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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Enter into a Project Funding Agreement with the Alameda County Transportation Commission for Grant Funding for Class IV Protected Bike Lanes on Hesperian Boulevard and Fairmont Drive; and to Appropriate $1,479,000 in Grant Funds.
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The City was awarded a Grant of $1,479,000 by Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) for the installation of Class IV bike lanes on Hesperian Boulevard and Fairmont Drive.
Staff recommends the following actions:
* Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement that accepts $1,479,000 in grant funds from ACTC; and
* Appropriate $1,479,000 in grant funds.
BACKGROUND
ACTC administers funding programs consisting of 2000 Measure B, 2010 Vehicle Registration Fee, 2014 Measure BB, and federal grants for transportation improvements throughout Alameda County. In February 2021, the City of San Leandro applied for a grant to assist with the cost of installation of Class IV Protected Bike Lanes on Hesperian Boulevard and Fairmont Drive and was awarded $1,479,000. The award requires matching funds in the amount of $504,000.
The grant will cover a portion of the cost of improvements to upgrade buffered Class II bike lanes that are already planned for Hesperian Boulevard and Fairmont Drive to Class IV bike lanes. The improvements associated with this grant will be constructed as part of existing projects already underway.
Hesperian Boulevard between Fairmont Drive and Springlake Drive has three travel lanes each direction and a landscaped concrete median. The Annual Street Overlay/Rehabilitation 2019-2021 project, which is currently in design, includes a road diet for this segment that will remove a travel lane and install a buffered Class II bike lane. The grant will cover a portion of the cost of upgrading the planned buffered Class II bike lane to a Class IV bike lane by installing ...
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