Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director, Office of Sustainability
Subject: Agreement with Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition to Implement the Sustainable Transportation Encouragement Program Grant
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Office of Sustainability to enter into an agreement for $237,000 with Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition for a term of October 1, 2017, to June 30, 2019, to implement the Community-wide Transportation Demand Management tasks in the Redwood City 2020 Sustainable Transportation Encouragement Program, funded by an Active Transportation Grant.
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BACKGROUND:
On June 6, 2015, the County of San Mateo submitted an Active Transportation Program (ATP) grant application to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) for Cycle 2 of the ATP statewide competitive funding call for projects. On June 30, 2016, the CTC officially approved the allocation of $963,000 to fund the Sustainable Transportation Encouragement Program (STEP) project. On September 6, 2016 your Board adopted Resolution No. 074751 accepting the CTC grant funds in the amount of $963,000 under the Active Transportation Program.
DISCUSSION:
The STEP project consists of school and community-based education and encouragement programs in North Fair Oaks, an unincorporated area of San Mateo County. The project measure the rates of walking and bicycling for daily transportation, implements a variety of activities to reward and increase rates of walking and bicycling, and increases traffic safety for all roadway users. STEP includes three main components:
1. Safe Routes to Schools
2. Community-wide Transportation Demand Management/Social Marketing
3. Data collection, analysis, and evaluation
These three project components are being implemented in a coordinated manner to reinforce the overall STEP message. The first phase is the Safe Routes to Schools co...
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