakeholders. The multi-use trail was initially envisioned in 2012 and soon after the San Leandro Creek Alliance began serving as the forum for ongoing meetings of project partners, including the cities of San Leandro and Oakland, BART, Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District, East Bay Municipal Utility District, East Bay Regional Parks District, Friends of San Leandro Creek, the National Park Service, Merritt College, and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.
In November 2013, the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced the availability of transportation planning grant funds to support multi-modal transportation to improve mobility and a...
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