Well, good afternoon.

Today is Thursday, May 14th, 2026, and I'm calling to order the San Leandro, City of San Leandro City Council Facilities and Transportation Commission.

And the time is whatever the time is 402.

Madam Clerk, would you please take our roll?

Council member boat is absent today.

Council member Aguilar.

Repeat?

Present.

Mayor Gonzalez.

Present.

Okay, Madam Clark, at this time, would you make your announcement, please?

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Okay, so we are going to go to item two on our agenda.

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Madam Clerk, how many speaker cards do we have?

We have eight cards.

So we will continue with our two-minute tradition.

And please call three so that they may line up.

Paul, sorry.

Key and Catherine, can you please come up?

Good afternoon.

I'm here to urge the committee to recommend to the council that you make a statement of clarification with regard to the goals of uh reopening Lake Shabot Road.

Um I'm asking for a uh a statement or an instruction, perhaps the city staff, that it's the intent of the city council to reopen Lake Shabot Road as a goal, and to do so within a uh the quickest period possible reasonably possible.

As I see it, I see two obstacles to um what's going on with Lake Shabau Road now.

It's been closed for years.

Uh one obstacle I believe is that is that the city does not recognize the importance of the road to the uh safety of the residents uh of Baya Vista and in particular the the part of Baya Vista on the back side of the hill on the top of the hill where I live.

Um it's it's a matter of evacuation.

Uh it's a matter of uh increasing the routes available for evacuation.

Uh others will talk about the study that we've you probably know about the study uh that we've had done, and we hope to present it to you.

But my concern is based on number one, the the glacially slow pace of repairs so far.

I mean, it at best we're getting the repair done after five years.

Now that's just not a priority.

Uh the the fact that there are locked gates, uh, that the bollards that allowed uh limited access just simply disappeared one day.

Uh it's not just a matter of uh wildfire, it's a matter of earthquakes, uh it's a matter of uh medical emergencies.

Um another thing that that always concerns me is this uh position the city has that after the repairs are done currently in progress, that the road cannot be reopened.

Uh and I don't know the basis of that.

It's not been disclosed in a public way.

I don't actually think that it's based on any kind of uh current or recent uh geotechnical study.

I think your time's up.

Okay.

Oh, good.

Hi, good afternoon.

My name is Ki Wu.

My wife and I bought our house on View Drive 25 years ago.

Um, what we what we viewed as uh a very, you know, very quiet, very relaxing.

Neighborhood in the residential street.

Um three or four years ago, we had the massive rains which closed Lake Chabot Road, which eventually ended up turning our residential street into a thoroughfare.

And uh, you know, by recent um evaluations uh in terms of traffic control, I think the numbers were as high as a thousand cars per day going up and down our street, which is basically turned our residential neighborhood into something that was that it was not um, it was much better when we moved here.

Um, the the people that drive through the neighborhood are not from the from the area, they're probably en route to Castor Valley.

They're in a hurry.

They don't really care about the residents uh people, most of the drivers drive in excess of the speed limits, which is 25 miles an hour, probably in the area more like 40 or 50 miles an hour up and down the street.

So it's very very dangerous for us in the neighborhood.

The quality of our life has been drastically compromised.

Um, I'm asking the city and the council to please expedite the opening of Lake Shabot Road.

Our residential street is not intended to be a permanent solution.

It is not meant to be a thoroughfare, is it a residential street?

And I would appreciate um uh any efforts that the city can make at this point.

Thank you.

Um, after Catherine can Greg and Mary and Stenda, please.

Hello, my name is Catherine Luce.

I've lived in San Leandro all my life, and I have really worked hard in the last two years to really get my house what's called home hardening fire resistant, put in metal gates, worked really hard, and I'm still very anxious about fires coming into San Leandro on our borders.

Um I wore this today because it was the first day we woke up with the sun and it was warm, but I had some anxiety because now we're going into fire danger.

And um I know there's been a lot of work done by people getting new roofs, working different ways to cut down on our fire, but we need to have another escape route.

The two recent fires that I know of were on Keller and then over by the Oakland Zoo, and it started on the near the freeway 580 and shut down that freeway.

Um, so I know we always think it's going to come from Lake Shabot, but I'm very concerned that it can also come from that freeway area, people with cigarettes, things like that, throwing out burning things.

And so I think we need it's very urgent that we get that road open.

So I wish that we would start putting some effort into making plans to do that.

