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6.1.H. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager July 11, 2011 SUBJECT Multi- agency Agreement for a Regional Bicycle Share Pilot Program RECOMMENDATION By motion, authorize the City Manager to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for the purpose of implementing a Regional Bicycle Share Pilot Program. BACKGROUND Federal funding from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) has been made available for a bike share pilot program along the Peninsula, through the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC) OneBayArea Climate Initiatives Program aimed at innovative projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and later be replicated on a larger scale in the region. Redwood City's Environmental Initiatives Manager and the Deputy County Manager prepared a joint Letter of Interest to MTC to implement a transportation demand management program for public employees. Bike sharing for government employees was one component of the program. Five Letters of Interest were submitted to MTC from entities interested in implementing a bike share project and they were asked to work together in a collaborative environment. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) proposed a seamless public bike sharing pilot program linking the San Francisco to San Jose corridor with bike sharing hubs at Caltrain stations. The Air District is the lead agency administering the $4.29 million in federal grant funds for the project, in partnership with the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SamTrans), County of San Mateo (County), Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), and the City of Redwood City. A Steering Committee, consisting of designated representatives from the Air District, SFMTA, VTA, and SamTrans will make project policy decisions, coordinate the activities of the parties, and otherwise ensure the completion of the project. SamTrans will represent the collective interests of the San Mateo County parties (SamTrans, County, and Redwood City). The Air District will lead the procurement process for selecting vendors and negotiating and executing agreements with the vendor(s). A vendor will be hired to install and operate bike share equipment for the one -year pilot project.