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File Number: 12 -379 Having both the Alameda County Transportation Commission Safe Routes to School (ACTC -SR2S) program and the SRTS -NI creates a unique opportunity for a concerted effort to promote biking and walking to school safely in San Leandro. Safe Moves' program includes student workshops, pedestrian /bicyclist safety rodeos, walk and bike club support, parent workshops, family safety rodeos, and traffic skills courses that provide encouragement and support. Some of the tasks overlap the ACTC SR2S program. As such, the objective is to ensure that both programs reinforce, coordinate, and expand on each other rather than overlap, and that both programs run as one well- organized program that is seamless to the students, schools, principals, and school districts. To provide for a coordinated program and fully take advantage of the SRTS -NI, staff has requested that ACTC expand the ACTC -SR2S to include all 13 schools within San Leandro. Currently the following schools in San Leandro are participating in the ACTC Safe Routes to School Program: 1. Garfield Elementary 2. Roosevelt Elementary 3. Washington Elementary 4. Wilson Elementary 5. McKinley Elementary 6. Dayton Elementary 7. Washington Manor Middle School The MOU with ACTC will allow expansion of the ACTC -SR2S program to include the following additional schools: 1. James Madison Elementary 2. James Monroe Elementary 3. Jefferson Elementary 4. Corvallis Elementary 5. John Muir Middle School 6. Bancroft Middle School Staff has come to a preliminary agreement with ACTC so that the ACTC -SR2S will work collaboratively with Safe Moves to implement the bicyclist and pedestrian education program over the next school year. The ACTC -SR2S program will coordinate activities and resources of both programs so that all of the available resources will be used to the fullest extent. The end goal is to see a measurable increase in the number of students using alternative modes to get to school, improvement in traffic safety, and reduction in traffic congestion around the schools. A draft proposal for this additional scope of work provided by ACTC -SR2S includes a cost of $109,714 to meet program needs. The City will use Measure B Bicycle and Pedestrian funds for the additional work. To increase effectiveness, the program needs to be in place prior to the start of the 2012 -13 school year. Therefore, the proposed action will delegate authority to the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with ACTC to implement the expansion of the ACTC -SR2S program. Applicable General Plan Policy City of San Leandro Page 2 Printed on 711012012