If there are different reports that have to be done and investigation, so then when we finally get the funds, we can get that road open as soon as possible.

Thank you.

Good afternoon.

We understand the city will be replacing the ballards on Lake Chabot Road now that the fire season is officially here.

Thank you.

Unfortunately, that is not enough.

We now know, as stated in the recent East Bay Times article, right here, that our danger of increased wildfire risk due to the anticipated El Niño climate pattern expected to bring to high temperatures and shifts in wind patterns is increasing wildfire risk.

The city's own 2022 Kittelson study concluded there would be major congestion on several streets in Bay of Vista and a wildfire evacuation.

We have since learned from our timed evacuation study that it may take anywhere from one hour to two hours for our entire community to evacuate.

Hundreds of vulnerable residents will be exposed to toxic fire smoke and will be negatively affected by the limited use of Lake Shabot Road.

We have one of the oldest and most mobility challenged concentrations of residents in the city.

In addition to 3,600 residents, we have two daycare centers, four residential care homes, and the 99-bed acute care kindred hospital.

All will need more time to evacuate.

No one can predict when a street will be blocked.

We are working on a citizens-led revenue measure to raise funds for our aging fire stations that desperately need to be seismically upgraded, critical roads, flood protection on Neptune Drive, mold remediation for the Marina Community Center, and other important infrastructure.

We need the council's commitment to support these issues and commit to reopening Lake Shabot Road to two-way traffic as soon as possible.

Thank you.

Good afternoon.

My name is Greg Novak.

I'm a San Leandro resident in Bayo Vista.

Um I too am here to encourage this committee to prioritize the reopening of Lake Chabot Road.

It's been closed now for three and a half years, just about.

And it's unclear who's making decisions about the road.

There's been no geological study done, no soils tests done to see what it's going to actually cost to repair the road and maintain the road moving forward.

This committee had a chance to do that last year to make a recommendation to the city council.

They did not do so.

Who's making the decisions to seemingly randomly lock gates that were open?

We were told for emergency evacuation, we were told the road was safe somehow for an emergency evacuation from our neighborhood.

The gates just one day without any reach out to the community were bolted shut, conveniently left open for bicyclists to go through, which is fine, but not big enough to allow even a small vehicle or car to go through.

And we have a next door neighbor that we've never met.

We've lived in our house now since 2020.

It's our understanding she's in her 90s.

She has 24-hour care.

She's never in her yard, she's never out, but she lives in that house.

We see light turn on and off at night.

We know she's living there.

She's not going to be able to quickly get out into a car and get out of the neighborhood that it'll be really impacted if there is a fire, as others have stressed coming from any from Fairmont Ridge, from the open space from the freeway.

So I just again want to encourage this committee to encourage the city to prioritize the safety of Bao Vista and the residents that live there.

Thank you.

After Marianne, if Brian and Kat Wallman stand up, please.

Good afternoon, Mary Ann Miller.

And again, I'm going to put on my planner hat and bring to the committee's attention that the closure of a major roadway constitutes a project under CEQA.

To my knowledge, there has been no CECA analysis.

CEQA stands for the California Environmental Quality Act, which also triggers public notification requirements.

There's been no public notification to affected homeowners in the area.

And the city has also reclassified in a de facto method our street network, and that requires an amendment to the San Leandro General Plan to the transportation element.

It also triggers an amendment to the City of San Leandro public safety element because now one of our major evacuation routes has been eliminated.

So echoing what my other neighbors have said, I want to strongly recommend that the committee state to the city council uh recommendation for funds to do the proper geological studies that are required so that we know what the cost is and we move forward with getting this road open.

It's it's been too long.

Please open the road.

Thank you.

Good afternoon.

My name is Brian Lebo.

There's been a couple of city council meetings in the last few years on Lake Shabot Road.

It's my recollection that every member of the council during those meetings individually has expressed support for reopening Lake Chabot Road to two-way traffic, but somehow the council as a whole has not had the opportunity to state that as an official policy.

So what I think would be appropriate, and this is just a process question for you guys, is for this committee to express support for fixing Lake Shabot Road for two-way traffic as soon as possible and forward it back to the city council so that they have their first opportunity to answer that question officially.

Seems like a no brainer under the circumstances.

Thanks so much.

Good afternoon.

For over three years, we have been trying to get the city to prioritize the repairing and opening of Lake Shabeau Road.

We knew all along that there was a critical evacuation route, and now we actually have proof in order to show our city council members.

