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6.1. D. - Page 1 RE PO RT To the City Council/Redevelopment Agency Chair and the Board from the Cit Mana er/Redevelopment A enc Executive Director December 12, 2011 SUBJECT Hoover Area Connection: Linking for Your Neighborhood Study (City Council/Redevelopment Agency) RECOMMENDATION Review for information purposes the status of the Hoover Area Connection: Linking for Your Neighborhood Study BACKGROUND In 2006, the Redwood City Redevelopment Agency applied for and was awarded a $153,000 Environmental Justice Transportation Planning Grant from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). This grant, plus a$17,000 Agency cash match and in-kind services, produced the Hoover Area Connection: Linking for Your Neighborhood Study (Study) that was completed in 2009. The grant's purpose was to encourage and ensure community involvement in the planning and design of improvements to create a safer neighborhood environment for pedestrians and bicyclist in the Stambaugh-Heller and Redwood Village neighborhoods. Based on community input from over 250 residents during the public engagement process in 2007 and 2008 the Study recommendations include: • Charter Street Improvements: Charter Street is the primary connector street serving Hoover School and upgrades to it include traffic calming, lighting and improved pedestrian crossings. • Woodside Road Crosswalks: At-grade crosswalks at the intersection of Woodside and Middlefield Roads will facilitate safer and more convenient pedestrian access in this area. Due to the possible elimination of redevelopment agencies statewide, the City of Redwood City, rather than its Redevelopment Agency, submitted and received notice in October 2011, that its grant application for the Hoover School — Charter Street Safe Routes Improvements was awarded $634,500 from the Caltrans Federal Safe Routes to School Program. ANALYSIS Out of 332 applications submitted statewide, 139 applications were selected for the available $66.0 million. The grant will fund new pedestrian scale lighting, sidewalk bulb- outs at crosswalks, curb ramps, signage, enhanced raised crosswalks, and street trees on Charter Street, between Middlefield Road and Spring Street. These improvements,