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07/27/2020 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 Committee may ask to provide guidance regarding specific projects or members may sit on a project's citizen advisory committee. 9. Serve as a liaison between City staff and relevant local and regional pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and transportation organizations to keep staff advised of current issues and opportunities. 10. Identify and prioritize possible citywide goals, such as reducing vehicle miles traveled, increasing sustainability, and implementing Vision Zero; including methods for measuring and tracking performance. MEMBERSHIP The Committee shall consist of seven (7) members, appointed by the City Council, who are qualified either by experience or by demonstrated interest in the practices, policies, and applications of Complete Streets. The Council will appoint members who individually or collectively represent the values, needs, and concerns of all users of the City's roadways and transportation network system including people who walk, ride bicycles and other mobility devices, use transit, and drive, and including users of all ages and abilities. At least five (5) Committee members will be residents of the City of Redwood City. No more than two (2) members may reside in unincorporated Redwood City or be employed within the City of Redwood City at one time. Continuously during their tenure, each member must be a resident of Redwood City, or a resident in unincorporated Redwood City, or be employed in Redwood City. A member appointed as a Redwood City resident may remain on the Committee after they are no longer a resident, provided that they either live in unincorporated Redwood City or are employed in Redwood City and further provided that the maximum of two such members has not been reached. Applicants shall provide proof of Redwood City employment if not a Redwood City resident. Applicants shall be 18 years of age or older. ATTY/RESO.0073/CC RESO TAC RESO. NO. 15874 REV: 07-21-2020 RL MUFF NO. 209 Page 4 of 6