We did the weed go study that shows that 100 to 400 residents would be subject to toxic fire exposure in the event of a fast moving fire, and you will have an opportunity to see that.

One of the biggest issues that you've been facing is the cost.

And we now, on Saturday, we'll be launching a citizen-led measure called Citizens for a Safe and Vibrant San Leandro, which will bring money not only to build infrastructure, much needed infrastructure in San Leandro as well as community facilities, but also to fund the repair and opening of Lake Chibo Road.

The problem is that we still have people that totally oppose it and think that the road should be closed, and also think that the city will support that fact.

We need this city, we need the facilities and transportation committee as well as the city council to actually make a definitive ruling, a resolution, pass a resolution indicating that your intent is to open and repair the road to two-way traffic, subject to finding the necessary funding to do it, and to try to do that in an expedient way, not to do the piecemeal measures that have been taken so far, which don't get us very far at all.

This is critical.

We're we've just started fire season.

This is supposed to be one of the worst fire seasons coming up this year because of the lack of rain, and it's very, very important that we start moving on this and that you can give some peace and quiet to the people who live up there who know that their safety is in danger.

Thank you so much.

That's all the public comment.

Okay, so for those that are not aware, we can't engage in dialogue on a non-agendized item.

But what we can do is during our time to offer commentary, offer some comments.

So if you'd like to hear those comments, you'll need to wait.

So at this point in time, we will move to item number three A, presentation on the Bay Fair community-based transportation plan.

And I do believe we've got Avalon Schultz here, Assistant Community Development Director.

Yes, hello.

Good afternoon.

I'm very pleased to bring an update to the committee on the Bay Fair Community Based Transportation Plan, or as we call it, CBTP.

Um, we're never shy with our acronyms in government, right?

Um, and most of the presentation will be from Molly's son with Fair and Piers.

She's our project manager on the consultant side for this effort.

Um, but I did just want to share for the committee and for anyone from the public who's interested, um, a little bit of context.

So the Bay Fair area is really um intended to become a transit oriented development around our BART station, and the city council has adopted a specific plan, and now we're in the implementing phase for that transit oriented development, and it's a unique area because it borders unincorporated Alameda County, and the BART property is actually split between City of San Leandro and unincorporated Alameda County.

And so we are separate from this effort working on a development plan that will be a roadmap for implementation of the transit-oriented development.

And that's not what we're here to discuss today, but that is happening.

Um, the same consultants are working on both efforts, and we will be having community engagement in the next year on that effort, which is really exciting.

Um, but today is all about this community-based transportation plan, which is a joint effort with Alameda County, given the geography of this area.

So both the Board of Supervisors and the City Council will be adopting this plan ultimately.

And Fair and Pears is our consultant working with this multi-jurisdictional effort.

So they were not the original consultant brought on to do this work.

There was a consultant transition, but they are the consultant that will be finishing the project.

So they're here to talk about what's been done, what's coming up, and answer any questions you guys might have about this exciting grant-funded effort.

So with that, I'll turn it over to Molly Sun with Fair and Pierce.

Do I need to, okay, it's on, great.

So good evening, Mayor, Councilmember, and thank you for having us today.

My name is Molly Sun, and I'm with Fairon Pears, and joined by staff with the City of San Leandro to give you an update on the Bayfair community-based transportation plan, which we will also refer to as the Bayfair CBTP.

We're about halfway through the project, and so this afternoon we wanted to share a little bit more about what we've heard from the community so far, where we're headed, and then answer any questions that you might have about the process.

Because this is a community-based planning process, you will see a lot of emphasis on what we've heard from the community and the outreach activities that we've undertaken today.

And so just a quick overview of today's agenda.

I'll start by providing some background on the project and the planning effort.

We'll then dive into the engagement approach, engagement to date, what we've heard, and then close out with a discussion of next steps.

And so an overview of the Bayfair CBTP.

What is the CBTP?

It is a collaborative planning effort with the city of San Leandro and Alameda County and is funded by Alameda CTC.

The goal is to collaborate with community members to identify improvements that make it safer, easier, more comfortable to travel within the study area.

So to get to Bayfair BART, local schools, and other important destinations.

Because the plan crosses the city-county boundary, it also gives us a rare opportunity to coordinate improvements across multiple jurisdictions and really reflect how people actually travel through this area.

And then, you know, finally, as a community-based transportation plan, we're really focused on engaging residents, businesses, community groups, and really conducting outreach to equity priority communities to make sure that those voices are represented within this plan and within this process.

