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We begin with item 3A, Lee Speak Greenway.

We've got my senior engineer, Nicole Castellino here to introduce the item.

Good afternoon, Mayor, Committee members, city managers, staff, and members of the public.

My name's Nicole Castellino, senior engineer in the transportation section of public works.

I'm here to introduce Matthew Bomberg of Alameda County Transportation Commission, also known as Alameda CTC, to present on the East Bay Greenway Multimodal Project.

Okay.

Good afternoon, committee members.

Thank you very much for having us.

My name is Matt Bomberg, Principal Transportation Engineer with the Alameda County Transportation Commission.

I'm joined by a couple of colleagues today.

We're very excited to be here presenting on the East Bay Greenway project.

This is a proposed regional trail facility that's many years in the making, was originally proposed almost 20 years ago and has been depicted in various long-range planning documents since that time.

And the last four years have seen intensive work on conceptual design, environmental clearance, final design, and securing significant external funding for the project.

And the portions in San Leandro are now close to concluding design and beginning construction.

The construction pays the project, so it's an ideal time for an informational update to this body.

I want to thank city staff, particularly Nicole, also Robin Chi, Jason and I, and Sheila Marquises for all the staff partnership as we've been working on the development of the project.

Want to note that this is a project that's consistent with and implements a number of the city's adopted plans and policy priorities, including the city's Vision Zero traffic safety policy, the bike and pedestrian master plan, climate action plan, and the numerous general general plan goals and policies around sustainable transportation options in transit oriented development areas.

Also, want to note that the San Leander Council did adopt a resolution expressing support for the project and approving the concept design of the project back in 2022 that's kind of provided a framework for our development of the project since that time.

So the East Bay Greenway is a proposed 16-mile regional active transportation project that will link communities and improve access for people walking, biking, and taking BART.

The project will generally connect along the BART corridor between Lake Merritt and South Hayward BART stations through cities of Oakland, San Leandro, Unincorporated County, and Hayward.

It'll improve safety and multimodal access along streets that are identified as part of the Alameda County High Injury Network and through equity priority communities and priority development areas.

Is in the final design phase, the southern segments in the county in Hayward are also active projects, but are proceeding on slightly different timelines.

And then this is a zoom in on the north segment, which again includes the portions in Oakland and San Leandro.

The north segment is about 10 and a half miles, extending from the Lake Merritt Bart station to the Bayfair station area.

And as we have proceeded with the design of the project, we have actually broken this into four different construction packages for purposes of design and implementation, two of which are in San Leandro.

I'll zoom in on the city now.

So this map shows the project alignment within City of San Leandro.

So there's the two different construction packages in San Leandro.

The San Leandro package runs along San Leander Boulevard from the Oakland City limit to East 14th Street through the San Leander BART station Area and other other neighborhoods.

Alameda CTC will be the construction implementing agency for the San Leander Boulevard construction package.

And then there's also the Caltrans or East 14th construction package, which runs along East 14th Street or State Route 185 from San Leander Boulevard down to the Bay Fair TOD area.

Alameda's CTC is the project sponsor for this construction package, but we will be partnering with Caltrans, who will be the construction implementing agency.

So touch on some of the different features that are part of the project.

These images show some of the different features.

The project includes shared use paths, which are separated from street and can be used by bicycles and pedestrians.

These are predominantly within the Oakland part of the project.

Protected bike lanes, which are bikeways separated from vehicles by raised islands or parked vehicles, in order to provide an experience that is comfortable to users of a variety of different ages and abilities.

This is the primary type of bike facility that's proposed within San Leandro.

It will include a mix of one and two-way protected bikeways.

The project includes flashing beacons and pedestrian signals to improve yielding and stopping compliance at crosswalks where there's no traffic signals.

Notably, the project will add a number of new crossing opportunities with these types of enhancements along East 14th Street based on feedback from the community that the crossing opportunities are too few and far between, and people have to walk up to a quarter mile out of direction to find a marked crosswalk.

Protected intersections are another project element, which are a bikeway design that's separated from vehicles by islands within the intersection to shorten crossing distances and reduce conflicts between bikes and turning vehicles, as well as bus stop improvements, including several new bus stops along San Leander Boulevard that will serve a planned AC transit route extension to service the area around the Boys and Girls Club.

Some additional project elements include bioswales and bioretention areas to comply with state and regional stormwater treatment requirements.

And I want to note that the project's actually going to install a surplus of bioretention areas, which will help the city in meeting its regional clean water program goals.

Placemaking features, including bike wayfinding signage, bike racks, benches, and a new plaza area at the intersection of San Leandro Boulevard, Park Street, and Best Street.

New street lighting and some sections along San Leander Boulevard where there's currently gaps in the streetlight coverage, as well as new trees and landscaping.

So I'll now show a few graphics to provide an overview of the project design for some of the different sections within San Leandro moving from north to south.

So this slide shows the section of San Leandro Boulevard starting at the northern city limit down to Creekside Plaza, just north of Davis Street.

So along this stretch of the roadway, the city's already implemented a lane reduction that's aimed at addressing kind of longstanding speeding issues.

And the East Bay Greenway project will add a protected two-way bike facility on the west side of the street.

It'll be separated from the vehicular traffic lanes by a landscape buffer area.

And then the project will also close street lighting gaps along the west side of the street to better illuminate both the bikeway and the overall roadway.