IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FEHR AND PEERS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $225,000 TO
COMPLETE THE BAY FAIR COMMUNITY BASED TRANSPORTATION PLAN (ACTC GRANT FUNDED) WHEREAS, in May 2014, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (“MTC”) awarded the City of San Leandro (the “City”) an MTC Priority Development Area (“PDA”) Planning Grant (“PDA Grant”) in the amount of $440,000 to prepare the Bay Fair Transit-Oriented Development (“TOD”) Specific Plan (“Specific Plan”); and
WHEREAS, the PDA Program is a voluntary partnership between local governments, MTC and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) to nominate areas served by transit that can accommodate future housing, jobs, and community amenities and provide a dedicated share of regional funding for local planning and capital improvements in PDAs; and WHEREAS, on February 20, 2018, the City Council adopted the Specific Plan after a broad-based community engagement effort to establish a vision and development framework for the area’s future as a mixed-use TOD; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the City of San Leandro established the Bay Fair TOD PDA; and WHEREAS, the Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan Area (“Specific Plan Area”) encompasses 154 acres generally bound by East 14th Street to the northeast, Hesperian Boulevard to the west, and the border between the City and unincorporated Alameda County to the south and southwest; and WHEREAS, the Specific Plan implements the City’s General Plan, which identifies the Specific Plan Area as one of the City’s most significant areas of potential change, and envisions the area as a dynamic, walkable, transit-oriented area with a mix of uses; and WHEREAS, in 2020, the City Council adopted Specific Plan amendments, and in 2021, Adopted Zoning Code Chapter 2.10, Bay Fair Transit-Oriented Development (B-TOD) District, to implement the Specific Plan and identify the standards for development within the Specific Plan Area; and WHEREAS, the Community Based Transportation Plan (CBTP) program was launched in 2002 by MTC to identify transportation challenges in equity communities around the region and strategies to overcome them; and
WHEREAS, MTC awards CBTP funding to county transportation agencies to administer funding for and development of these community plans on MTC’s behalf; and WHEREAS, on April 18, 2024, ACTC approved programming and allocation of $350,000 of One Bay Area Grant program (OBAG3) funds to the City of San Leandro for a CBTP that includes a portion of unincorporated Alameda County; and
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WHEREAS, the City requires the assistance of professional consulting services; and WHEREAS, a CSA for the Bay Fair CBTP was previously authorized and initiated with a different consulting team; however, the City now intends to engage Fehr & Peers to complete the project; and WHEREAS, to avoid delay and maintain project momentum, staff proposes engaging Fehr & Peers to complete the Bay Fair CBTP based on their pre-approval through both the MTC/ABAG Regional Planning Bench and the City’s on-call consultant list for Engineering and Transportation services pursuant to San Leandro Municipal Code Sec. 1-6-315, the City Council finds that a waiver of the competitive selection process is justified; and
WHEREAS, an agreement between the City and Fehr and Peers, a copy of which is attached and incorporated herein, is presented to the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council is familiar with the contents thereof; and WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends approval of said agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
That the City Council hereby awards a consulting services agreement in an amount not to exceed $225,000; and
The City Manager (or her designee) is hereby authorized to finalize the scope of work for the preparation of the Bay Fair Community Based Transportation Plan; and The City Manager (or her designee) is hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of the City Council, to execute the attached consulting services agreement, in substantial form, on behalf of the City of San Leandro upon timely submission by Fehr and Peers of the signed agreement; and The City Manager (or her designee) is authorized to make all approvals and take all actions necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement the terms of the consulting services agreement and to administer the City of San Leandro’s obligations, responsibilities, and duties to be performed under the agreement.
Introduced by Councilmember ___________________ and passed and adopted this 17rd day of November 2025 by the following vote:
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ATTEST:
Sarah K. Bunting
Acting City Clerk
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