REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with Safe Moves for the Santa Clara Non-Infrastructure Safe Routes to School Phase 2 Project
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
On March 21, 2017, Council approved an agreement (Attachment 1) with Safe Moves to provide consultant services for the Santa Clara Non-Infrastructure Safe Routes to School Phase 2 Project (Project). The purpose of this Project is to provide an educational and encouragement training program for 13 Santa Clara schools to increase the number of students walking or biking to school. The program includes topics such as bicycle safety and situational awareness for students who walk to school, encouragement activities and events to raise awareness of the benefits of walking or biking to school, and incentives and recognition for students participating in the program. The Project will also conduct surveys at the end of the program to measure the program's effectiveness.
The project uses Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) funds through the Vehicle Emissions Reductions Based at Schools (VERBS) program to offset the majority of the cost.
DISCUSSION
The consultant, Safe Moves, was scheduled to complete the three-year program by the end of the 2020/21 school year. However, program classroom activities were suspended in March 2020 due to the impacts of COVID-19. The current agreement expires on December 31, 2020, which does not provide adequate time to complete the Project and therefore an amendment is needed to utilize virtual training tools to complete the remaining tasks:
1. Complete curriculum development, handbook, and toolkit
2. Complete school encouragement events
3. Complete stakeholder meetings
4. Advertise all remaining events and update website with all materials
By extending the contract into next year, the City also hopes to reduce any possible gap between the program...
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