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Staff Report for Presentation of the Draft San Leandro Creek Trail Master Plan Study
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff requests that the City Council provide feedback on the Draft San Leandro Creek Trail Master Plan Study.
BACKGROUND
The 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 builds 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, National Park Service, Merritt College, and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.
In November 2013, State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced the availability of transportation planning grant programs to support the multi-modal transportation of the future, one that would improve mobility and accessibility for all people, with a focus on sustainability. In February 2014, a grant application was submitted to Caltrans for the San Leandro Creek Trail Master Plan. Following the grant submittal, in July 2014, the City of San Leandro was awarded $201,510 from the Caltrans State Highway Account - Partnership Planning for Sustainable Transportation grant program. The grant allowed for the development of the San Leandro Creek Trail Master Plan Study (a feasibility study),...
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