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a. Support and accept the projects recommended by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) North Monterey County Steering Committee; and
b. Authorize County staff to schedule implementation of these projects.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
a. Support and accept the projects recommended by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) North Monterey County Steering Committee; and
b. Authorize County staff to schedule implementation of these projects.
SUMMARY:
As part of the North Monterey County Safe Routes to School Plan ("Plan"), the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC), the County of Monterey Department of Public Works, Facilities and Parks, the County Health Department, Ecology Action, and the Center for Community Advocacy (CCA) have partnered to implement a Participatory Budgeting (PB) process to develop and immediately fund a list of Active Transportation Projects for five community areas in North Monterey County. Through this PB process, TAMC and its partners, including Health Department staff, organized a Steering Committee of community leaders who guided and supported the effort over approximately nine months. TAMC has funding for these projects, some of which are on County roadways, and the TAMC Steering Committee is requesting Board support of said projects.
DISCUSSION:
The Transportation Agency for Monterey County, Monterey County Public Works and Health Departments, Ecology Action, and the Center for Community Advocacy (CCA) have partnered to develop the North Monterey County Safe Routes to School Plan ("Plan"). The two-year planning process will identify barriers to safe access to ten public schools in North Monterey County and recommend infrastructure and non-infrastructure improvements.
Recommendations included in the Plan are designed to help address school-based traffic congestion and improve student health by fostering increased biking, walking, bus trips, and carpooling around public schools in Pajaro, Las L...
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