Metro - File #: 2018-0410

• File #: 2018-0410
• Type: Program
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/19/2018
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 9/19/2018
• Title: CONSIDER: A. AWARDING $4 million to 15 new Open Streets events scheduled through December 2020 (Attachment B-1); B. REPROGRAMMING $447,000 from two cancellations of Open Street Cycle Two events, Meet the Hollywoods and Burbank on the Boulevard, towards Cycle Three; and C. AMENDING the award amount of the lowest scored event application (Paramount & Bellflower Open Streets Neighborhood Connectivity Event) to $161,000 per Cycle Three Application and Guidelines (Attachment C).
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Application, Arroyo Verdugo subregion, Bellflower, Bicycling, Bike and ride, Budgeting, Burbank, Contractors, Council Of Governments, Eric Garcetti, Grant Aid, Guidelines, John Fasana?, Memorandum Of Understanding, Metro’s Open Streets Grant Program, Motion / Motion Response, Nonmotorized transportation, Open Street Grant Program (Project), Open Streets, Outreach, Paramount, Pedestrians, Program, Program management, Proposition C, Request For Proposal, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Southern California Association Of Governments, Strategic planning, Technical Advisory Committee, Transportation Demand Management, Transportation system management, Travel demand management, Walking
• Related files: 2018-0673

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: OPEN STREETS GRANT PROGRAM

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. AWARDING $4 million to 15 new Open Streets events scheduled through December 2020 (Attachment B-1);

B. REPROGRAMMING $447,000 from two cancellations of Open Street Cycle Two events, Meet the Hollywoods and Burbank on the Boulevard, towards Cycle Three; and

C. AMENDING the award amount of the lowest scored event application (Paramount & Bellflower Open Streets Neighborhood Connectivity Event) to $161,000 per Cycle Three Application and Guidelines (Attachment C).

Issue
ISSUE

In September 2013 the Metro Board approved the Open Streets Competitive Grant Program framework to fund a series of regional car-free events in response to the June 2013 Board Motion 72. The approved framework includes the following:

? An annual allocation up to $2 million.
? Competitive process and program.
? Technical process to collect data and evaluate the events.

In March 2018 The Metro Board approved initiation of Cycle Three of the Open Streets Grant Program (Attachment C). Per a Director Fasana and Garcetti motion the maximum funding ceiling per event was increased to $500,000 and the funding ceiling per jurisdiction was removed. The Cycle Three recommendation includes funding for 15 new events and supplemental programmatic elements, for a total of $4 million over 2 calendar years. This funding recommendation is within the approved framework of an annual allocation of up to $2 million. Board approval is necessary to program the funds to 15 Cycle Three events and reprogram two (2) canceled Cycle Two events.

Background
BACKGROUND

Open Street events are one-day occurrences funded by grants that close public streets to automobile traffic and open them for bicyclist and pedestrians to provide opportunities to experience walking, riding a bike, and riding transit possibly for...