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Staff Report for the Resolutions Approving Program Supplement Agreement No. 021-N to Administering Agency-State Master Agreement No. 04-5041R for the Safe Routes To School (SRTS) Program, San Leandro K-8th Schools Traffic Safety Education Program, State Project No. SRTSLNI-5041(040), City Project No. 150-38-338 and Approving Contractual Services Agreement with Safe Moves Relating to Conducting San Leandro K-8th Schools Traffic Safety Education Program, Project No. 150-38-338
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the Program Supplement Agreement that accepts $410,000 in state funding for the subject project.
Staff also recommends approval of a contractual services agreement with Safe Moves in the amount of $375,000 to conduct the San Leandro K-8th School Traffic Safety Education Program.
BACKGROUND
In July 2011, Staff applied for Cycle 3 of the Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program to conduct a school traffic safety education program at thirteen (13) K-8th schools in San Leandro and was awarded the $410,000 grant in October. A Program Supplemental Agreement is needed whenever Caltrans awards grant funds.
A multifaceted approach will be used to accomplish the goals of educating elementary and middle school students about pedestrian and bicycle safety as ways to commute to and from school safely. Workshops will be conducted for students in each grade level (K-8th) in ten (10) elementary and three (3) middle schools. Students will participate in demonstrations that include how bicycling and walking are effective modes of locomotion and promote travel under one’s own power while decreasing air pollution, making the community safer and getting physically fit. The program will also address student’s own perceptions and reactions to hazards created by vehicles. Students will perform in role playing exercises consisting of bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers to simul...
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