Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 15, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: OPEN STREETS GRANT PROGRAM 2020 MINI-CYCLE FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. AWARDING $1,053,341 to five new Open Streets events scheduled through December 2020 (Attachment B-1);
B. REPROGRAMMING $242,000 from one cancelled Open Street Cycle Three event, Paramount and Bellflower Open Streets Neighborhood Connectivity Event, towards the next-highest-scored Cycle Three event, Beach Streets Downtown, in accordance with funding policy; and
C. RESERVING the remaining $44,347 in Board-awarded Cycle Three and 2020 Mini-cycle funds to be REPROGRAMMED in any future Board-authorized funding cycles of the program.
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 of up to $2 million;
? Competitive process and program; and
? Technical process to collect data and evaluate the events.
At its September 2018 meeting, the Board approved a third funding cycle of the program. With a focus on regional equity, Directors Hahn, Dupont-Walker and Garcia put forth a motion for staff to create a $1 million dollar mini-cycle in FY 2020 of Open Street grant applications that is open to all communities and Councils of Governments in Los Angeles County, excluding those that have already received funding from the Cycle Three Grants. In January 2019 The Metro Board approved initiation of a 2020 mini-cycle of the Open Streets Grant Program (Attachment C). Board approval is necessary to program the funds to five mini-cycle events and reprogram one canceled Cycle Three event toward the next-highest-scored Cycle Three event.
Background
BACKGROUND
Open Street events are one-day occurrences that close public s...
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