And so what will the Bayfair CBTP result in?

There are three primary outcomes associated with the plan.

And so the first is a series of recommendations that are really grounded in what we've heard from the community and are aligned with community priorities.

These are, you know, this is input that we're receiving through community surveys, interviews, pop-ups, and open houses.

Second, the plan will produce a prioritized project list with potential funding sources identified.

So really thinking, you know, that this is more than aspirational, but something with a concrete plan towards implementation.

And then finally, through this planning process, which is really emphasizing strong collaboration and partnership with community-based organizations, which you'll also hear us refer to as CBOs, other agencies and key community stakeholders, stronger and lasting partnerships that the city can continue to build on from here.

And so the Bayfair CBTP process really has four steps to it.

So the first component is an inventory of existing conditions and travel needs, really drawing on access and circulation data, but balancing that with community input as well.

We are now in the second step where we are using what we've heard to develop a draft project list.

And again, this is informed by both the technical assessment as well as community input.

After this step is complete, we'll prioritize those projects and identify how each one could be built and document all of that within the final CBTP.

And so this slide shows a map of the Bayfair CBTP study area covering portions of both San Leandro as well as unincorporated Alameda County.

It includes the Bayfair BART station, the Bayfair Center, as well as the residential neighborhoods immediately surrounding them.

You'll see a mix of elementary schools, middle schools, high schools within this area, community centers, as well as parks.

And these are all destinations that people have told us they want to be able to access more easily.

Avalon spoke to this within her introduction, but there are a lot of active planning efforts within this area, and it's really critical that we've been coordinating with these, both from an agency and public-facing perspective.

And so on the on the planning side, we're really within San Leandro coordinating within the Bayfair Development Plan, which is led by the city, as well as number four here, the Central County Community Connections Plan, which is a plan that's being led by Alameda CTC.

In addition to this, you know, we're also coordinating with some of the capital improvement projects that are underway.

And so this includes the lane reduction on Hesperian Boulevard, improvements on East 14th Street, and sort of just the suite of other projects that are underway in this area.

And so the CBTP will recommend transportation and streetscape improvements that make it easier, safer, and more comfortable to travel around the study area.

We're still working on the project list, but this could include improvements that focus on things like improved access to BART, reducing vehicle speeds both on major streets as well as within neighborhoods, separated bike lanes, streetscape improvements such as increased greening as well as pedestrian lighting, access improvements, particularly for people with disabilities, as well as sidewalk and crossing improvements.

And so next, kind of wanted to get into the engagement approach and really just begin by sort of touching upon the guiding principles for how we are engaging with the community and stakeholders through this study.

So first, you know, really emphasizing participatory approaches and engaging community members, particularly community members who are from low-income or disadvantaged communities or otherwise equity focused areas.

We're focusing on fostering collaboration between public agencies as well as community-based organizations and residents to really have a collaborative planning process, you know, through transparent reporting on engagement, promoting mutual understanding of key challenges and opportunities within this area, and through this process, really building trust and support for the final CBTP recommendations.

And so the CBTP is engaging with three primary groups.

There's a representative from the San Leandro BPAC within that group.

And this group is really responsible for advising on engagement as well as providing feedback on the recommendations.

Then, as I mentioned previously, it's also critical that we continue to engage with our agency partners.

This includes a site visit that was done with agency partners as well as ongoing coordination over the course of the project.

This includes folks like HARD, AC Transit, as well as BART.

And so we're conducting engagement in four phases.

As you'll see here, the first phase of engagement is complete, which focused on existing conditions and understanding community needs.

And this is what we're taking to develop that draft project list that we mentioned.

Next step, we'll be bringing that draft list back to the community, confirming priorities and making sure we heard everyone correctly, and then we'll move from there to finalize the CBTP.

And so, in terms of the project schedule, um, the next phase of community outreach, which is uh phase three shown here, will really happen towards the end of the summer.

And then the draft CBTP will be available in early fall and finalized by the end of the year.

And so we wanted to provide a little bit more detail on engagement to date and how we've been able to reach various members of the community.

And so, you know, as I noted, phase one was really focused on understanding travel needs and asking community members about the improvements that they wanted to see.

And so this consisted of an online survey open over the course of last summer, which we received 164 responses for.

That's a really strong response rate for this type of survey, so really encouraging to see that level of engagement.

