City Council
MEETING DATE: 8/23/2017
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Agency Reimbursement Agreements for CVAG Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Grants
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council authorize the required participation funding for the two upcoming CVAG Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Grant awards; and authorize the City Manager to sign the respective CVAG Grant Agency Reimbursement Agreements.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2016, 28 pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities occurred in the Coachella Valley resulting from being hit by vehicles. In response to the high number of fatalities, CVAG developed a $10 million Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Grant Program and called for proposals. The Program proposed funding at a ratio of 75% regional (CVAG) and 25% local (Grant recipient).
As a result of this call for proposals, City Staff reviewed areas of need that would qualify for the Grant solicitation and submitted 7 projects for consideration.
DISCUSSION:
Cathedral City had two projects selected for funding under this $10 million Grant Program. First was the Date Palm Drive and Gerald Ford Drive Sidewalk Gap Closure Project that will construct missing sidewalk segments where sufficient right of way exists between Vista Chino and Perez Road along Date Palm Drive and along the south side of Gerald Ford east of Date Palm Drive. The submitted justification for this Grant Award detailed that currently students that attend five different Palm Springs Unified School District schools walk along and/or cross Date Palm Drive to get to school. The schools, James Workman Middle School, Sunny Sands Elementary School, Cathedral City High School, Nellie Coffman Middle School and Cathedral City Elementary School all have significant numbers of students who walk to and from school. Because Date Palm Drive does not have sidewalks along the entire alignment, students are forced to either walk in the street or walk on unpa...
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