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PROPOSAL STANDARD AVENUE PROTECTED BIKE LANES kAA 3RD TO WARNER City of Santa Ana In 13 Food Trucks Accommodation Current food truck activity for food and grocery sales exists along Standard Avenue north of McFadden Avenue. While the food trucks may not be formally permitted by the City, they are a part of the community and inclusion in the design project may be prudent to continue serving the community needs. Based on discussions with City staff, a loading zone design for the bikeway can be incorporated and grade changes, striping, and signing features can be utilized to slow bicyclists at likely conflict zones. Public Art This project has the opportunity to gain ownership from the community through incorporation of public art. Throughout the project, our team will consider opportunities to include public art such as additional murals, mosaics, pavers, and other mediums to better link directly with the cultural groups and community members that live and work along Standard Avenue. Public outreach will be utilized to identify opportunities for public art and solicit stakeholders preferences. While the project may not be able to fund new art, the engagement can be utilized to pursue future funding from public or private sources. Mark Thomas is well - practiced as is the City at pursuing grants and we can work with the City to identify sources that can supplement the ATP funding. Public Engagement Santa Ana has led the path for public engagement to identify infrastructure projects throughout Orange County and the State of California. Grant funding secured by the City is founded on strong outreach that shows funding agencies the viability of projects and support from local stakeholders. Our team wants to continue the dialogue with the community via two workshops led in Spanish with English translation (if needed). Additionally, we propose two short -duration pop-up events hosted at Madison Park, the Roosevelt - Walker Community Center, the Delhi Center, or other location that is respected as a welcoming and safe place for local stakeholders. Public engagement can solicit input on the project, but also improve awareness and education on how to use the new bikeways and protected intersection, or cross as a pedestrian. Paul Martin, our proposed project manager, KTUA, and Arrellano Associates have all participated in community engagement in the City, including KTUA and Paul's involvement in the CSACS Plan. Our team also includes Spanish speakers. This experience will allow our team to quickly establish trust with the community and community effectively with residents in their primary language. Landscaping The project includes curb extensions and new medians for the separated bikeway providing new opportunities for enhanced landscaping. We recognize the addition of landscaping would increase maintenance costs for the City, so we can explore low maintenance plant palettes that might be acceptable to the City. Public art such as pavers and mosaic -type treatments might be utilized in lieu of new landscaping where the City prefers not to incorporate new irrigation and landscaping maintenance needs. Mark Thomas and KTUA have experience implementing low maintenance landscaping in the urban street environment. These projects include the Mendez Historic Trail & Green Street Bikeway in Westminster, Long Beach Boulevard Green Street in South Gate, and Amorlite Complete Street in San Marcos.