We also conducted four interviews with San Leandro, Ashland and Cherryland residents, youth and local nonprofit leaders, really getting that qualitative input on improvements that people wanted to see.

Two pop-up events, one at the National Night Out and one at the Bayfair Farmers Market, and then a steering committee site visit about a year ago.

Phase two, which is the phase of engagement that we just wrapped up, consisted of a steering committee meeting at the end of March, as well as the second community open house that I wanted to speak to in a little bit more detail.

This event was held at the Reach Ashland Youth Center on April 26th, and had a really strong turnout.

So about 50 attendees, which is really, really strong for this type of event of event, and really speaks to the strong partnership that we've developed with community-based organizations like Stanley Andrew 2050 and La Familia.

And so, what have we heard from all of this outreach that we've done?

So there are really six key themes that have emerged from the community feedback we've received.

And so, first, uh convenient and safe access to BART is a major priority as access is limited today.

The second is that the auto-dominated landscape creates safety barriers to walking and biking.

We've heard that the bike network is disconnected and stressful to navigate.

Safety and personal security concerns are a barrier to travel.

So it's more than just infrastructure we've been hearing about, but you know, other things that could make it challenging for someone to get to where they need to go.

We've heard that structural barriers restrict equitable transportation access.

And then we've also heard a strong desire for streets to be welcoming community spaces.

And so these are some quotes that we've heard from community members on these themes, and I'll just leave them up here for a second for you all to take a look through.

And so while these quotes are representative, you know, they really do represent what we've heard across the board on these topics.

So, you know, safety and security concerns, walking alone, challenges navigating streets with fast-moving vehicle traffic, difficulty accessing destinations that are important to meet daily needs, as well as this piece on cultural barriers, you know, needing ambassadors and trusted advisors to help people access the systems.

So we also ask people to tell us, you know, what what streets do you want to see improvements on?

And so within the city, the community has identified six streets as priorities for improvement.

You'll see those on the screen here.

So this includes Hesperian, Bancroft, East 14th, Fairmont, Halcyon, and 150th.

The streets that you see in green here, those are streets that do have a planned project that actually begins to begin to address many of the needs that we heard.

So, you know, it's a really encouraging sign to see, and that the city is already taking action on some of these things.

The other aspect that we asked community members to weigh in on was well, what types of improvements would you want to see in this area?

And so community members were presented with this toolbox of potential improvements at the most recent over open house.

And what we heard was that the number one priority for people was better lighting for people walking at night, followed by benches and shade at bus stops, followed by improvements that make it easier and safer to cross the street, as well as a desire for greening to provide more shade and comfort for people on the street.

And so, touching quickly on next steps, um, you know, our our key mile, our key next milestone in this project will be to produce the draft project list.

And so we're approaching that by first synthesizing community input.

So again, we've we've heard a lot about what improvements people want to see and where they want to see them.

We're cross-referencing that with the existing conditions work that we've done.

What does the technical analysis say about where these improvements you know are most needed?

And then we're applying that toolbox to the different streets.

So we've defined which streets are important, we've defined what kinds of improvements that people want to see.

How do we pair those things together to have a draft project list that's really responsive to what people are asking for?

We'll then compile that draft project list, confirm that these are the right priorities through the next round of engagement, and hopefully bring that to finalization in the final CBTP.

So again, just to recap some of the next steps here from more of a schedule perspective, we are currently drafting the recommended project list between June and July.

We'll initiate our next phase of outreach.

So this will focus on understanding implementation priorities, project priorities, and this will engage both the public, it will engage the steering committee as well as the agency stakeholders that we mentioned earlier.

And then in the back half of the year, really from August to December, we will be bringing a draft plan back to this committee, as well as uh to committees in unincorporated Alameda County, and uh developing the draft and final plan.

And so thank you for your time this afternoon and uh we're happy to take any questions.

Thank you so much.

Questions.

Okay, thank you so much for the presentation.

Um I appreciate it.

And uh Director Schultz and uh Director Leal, thank you for the overview that I got a couple weeks back.

Um I got a pretty high-level uh briefing on some of the context, catching up a little bit.

Um, this is some really cool stuff.

And I as a person who lives in that immediate area, um I'm excited to see that the community sees what I see too.

Um, and so the work that you're doing is amazing.

I have a couple of questions with regard to different levels of engagement, just I guess more detail and specific.

So specifically, um I I heard you talk about agencies like BART and AC Transit and having those discussions, and I I heard what you said.

