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RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council to Nominate The San Leandro Industrial Hub Area to the Association of Bay Area Governments & Metropolitan Transportation for Adoption As a Priority Production Area
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) are preparing Plan Bay Area 2050 (the Plan), a long-range plan charting the course for the future of the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area; and
WHEREAS, the Plan will serve as the Bay Area’s Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy, outlining strategies for growth and investment through the year 2050; and
WHEREAS, ABAG and the MTC are creating a Regional Growth Framework to be used in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, this Framework includes locally nominated Priority Production Areas (PPAs) as industrial lands that support the vitality of the region’s economy and expand middle-wage job opportunities in industrial sectors; and
WHEREAS, jurisdictions with PPAs may have access to future public funding to support PPAs; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro proposes to establish the San Leandro Industrial Hub Area as a Priority Production Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of San Leandro City Council RESOLVES as follows:
That the City Manager is authorized to submit a nomination to ABAG and MTC to designate the San Leandro Industrial Hub Area as a PPA.