AgdaPkt 2008-08-25 Joint City Council, HHCC and Redevelopment

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8A Page 16 As of Aug. 8,439 of California's 478 cities have received their FY 2007-08 Prop. 1B funds, according to the OaF. Funds are released by OaF in the middle of each month. A city-by-city list has been posted on the League's Web site at www.cacities.orQ/infrastructure. To date, $422 million of the $550 million of Prop. 1B Local Street and Road funds for FY 2007-08 have been allocated. OaF sent all California cities a letter in January with Prop. 1 B application instructions and a list detailing each city's proportional share of the funds. These materials, along with the Prop. 1 B Implementation Guidelines are posted on the infrastructure page of the League's Web site at www.cacities.ora/infrastructure. Sustainable Cities Feature: San Leandro Secures Prop. 1C Grant for TOO Improving urban living with access to amenities and transit is a strategy many communities are employing with an eye to meeting the goals set out in AB 32, California's pre-eminent global warming legislation. San Leandro, an East Bay city of about 80,000 residents located between Oakland and Hayward, was recently awarded $24.4 million in Proposition 1 C funding for infill infrastructure and Transit Oriented Development (TOO). Although many communities have already focused on creating more TOO-livable, walkable communities with close access to mass transit, these Prop. 1 C funds will enable San Leandro to create its first such project. Prop. 1 C, the Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act, passed by voters in 2006, included $850 million for infill infrastructure and $300 million for TOO. So far, $400 million of the infill infrastructure funds have been appropriated and $145 million of the TOO funding has been appropriated. The city applied for the Prop. 1 C funding after securing a $450,000 Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) planning grant two years ago to create a TOO strategy for downtown San Leandro. Member Michael Gregory credits San Leandro's success with the Prop. 1 C funds as a direct result of the incredible community input in the planning process. With the MTC grant, the city brought together city staff, planners, transportation experts, engineers and a large citizen advisory committee to focus on San Leandro's need for more infill development and housing near transit. This Bay Area suburb sits in the middle of a major transit corridor along Interstates 580 and 880 with BART and Amtrak stations. The city has a downtown Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station which includes a large parking structure and an adjacent abandoned lot. With the Prop. 1 C funds, the city will create about 300 units of housing (200 market rate and 100 affordable) where the current parking lot sits and build a new parking structure for commuters on the abandoned lot location. The new housing will be built to the U.S. Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards. Council Member Gregory is proud of the project because San Leandro will develop the abandoned site of a former cannery and create a smart growth community that will give residents a high quality of life without having to get in their cars. San Leandro's Prop. 1 C grant will be broken down as follows: . $9.8 million to build the BART garage; . $6.1 million for streets, sidewalks, landscaping and lighting; . $3.4 million for parks; . $3 million for the city's nonprofit housing partner; . $1.5 million for utility improvement; and . $.6 million. Find a Bill, Legislators, Leg Committee, or Ask League Leg Staff Visit (and bookmark!) the League's Leaislative Resources Web page (www.cacities.ora/learesources). You'll find a roster and contact information for the League's legislative staff; the online Bill Search program, background materials on lobbying your legislators, and more. 7