Um, can you go into a little bit more detail on what those meetings look like, what those discussions look like with, for example, members of the BART board, members of the BART staff, uh, and same for AC Transit, just a little bit more detail.

Sure.

Um, I'll kick us off and then Avalon, if you'd like to weigh in or add anything else.

Um, so those agencies are all represented on the steering committee as well.

And so that that's a real forum for agencies and community members uh to be listening to each other, and and that's obviously at the staff level.

Um, and then there's also coordination, you know, um sort of as on an ad as needed basis, uh, as we're putting together the draft recommendations, you know, sharing them with staff at those agencies, making sure that those are appropriate and acceptable to them, and and you know, fit within the rest of their planning processes.

So really making sure that that staff are being brought along at the outset, so there are no surprises at the end, right?

So there's no maybe recommendation that that touches BART property that that BART hasn't been on the in the loop on.

Um, and so really making sure that's consistently represented throughout this process.

Thanks, Molly.

I think that covers covers it.

Well, I would also just say because of BART centrality in this planning area, they are a very strong partner on the project management side, especially for the development plan and the work that the county's doing to advance TOD at the BART property.

Um, but Molly's perspective there on the steering committee and the technical advisory aspect is really key to the CBTP because we don't want to get out ahead of the transit agencies and other partners when we're engaging with the community, if something's not feasible or hasn't been vetted from a technical standpoint.

So the role that the other um agencies and transit providers play is really critical to making sure the information's factual and feasible.

Amazing, thank you.

And I I guess that leads me to something that I haven't quite seen.

So I want to know if it's something that you have seen through this process, but um there's a trend, especially on the map of the touch points.

Um I forgot what slide it was.

It was slide, uh, it was one of the maps.

There we go.

Uh after that.

So uh a common discussion I have with my neighbors is is that Isperian Boulevard, and we lost an AC transit line a few years ago.

Um, and so I wonder if a part of the discussions you've been hearing from community from agencies has been about line restoration or line expansion at AC Transit.

That's something that's really important to me.

Yeah, that's a great question.

Um we have heard some feedback on um bus service.

Um, however, a lot of the feedback that that this plan has been more focused on is is what are bus stop conditions?

You know, what is it like to wait at the bus stop?

Is that a comfortable experience for people, you know, really of all ages and ability levels?

Um, but we certainly have heard some feedback on line restoration or service as a whole, but it it hasn't been uh as much of a focus within this planning process.

Okay.

Awesome.

Thank you.

That's all the questions I have.

Thank you.

So some questions for me on the engagement side.

Did we engage with the schools?

And if so, how that is a good question.

For our most recent open house, uh, our promotional efforts were focused on community-based organizations.

So the two that I mentioned, San Leandro 2050, as well as La Familia, and then there was also outreach done with the Ashland Reach Youth Center.

Um, however, my understanding is that there has been more limited school specific uh engagement as part of this plan.

Yeah, so I would I'll just go ahead and add the comment right here.

I think that there's a significant opportunity to engage with Eden Dale Middle School.

They have an active PTA there.

Uh you've got Hillside Elementary, which has a reasonably active PTA and just uh active parents.

Jefferson Elementary is a highly Hispanic community, and so if you really want to get a lot of Spanish speakers, really good school site to hit.

And I'm assuming, just based on the income demographics that you probably have a lot of bus commuters and folks that try to access BART by by walking and the like.

So just kind of broadening the perspectives.

And I say that in particular because I think that the CBOs, some of them tend to bring a very specific angle, and they almost they know what they want and they communicate what they want, but really reaching down into the families that are living the day-to-day experience is really important.

Um, so thank you about with respect to the schools.

I am curious, was there variation by age group?

So as you're getting this input, are the young people saying something that's fundamentally different than the elderly?

Or is it pretty much the same?

Yeah, that's a great question.

And we're we're not necessarily tracking that data hyper specifically, um, but speaking from, you know, what we saw at the most recent open house, uh, which attracted um, you know, I would say a wide range of people, maybe not, you know, youth truly in the youth category, but but folks um across the board otherwise.

We're really hearing a lot of similar themes.

Um, folks really want uh to be able to get to where they need to go more easily.

Um, a huge component of that that we heard is is more lighting for pedestrians, especially at night.

You know, challenges with crossing the street were noted across the board with specific challenges, including, you know, short pedestrian crossing times, long crossing distances, you know, things that certainly might um affect someone who's maybe walking a little bit more slowly, but but it it something that we heard across the board, you know, from parents with children uh from from older folks, and and um yeah, really a lot of consistency in the types of improvements that that people are looking to see.

