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„, CITY OF SAN LEANDRO STAFF REPORT DATE: April 22, 1999 TO: John J. Jermanis, City Manager FROM: William K. Algire, Director Engineering and Transportatio ent APPROVED AND FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL Jo ermanis no Jo ana er q9-_915 g 05-CL'9I (q a5 )a3a BY: Raymond E. Davis III, P.E., P.T.O.E., Transportation Administrator SUBJECT: RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SAFE MOVES RELATING TO THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROGRAM SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION This report recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with Safe Moves to provide the continuation of the Pedestrian Safety Program. It is recommended that a Contractual Services Agreement be approved with Safe Moves to provide Elementary School workshops, Community -based Traffic Rodeos and Senior Citizen Traffic Safety Presentations. BACKGROUND The Police Department began providing classroom instruction and bicycle rodeos in the elementary schools in FY 1995-96 as part of the "Year of the Pedestrian” program. In order to keep the program new and exciting in 1996-97, the City identified a non-profit organization that specializes in providing quality pedestrian safety rodeos that address a myriad of transportation safety issues that are important for children to know as they maneuver through city streets. City staff has reviewed the performance evaluations of Safe Moves and is confident that their presence at elementary schools, civic events and senior citizen programs is an important element of the Pedestrian Safety Program. DISCUSSION Safe Moves was established in 1983 in Los Angeles, following the death of the founder's dear friend in a bicycle collision on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. It is believed that the founder's friend would be alive today if she had been wearing a helmet and had a better understanding of her vulnerability in traffic as a bicyclist. Her death was the impetus for the establishment of Safe Moves.