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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 18, 2020 <br />TITLE: <br />ADOPT RESOLUTION APPROVING THE <br />SANTA ANA SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL <br />PLAN (PROJECT NO. 17-6730) <br />/s/Kristine <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />UT00062wo, <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 111 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />111111111111►1I1TA1:3gC7 <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution approving the Santa Ana Safe Routes to School Plan. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Ensuring community youth are able to safely access school sites has long been a priority for the <br />City of Santa Ana. In 2016, Public Works Agency staff received a grant from the State of California <br />Active Transportation Program to develop a citywide Safe Routes to School Plan. <br />Outreach for this community -based plan began in the spring of 2018 and concluded in the spring <br />of 2020. Outreach efforts included conducting walking audits at all public schools within the City of <br />Santa Ana. Walking audit stakeholders included students, parents, school staff, City staff, <br />consultants, the Orange County Health Department, the Orange County Transportation Authority, <br />and Caltrans. Through this comprehensive effort, the Santa Ana Safe Routes to School Plan <br />identified and mapped safe routes to schools, recommended infrastructure improvements, and <br />provided cost estimates for the schools, as well as identified education/encouragement programs <br />and policies to promote and support safe routes to school in Santa Ana. City staff will use the final <br />plan to pursue grant funds for the implementation of the proposed projects outlined in the plan. <br />A requirement of the grant funds received for the development of the Santa Ana Safe Routes to <br />School Plan is a resolution of the City Council approving the Plan (Exhibit 1). Further, when <br />pursuing grants for implementation, projects identified in an adopted plan are more competitive. In <br />some cases, projects are required to be included in an adopted plan. An Executive Summary and <br />link to view the entire document are included (Exhibit 2). The public has access to the Plan through <br />the City's website at https://bit.ly/2PJDH22. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. <br />Submitted By: Nabil Saba, P.E., Executive Director — Public Works Agency <br />55C-1 <br />