Thank you.

Um if we go to slide eight, which is one that we're on, I'm curious uh about the geography of this map.

And in particular, you've got that.

So in the northwest uh pan handle there.

I was curious why we don't have the immediately adjacent to the east side included.

I know that we've got a trailer park at the intersection of 150th and East 14th.

And we certainly have some apartment complexes right there.

So is there do you know how this was created is this zone?

Is it literally the TOD or like?

No, that's a great question.

Um it's a funny shape for sure.

But looking at census tracts, we were we were looking at um which tracks qualified as equity priority communities for the ACTC funding source, and most of those are then located in Alameda County.

So we also wanted to include some San Leandro census tracts, and we stretched the boundary out along Bancroft to be adjacent to the school there.

And so we tried to stretch the boundary to some key locations within San Leandro and Alameda County.

Um that was the main purpose.

Thank you.

Um that's it on the question side.

So anything else?

Okay.

So let's go to um public comment on this item.

Do we have any speakers?

No speaker cards.

Excellent.

So then we will come back to committee member comments, observations, suggestions.

I think okay.

So a couple of suggestions that you know implied was always connect with the schools because they have some of the biggest challenges in moving, you know, people around and all the complexities and particularly in that Jefferson elementary area.

I'm glad that you picked that up because we do have a number of apartment complexes right in there.

Um, on the comment side, I do want you.

Well, I don't know if it's part of this in particular.

Uh I want to be public about this.

Uh, I would very much like to see an at grade crossing across the Union Pacific line at Bay Fair on the back side.

So coming from the southwest side, that parking lot that's separated, uh, at grade coming into the BART station.

I think that big picture, long term, that fundamentally reshapes how that area operates right now.

It's a subterranean crossing, where it has no uh there's no elevator there, it's not ADA accessible.

And I I suspect that for a variety of legal reasons, uh Union Pacific would be amenable to that.

Uh so that's encouragement number one as we think through things.

Number two, I do want to make sure that um we have good outreach beyond the CBOs.

It sounds like you've got that with your 164 surveys and the pop-ups at the farmers' markets.

Uh, farmers' markets tend to be more expensive, so it tends to be people with higher disposable income, all else being equal.

And I suspect that the people that will be most impacted by this are those that are walking that don't have vehicles, taking the bus and the like.

So just be a little mindful about um, it's called survey bias, the selection bias, so who comes to enter uh our population.

Um the last, I guess, question comment.

So on ACTC, we've had discussions about the what is it, the CCC across the bottom on Lowelling Boulevard?

CCCCP.

Um I did not get a sense of that connection to this project in particular.

Um this is more of a question than a comment.

Can you explain how that's connected to to this?

Sure, happy to um so the central county community connections plan, uh which Alameda CTC also refers to as the 4CP, is focused on a subset of streets uh that are within a half mile uh buffer essentially of the I 238 freeway.

Um, and so when we're looking at our study area in particular, um the overlap in terms of the the planning area is really on Ashland Avenue, uh, is one of the focus streets for the 4 CP, and and it's also within the study area for this plan.

It's um kind of towards the bottom of the screen and and crosses the bar tracks.

Got it.

Okay.

So that that's the main street that we've done.

Because I think that for them it's very much Llewelling Boulevard, and then things that feed into Llewelling, at least as of the last iteration that I saw about a month or two ago.

Okay.

Mayor, can I ask?

Yes, please.

Um, one thing that Fair and Pears brings to the table is that they are the consultant for the 4CP plan as well.

So it's been really helpful because as they're out conducting engagement on various efforts, they can bring that feedback and knowledge to the other projects, which we've benefited from.

And something that I was remiss in not including more upfront for you is that one of the benefits of doing a CBTP is that it provides access to construction dollars.

Um, and so we really wanted to emphasize that.

It's a, it's really helpful to have projects in the CBTP when funding's available to build them.

And I do know, you know, this is just to toot your horn.

We've done a good job of collecting some money from MTC and other organizations as we look to redesign how you access the space at Bayfair and the the grounds more generally, not just Bayfair Mall.

So thank you for all the work that's being done in that regard as well.

That's all we've got today.

Thank you for the update for the presentation.

So at this point in time, we will move to our next agenda item, which is committee member comments.

Because technically we didn't have a number four on our agenda.

