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File #: ID 24-1394    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 10/9/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/31/2024 Final action: 10/31/2024
Title: Active Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) Semi-Annual Report (May 2024 through September 2024). (Citywide)
Sponsors: Public Works Department
Attachments: 1. 24-1394 ATAC Semi-Annual Report May 2024 - September 2024
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department

BY: JILL M. GORMLEY, TE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Traffic & Engineering Services Division

ANDREINA AGUILAR, Chief Engineering Technician
Public Works Department, Traffic & Engineering Services Division

SUBJECT
Title
Active Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) Semi-Annual Report (May 2024 through September 2024). (Citywide)

Body
RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that Council review and accept the semi-annual report provided by the ATAC providing an overview of activities for the period of May 2024 through September 2024.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On October 8, 2002, with a 7-0 vote the City Council established the Active Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC, formerly known as the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)) as well as the charter and by-laws under which the ATAC would serve to advise the City Council on bicycle and pedestrian matters throughout the City. The goal of the ATAC is to ensure sensitivity to bicycle and pedestrian issues in the design and implementation of all Public Works projects which impact bicyclists and pedestrians. This semi-annual report will highlight the accomplishments and activities of the ATAC for the period of May 2024 through September 2024. It is the goal of the ATAC to provide the Council a report semi-annually.

BACKGROUND

On October 8, 2002, with a 7-0 vote the City Council established the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) as well as the charter and by-laws under which the BPAC would serve to advise the City Council on bicycle and pedestrian matters throughout the City. On May 25, 2023, a resolution was passed that renamed the BPAC to the Active Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC). The change was in name only, as the committee continued to center ATACs goals and objectives in continuing their effort to ensure safety and sensitivity to bicycle and pedestrian issues in th...

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