Metro - File #: 2020-0224

• File #: 2020-0224
• Type: Program
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/19/2020
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 6/24/2021
• Final action: 6/24/2021
• Title: AUTHORIZE: A. The revised Metro Open and Slow Streets Grant Program Cycle Four Application Package and Guidelines; and B. Staff to administratively release Application and Guidelines Packages in the future cycles of the Open Streets Grant Program to Los Angeles County jurisdictions in anticipation of returning to the Board for funding recommendation approval.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Application, Ara Najarian, Bicycling, Board approved a Motion, Budget, Budgeting, Contractors, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Council Of Governments, Equity Focus Communities, Eric Garcetti, Grant Aid, Guidelines, Hilda Solis, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, James Butts, Janice Hahn, Kathryn Barger, Metro Equity Platform, Metro’s Open Streets Grant Program, Motion / Motion Response, Nonmotorized transportation, Open Streets, Outreach, Partnerships, Pasadena, Paul Krekorian, Program, Request For Proposal, Safety, Strategic planning, Walking
• Related files: 2020-0049

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/24/2021	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
6/16/2021	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JUNE 16, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: OPEN AND SLOW STREETS GRANT PROGRAM CYCLE FOUR

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE:

A. The revised Metro Open and Slow Streets Grant Program Cycle Four Application Package and Guidelines; and

B. Staff to administratively release Application and Guidelines Packages in the future cycles of the Open Streets Grant Program to Los Angeles County jurisdictions in anticipation of returning to the Board for funding recommendation approval.

Issue
ISSUE

In June 2013 the Board introduced Motion 72 (Attachment A), directing staff to award up to $2 million annually to support Open Streets events. The proposed Cycle Four Application and Guidelines (Attachment B) build on the Cycles One, Two, Three and 2020 Mini-Cycle framework and support a competitive, regional, and equitable process. The proposed Cycle Four also expands funding eligibility under the existing Open Streets Grant Program framework to include Slow Streets as defined in the May 2020 Board Motion 2020-0375. Board authorization of the Metro Open and Slow Streets Cycle Four competitive grant program framework and release of competitive application package and guidelines are needed in order to proceed. Beyond Cycle Four, staff requests authorization to administratively release future Application and Guidelines Packages and return to the Board for approval of future Open Streets Grant Program funding recommendations.

Background
BACKGROUND

Open and Slow Streets events are events that temporarily close streets to automotive traffic and open them to people walking, bicycling, or rolling. Cycles One, Two, Three, and the 2020 Mini-Cycle of the Metro Open Streets Grant Program were successful in encouraging participants to ride transit, walk and ride a bicycle on urban streets, possibly for the first time. The program contributes to meeting Metro objectives by encouraging future trans...