So the number four that doesn't exist won't be handled.

And we'll go to number five.

Did you want to offer some comments?

No, okay.

So my comments on this are pretty simple because I do think that um one of our public speakers said something that really caught my attention.

Um, and so uh I'll be curious to see if the public speaker has a list of meetings because it would be very powerful to me to see a list of meetings where pretty much all the council members have made it clear that they support the reopening of Lakeshabau Road, because if it's already been said to me, that's it's implied without having done some sort of formal vote or formal resolution, formal anything.

So that's that's number one.

It would be very helpful to just have that information.

The second thing that would be uh I think help for us to consider um I don't think that resolution is necessarily the the optimal or the most efficient way to approach this.

Um, I think there's been some ambiguity about the funding for the geotechnical studies across all the areas, and this I think the simplest council action would be to fund that geotechnical study, because we can pass a resolution, but without funding, a resolution is just a hollow set of words.

So I think the single most important thing that um we can be talking about.

My my recollection is that there had been some discussion about expanding the study at the time, and I just don't remember what that how that discussion went.

Um, because I think that would probably be on the order of a hundred thousand dollars.

It's not a lot of money in the grand scheme of things, um, and would help facilitate uh the additional funding and work, and that you know, if we allocated that money, it would de facto make clear that we're doing this because there's an interest in opening the road, and so you you obviate a step of doing some sort of resolution or anything like that.

Um, so I'm gonna turn to um assistant city manager.

I'm gonna explore because I'm gonna take as a given because I do believe as I think down council row and things that people have said publicly, that there is general council consensus and expectation that we'll be opening the road, and it's really a funding question.

As far as having a discussion on this topic, is that an item 11, or is it clear because of what council members have said that that's just a clarification or like talk to me a little bit about how we might think about that?

Thank you, Mayor.

Uh so uh you are correct, this is an item that was before council, I believe it was February of 2025.

Um, and it was either February or January of 2025.

Um, there were not enough votes for that action to carry.

Um so it would be another item 11 referral.

Um, it would be an item 11 referral to frankly reconsider something that uh council has acted on previously.

Um that's something that any council member uh can submit uh and and be brought forward on another agenda.

Okay, so we've got a capital.

Let's keep exploring a little bit.

We do have all of Lake Shabot Road on our capital improvement plan.

It's just part of it's on the unfunded portion of the plan.

Is that correct?

That is correct.

Okay.

So the real question on the table is one of funding, not we need to get it on the plan.

So if magic money comes from the sky, we've got uh we in theory could just say, okay, now we're gonna allocate money.

Um we do have uh remind me, Mr.

Imai, your former formal title.

Um, because if there's anything from public works from the city staff beyond that you'd like to have shared at this time, this would be a good time.

Because again, we can't really get into an extended discussion, but if there's some clarification, because I will offer clarification on what you said, the clarification being that the item before the council at that time was whether we should do work with respect to opening it one way, and that was very clear discussion.

We don't want the one-way work to get in the way of two-way work.

Council member, I remember council member bolt was very clear about that, and that's why he voted no, and we ended up not having the the votes to reopen it.

Um so uh if there's anything else so that we can then as a committee come back and talk to the council more broadly and have an effective discussion.

This would be the time to inform us.

So is there anything else that I'm not asking you specifically to answer, but I just want to make sure that if there's anything that we need to know, we we kind of can percolate it so that we can agendize it so that we can discuss it in front of the public and not do it behind closed doors.

So I will invite City Engineer uh Jason Emay up for more information.

I'm city engineer.

Sorry for not remembering the exact title.

That's okay.

Uh you remembered my name, that's good.

So good afternoon.

I'm Jason Eye.

I'm the city engineer for public works uh engineering department.

So um I will we will go back and check the uh minutes of the council meeting, but uh from what I recall, there were two items that were discussed and and um uh voted on.

One was the one-way opening uh Lake Shabot to runway traffic, that was the first.

The second was to whether to fund uh allocate funding to perform the additional geo uh um geotechnical study and report you know evaluation to update the cost as submit for slides two and three, which are the ones that are uh occurred first, and uh neither of those uh um motions passed.

Perfect, thank you.

So we will go back and we'll look at that discussion.

We appreciate you remembering and digging in a little bit.

Um, is there anything else, council member?

Okay, so then we will explore how we can talk about that in the future.

So thank you very much.

Uh at this point in time, it is 4 55 and we are adjourned.