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Staff Report to Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Standard Public Improvement Agreement with San Leandro Senior Associates, LP, for Public Improvements on Carpentier Street
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a Standard Public Improvement Agreement with San Leandro Senior Associates, LP, (developer) to guarantee the completion of improvements to Carpentier Street as part of Phase 2 of the Marea Alta development. Said agreement was prepared according to San Leandro Municipal Code Section 7-1-945 et seq.
BACKGROUND
Bridge Housing Corporation recently completed Phase 1 of the Marea Alta affordable housing project at 1400 San Leandro Boulevard. This project was part of a two-phase development approved as Site Plan Review PLN2008-00030, which allows for 200 total residential units. Bridge has now begun work on Phase 2 of the development, an 85-unit, 4-story affordable senior housing project that faces Carpentier Street.
As with Phase 1, Phase 2 will utilize modular building technology, with pre-manufactured residential units delivered to the site and assembled with a crane. The units will be temporarily stored on vacant land at the San Leandro Tech Campus before delivery to the site. Both phases of the project occupy land owned by the Bay Area Rapid Transit District.
Analysis
The current phase is being undertaken by San Leandro Senior Associates, LP, a subsidiary of Bridge Housing Corporation. The Conditions of Approval approved with PLN2008-00030 require public right-of-way improvements on Carpentier Street. These improvement will extend along and just beyond the west side of the street between West Joaquin Avenue and West Juana Avenue. The improvements include:
Undergrounding of overhead utilities,
Removal and replacement of street trees,
Reconstruction of sidewalks and curb ramps,
Installation of new street lights,
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