Metro - File #: 2023-0075

• File #: 2023-0075
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Filed
• File created: 1/30/2023
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 3/15/2023
• Final action: 3/15/2023
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE a status report on the development of a new potential grant program focused on activating and reimagining streets and transportation facilities with arts, culture, and recreation leading up to and during the 2028 Games.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Ara Najarian, Board approved a Motion, City of Los Angeles, Grant Aid, Guidelines, Hilda Solis, James Butts, Metro Art, Metro’s Open Streets Grant Program, Motion / Motion Response, Olympic games, Open Streets, Outreach, Partnerships, Program, State highways, Strategic planning, Walking

Date	Action By	Action	Result
3/15/2023	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MARCH 15, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: CELEBRATE STREETS AND MOBILITY GRANTS PROGRAM

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE a status report on the development of a new potential grant program focused on activating and reimagining streets and transportation facilities with arts, culture, and recreation leading up to and during the 2028 Games.

Issue
ISSUE
At its September 2022 meeting, the Board approved Motion #9 by Directors Solis, Garcetti, Butts and Najarian (Attachment A) that directs the development of a potential new grant program to tap into the power of arts, culture, and recreation to help promote Metro's Olympic goals and the agency's broader transportation mission. This report provides a status update on the grant development efforts.

Background
BACKGROUND
Arts, culture, and recreation can serve a catalytic role in drawing together community participants and institutions into the street as a shared and celebrated public space. These activities bring people from all walks of life together and enable Open Streets programs to foster "building community, cultural identity, and social engagement."
Metro has existing programs that transform streets and transportation facilities through open streets events and art: the Open Streets Grants Program and Metro Art programs. Partnerships between Metro and art, culture, and recreational organizations help communities engage in issues affecting their lives, including transportation. Staff views these two programs as crucial building blocks for a potential new mobility-focused, Olympics-focused grants program. The grant framework outlined in this report draws upon experience and lessons learned through these projects.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Part A of the Motion asked staff to identify funding and develop recommendations to launch a special grant program dedicated to transforming our streets and transportation facil...