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9.A - Page 1 RE PO RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Cit Mana er February 25, 2013 SUBJECT Complete Streets Study Session RECOMMENDATION Consider implementation of the Complete Streets goals, policies, and programs outlined in the City Council's Strategic Initiatives and the Redwood City General Plan, including: 1. How Council would like to provide input on Complete Streets project development, and 2. What public and decision-making process should be followed. BACKGROUND Transportation is one of City Council's six strategic initiatives. The transportation initiative includes the following strategic goals: • Support and develop alternative transportation modes • Engage neighborhoods to mutually develop solutions to traffic issues • Promote pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly transportation options, community-wide • Participate in coordination of regional transportation issues Additionally, the Circulation Element of Redwood City's General Plan (Plan) states that Redwood City's overarching transportation goal is to establish and maintain a balanced, multi-modal transportation network that gets us where we want to go safely and minimizes environmental and neighborhood impacts. The Complete Streets goals, policies, and programs outlined in the Plan are generally implemented on a project-by-project basis. Specific projects may be identified in the Plan itself, or via a public request (resident, business owner, visitor, developer, or employee), a synergistic opportunity driven by another project such as street resurfacing or utility project, or an identified safety need. Given the many competing interests and limited resources, including funding and staff resources, it is important to outline how to prioritize Complete Streets projects, and to identify any overarching guidelines for the community engagement process.