REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 23, 2020
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE, City Engineer/Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Traffic Operations and Planning Division
BY: JILL GORMLEY, TE, City Traffic Engineer / Traffic Operations and Planning Manager
Public Works Department, Traffic Operations and Planning Division
SUBJECT
Title
Safer Routes to School Program (Resolution 2020-012) - 90-day check-in report regarding school related sidewalk project selections and prioritization, funding options, and buildout timelines. (Citywide)
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council review and accept the 90-day check-in report outlining sidewalk project selections, prioritization, funding options, and timelines by the Public Works Department, Traffic Operations and Planning Division.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On January 16, 2020, the City Council (Council) adopted the Safer Sidewalks to School Program (Resolution 2020-012). Council expressed a desire to address the safety of students and residents around neighborhood schools. To that end, the Resolution directed staff to (1) identify, develop plans to, and improve vacant property along routes to neighborhood schools with sidewalks; (2) seek reimbursement from property owners for the cost of the sidewalk at the time the property is developed, to the extent legally permissible; and (3) receive proposed projects from Councilmembers. Further, staff was directed to provide a report, within 90 days, outlining: (1) how potential properties shall be selected and prioritized under this program; (2) funding options; and (3) a timeline for buildout.
Council has taken previous action through the Active Transportation Plan and Prioritization Tool to adopt a plan to improve vacant property along routes to neighborhood schools with sidewalk. Furthermore, a mechanism has been in place and regularly utilized for decades to require reim...
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