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Report from Staff
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Meeting Date: November 17, 2016
Contact Person/Dept: Eric Bruins/Public Works Department
Phone Number: (310) 253-5616
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: []
Public Notification: (Email) Meeting and Agenda (11/14/16);
Department Approval: Charles D. Herbertson, Public Works Director/City Engineer 11/15/16
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THE BIG JUMP PROJECT
The City was one of 80 communities across the country to apply to The Big Jump Project on October 28th. Over 30 letters of support from community organizations were included in the application. People for Bikes will announce the 10 winning communities in January 2017.
BICYCLE & PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN UPDATE
On Friday, the City will be applying to the SCAG Sustainability Planning Grants Program for funding to update the Culver City Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan (BPMP). In 2015, the City Council set aside funding for a basic update to the BPMP. A SCAG grant would strategically leverage this funding to complete a more comprehensive update that includes the consideration of new citywide policy initiatives as well as more focused studies of specific opportunity corridors. This grant would also provide resources for more data collection, analysis, and community engagement than the City could otherwise undertake.
A comprehensive BPMP update would:
* Identify corridors for innovative bikeway designs, including protected bike lanes;
* Improve policy guidance and design standards for pedestrian corridors;
* More comprehensively address first/last mile access to the Expo Line and other transit centers;
* Set more defined performance measures for safety (e.g. Vision Zero), mode share, or other goals; and
* Identify and develop project ideas that are "grant-ready" for competitive funding programs.
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