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6.3.A. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager January 22, 2018 SUBJECT Accept Safe Routes to School and Green Infrastructure Pilot Program Grant RECOMMENDATION By resolution: 1) Accept the Safe Routes to School and Green Streets Infrastructure Pilot Program Grant in the amount of $250,000; 2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the funding agreement; and 3) Amend the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Various Transportation Grants Fund to increase revenues and expenditures by $250,000 BACKGROUND As part of Draft Neighborhood Street Enhancement Program (NSEP) Implementation Plan, staff identified potential funding sources to augment and expand priority projects that would be funded by NSEP. One of the sources identified in the Plan is the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) —Green Infrastructure (GI) Pilot Program, funded by the San Mateo City and County Association of Governments (C/CAG). City staff applied for, and was awarded, a grant for $250,000 to install green infrastructure and pedestrian safety improvements that augment planned NSEP projects. All the NSEP improvements, including the subject green infrastructure improvements (detailed below), were reviewed by neighborhood residents during a series of neighborhood meetings. At its December 12, 2017 meeting, the Complete Streets Advisory Committee recommended approval of the NSEP Plan to the City Council. The NSEP Plan is also being presented to the City Council at the January 22, 2018 meeting for final approval. The NSEP Council report provides additional detail about neighborhood outreach, and the comprehensive list of proposed improvements. ANALYSIS City staff seeks to augment the projects funded by the Stanford NSEP with the C/CAG Safe Routes to School - Green Infrastructure grant. This grant would add bio -retention areas near Taft Elementary School in conjunction with priority projects from the NSEP Plan. If accepted, the additional funding would allow some medium priority NSEP projects to be installed along with high priority projects, advancing their implementation.