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Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $149,000 to Alta Planning + Design for Bicycle Safety Education Programs. (Transportation 4228287)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Recommendation to Award a Contract in the Amount of $149,000 to Alta Planning + Design for Bicycle Safety Education Programs
BACKGROUND
In 2014, the City of Alameda was awarded an Active Transportation Program (ATP) Cycle 1 grant for the construction of the Jean Sweeney segment of the Cross Alameda Trail (south of Atlantic Avenue, between Constitution Way and Sherman Street). This capital grant included a small non-infrastructure component focused on bicycle safety education. The grant proposed programs that would support increased usage of the future trail segment by children attending four nearby schools at the elementary, middle and high school levels; low income students, particularly those in the west end of Alameda; and residents of all ages citywide.
The City's proposed bicycle safety education work plan, based on the original grant application, was approved by Caltrans earlier this year, with three key tasks to be provided:
1. Bicycle safety education classes and workshops for adults, teens and families (free and open to all);
2. Bicycle safety education programs in four schools near the Cross Alameda Trail segment (Maya Lin Elementary, Haight Elementary, Wood Middle School, and Alameda Science & Technology Institute (ASTI) High School); and
3. Bicycle safety education events targeted to low-income, homeless and previously homeless students.
The programs will occur over the course of two years (July 2017 to September 2019).
The City only recently received authorization from Caltrans to utilize the grant funds dedicated to these programs. The proposed programs are intended to compliment and integrate with existing bicycle safety education programs already provided in the local schools and citywi...
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