File #: 2018-0410   
Type: Program Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/19/2018 In control: Planning and Programming Committee
On agenda: 9/19/2018 Final action:
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: Bicycling, Budgeting, Burbank, Grant Aid, Guidelines, Motion / Motion Response, Outreach, Program, Program Management, Proposition C, Request For Proposal, San Fernando Valley subregion, Strategic planning
Attachments: 1. Attachment B-1 - Open Streets Cycle Three Scoring and Funding Recommendations, 2. Attachment B-2 - Open Streets Cycle Three Recommended Events (Map), 3. Attachment A - June 2013 Metro Board Motion 72, 4. Attachment C - Open Streets Cycle Three Application & Guidelines, 5. Presentation
Related files: 2018-0673
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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...

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