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Resolution to Appropriate and Approve a Professional Services Agreement with The Greenway Collaborative, Inc. to Support the Pedestrian Safety and Access Task Force ($75,000.00) (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to approve a Professional Services Agreement in the amount of $75,000.00 with The Greenway Collaborative, Inc. for facilitation consulting services for support of the Pedestrian Safety and Access Task Force.
On November 18, 2013 City Council passed Resolution R-13-367, establishing the Pedestrian Safety and Access Task Force. The task force is to "explore strategies to improve pedestrian safety and access within a framework of shared responsibility through community outreach and data collection, and will recommend to Council improvements in the development and application of the Complete Streets model, using best practices, sound data and objective analysis."
The agreement will be funded by transferring $75,000 from the approved FY 14 General Fund Systems Planning operations and maintenance budget. The funds had been budgeted for further study and analysis of sidewalk gaps in the city. The sidewalk gaps analysis has been folded into the task force's work.
The resolution notes that "one of the tools recommended for implementing the Complete Streets model is to develop a task force to consider steps toward the creation of a comprehensive Pedestrian Safety Action Plan." The attached proposed work approach (attached Exhibit 1) uses the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) guidebook titled How to Develop a Pedestrian Safety Action Plan as a guide for the Pedestrian Safety and Access Task Force efforts.
The proposed work approach recommends that professional facilitation services be obtained to support the Pedestrian Safety and Access Task Force in their work efforts which are scheduled to begin in July, 2014 and continue through August, 2015 as shown in the probable timeline (att...
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