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7.A. - Page 5 of 12 Transportation Advisory Committee Work Plan Guidelines . Work Plan Worksheet Step 1 Review purpose of Transportation Advisory Committee establishes a community body to help facilitate policies to create multi -modal Committee as defined transportation options in Redwood City that enable safe, attractive, sustainable, comfortable, and independent by Charter/Ordinance access and travel for people who walk, ride bicycles, drive, and use transit; provide staff with recommendations for pragmatic and specific user solutions; and serve as a conduit for community input. The Advisory Committee has three focus areas: 1. Help to create multi -modal transportation options that enable safe, attractive, comfortable, and independent access and travel for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and motorists of all ages and abilities. 2. Provide staff with recommendations for pragmatic and specific user solutions. 3. Serve as a conduit for community input and to consider these requests and provide recommendations to staff. The Advisory Committee is not a decision-making body, but is a recommending body to the City Council. Accordingly, all duties of the Committee shall be under the direction of the City Council. Duties include (priorities and rankings will be set given resource limitations): 1. Provide general input and assistance to staff regarding transportation projects, programs and policies, surveys, parking policies; generate ideas and recommend solutions as appropriate; and prioritize all recommendations from the perspective of the community, considering all ages and abilities. 2. Serve as a resource to improve safety for people walking and riding bicycles throughout Redwood City, and provide the perspective of active transportation users for staff. 3. Assist staff in identifying and prioritizing grant projects and research data and background information for grant applications. 4. Assist with public education. 5. Assist with public outreach in support of community workshops and communication, utilizing the committee members' networking connections and contacts. 6. Review bicycle, pedestrian, transit, and transportation plans of other jurisdictions, identify and recommend concepts and components most suited to Redwood City. 7. Identify opportunities for increasing bicycle, pedestrian, and transit use and mobility, and provide prioritized recommendations for consideration by staff, Planning Commission, and City Council. 8. Review projects (transportation and development) and plans for Complete Streets criteria as appropriate. In some cases, City staff will bring projects to the Committee for its consideration. In other cases, the 318