Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director of Office of Sustainability
Subject: City/County Association of Governments Safe Routes to School and Green Streets Infrastructure Pilot Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the County of San Mateo to accept a grant in the amount of $250,000 from the City/County Association of Governments and authorizing the Director of the Office of Sustainability or his/her designee to execute a funding agreement with the City/County Association of Governments for the Safe Routes to School and Green Streets Infrastructure Pilot Program.
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BACKGROUND:
In July 2017, City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG) authorized Safe Routes to School and Green Streets Infrastructure Pilot Program (Pilot Program), including a competitive Call for Projects for grant funding of up to $2 million to member agencies. The purpose of the grant program is for C/CAG member agencies to construct demonstration projects that integrate Safe Routes to School (SRTS) improvements with green infrastructure for stormwater management to show cost effective means of making it safer for children to walk and bike to school, while simultaneously improving water quality and enhancing communities throughout San Mateo County. Each agency was eligible to apply for a minimum of $100,000 and a maximum of $250,000 per project. Proposed projects had to include balanced combinations of SRTS and stormwater management features.
On October 20, 2017, the Office of Sustainability submitted a grant proposal to C/CAG for the Pilot Program Call for Projects. On December 14, 2017, the C/CAG Board approved allocation of $250,000 to fund the County's grant proposal, the Fair Oaks Community School Green Infrastructure and SRTS Improvements Project.
DISCUSSION:
The Fair Oaks Community School Green Infrastructure and SRTS Improvements Project will include i...
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