25B - AGMT - CITYWIDE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL

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UNDERSTANDING OF NEED PROJECT UNDERSTANDING The City of Santa Ana is taking great strides in promoting walking and bicycling as safe and viable transportation options, evidenced by many recent infrastructure improvements and planning efforts. Building on this momentum, and recognizing that a majority of students already walk or bike to school, the City seeks to develop a citywide Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Plan. This effort will involve an extensive and inclusive community engagement process, identification and prioritization of school Infrastructure improvements, and the development of programs and strategies to better educate and encourage students to walk and bike to school. The result will be a comprehensive 6 E's SRTS Plan that will lead to improved safety and mobility for all Santa Ana residents, especially the commu- nity's students and youth, through engineering, education, encouragement, and enforcement recommendations. Santa Ana has many wide streets with high traffic volumes and speeds, often with narrow or no bike lanes, gaps and barriers in the sidewalk network, and crossing challenges. Increasing rates of bicy- clist and pedestrian -involved collisions indicate a clear need to focus on safety for residents walking or riding a bicycle, particularly for children—an especially vulnerable category of roadway users. Walking audits at all the schools will result in a list of infrastructure improvements to enhance safety Households Speaking Non-English Languages in Santa Ana 6%_15% 1_ 117%-26% U� 27% - 35% [t] 36% - 47% I! 48% - 69% • Public Schi —Santa Ana Santa Ana has a large population of non-English speakers. Alta understands the unique needs of multi-lingual communities, and has developed an outreach process that is inclusive, interactive, and productive so that all members of the community have a voice. EXHIBIT A within each school area, along with a prioritized set of SRTS corridors linking multiple school sites together. Throughout this process, language and cultural barriers will need to be overcome. Approximately 60% of Santa Ana Unified School District students are English learners, with Spanish, Vietnamese, and Khmer the most common non-English languages spoken at home. As such, ensuring that outreach is culturally and linguistically appro- priate will be key to ensuring equitable participa- tion of students and their families. The planning and outreach processes will need to be compre- hensive in order to capture input from differing groups and stakeholders, and adequately address the varying needs and interests of all community members. Our outreach approach, based on our many years of SRTS program engagement in diverse schools, involves direct engagement with each school community to listen to the concerns and input of residents, and develop solutions that they can support and take ownership of to further projects toward implementation. SCOPE OF WORK We have developed a comprehensive scope of work based upon our understanding of the City's needs, regional objectives, and our experience successfully completing other Safe Routes to School plans. The scope of work addresses the RFP, includes robust public participation, and features innovative planning and public engage- ment tools. These combined efforts will yield a community -supported Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Pian that aims to both improve safety throughout the city and enhance the quality of life for the City's residents by making bicycling and walking more viable, safe, equitable, and enjoy- able for people of all ages and abilities. Task 1: Project Management TASK 1.1. PROJECT KICK-OFF MEETING Alta will hold a kickoff meeting with City of Santa Ana staff to: N Review project goals and objectives w Review scope of services u Collect available data and published materials Establish meeting schedule Establish communication protocol 5 25B-11