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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 6, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A GRANT <br />APPLICATION TO THE URBAN <br />GREENING GRANT PROGRAM FOR <br />PROTECTED BIKE LANES ON <br />STANDARD AVENUE <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 6B) <br />CITY PeANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2"' Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the Executive Director of the Public Works Agency to submit a <br />$6,250,000 grant application for the Standard Avenue Protected Bike Lanes Project to the <br />California Climate Investments Urban Greening Program. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In March 2017, the State of California Natural Resources Agency released the Urban Greening <br />Grant Program which is funded through auction proceeds through the California Climate <br />Investments (Cap and Trade). Recognizing that the Standard Avenue Protected Bike Lane <br />Project would compete well for the Urban Greening Program, staff prepared an application <br />emphasizing the direct benefits to the community. The grant program guidelines require <br />submission of an authorizing resolution (Exhibit 1) to complete the application. <br />Projects submitted under this Urban Greening Program must reduce Greenhouse Gas <br />emissions. This may be accomplished by implementing eligible activities outlined in the grant <br />guidelines, one of which consists of reducing commute vehicle miles by constructing bicycle and <br />pedestrian facilities that provide safe routes between residences, work places, commercial <br />centers, and schools. <br />During the summer of 2016, the Public Works Agency, working through the Orange County <br />Healthcare Agency -funded FIT Cities Initiative, engaged in a community outreach process with <br />Santa Ana residents that identified the Standard Avenue corridor as in need of bicycle and <br />pedestrian improvements. The FIT Cities Initiative funded consultant services to design and <br />provide cost estimates for the community, vision, which includes protected bicycle lanes along <br />Standard Avenue between Third Street and Warner Avenue with pedestrian crossing <br />improvements at multiple intersections along the corridor (Exhibit 2). A conceptual rendering <br />55A-1 <br />