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File ID: 2022-02142 1/10/2023 Consent Item 10.
Supplemental Agreement: Active Transportation Audits (T15180400) File ID: 2022-02142
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion: 1) authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee, to execute Supplemental Agreement No.3 to City Agreement No. 2021-0949 with Alta Planning + Design in the amount of $424,322 for a new not-to exceed amount of $924,318 for the Active Transportation Audits; 2) resetting the City Manager’s authority to issue supplemental agreements for City Agreement No. 2021-0949
Contact: Jeff Jelsma, Transportation Planner, (916) 808-5347, [email protected], Leslie Mancebo, Senior Transportation Planner, (916) 808-5581, [email protected], Jennifer Donlon Wyant, Transportation Planning Manager, (916) 808-5913, [email protected], David Edrosolan, City Traffic Engineer, (916) 808-5974, [email protected], Department of Public Works Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Supplemental Agreement No. 3
Additional Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Supplemental Agreement No. 3 will expand the Active Transportation Audits to support the development of a citywide Active Transportation Plan. The Plan will include an assessment of the existing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure; identification of barriers to walking, rolling, and access to transit; and provide fundable, actionable project recommendations with the objective of improving safety and mobility and creating a connected active transportation network.
The supplemental scope will include citywide community engagement that will inform project
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recommendations. Engagement will include in-person and virtual workshops, pop-up events, an interactive online map, and community surveys.
Focused project work will continue in the three priority planning areas of North Sacramento, Fruitridge Broadway, and South Sacramento scoped in the original Active Transportation Audits agreement. The focused engagement will be in addition to the expanded citywide engagement included in the supplemental agreement.
City staff is recommending execution of Supplemental Agreement No. 3 with Alta Planning + Design an amount not to exceed $424,322 to support this effort.
Policy Considerations: The recommendation in this report is in accordance with the following policies from the Sacramento 2035 General Plan:
M 1.2.1 Multimodal Choices - The City shall develop an integrated, multimodal transportation system that improves the attractiveness of walking, bicycling, and riding transit over time to increase travel choices and aid in achieving a more balanced transportation system and reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.
M 1.2.4 Multimodal Access - The City shall facilitate the provision of multimodal access to activity centers such as commercial centers and corridors, employment centers, transit stops/stations, airports, schools, parks, recreation areas, medical centers, and tourist attractions.
M 1.3.2 Eliminate Gaps - The City shall eliminate “gaps” in roadways, bikeways, and pedestrian networks.
M 2.1.7 Safe Pedestrian Crossings - The City shall improve pedestrian safety at appropriate intersections and mid- block locations by providing safe pedestrian crossings.
M 4.1.3 Community Outreach - The City shall conduct public outreach to community organizations and members of the general public in corridor planning early in the project development process to identify feasible opportunities to provide community benefits and to lessen any potential impacts of modifications to local streets and roadways.
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M 4.2.2 Pedestrian and Bicycle-Friendly Streets - In areas with high levels of pedestrian activity (e.g., employment centers, residential areas, mixed-use areas, schools), the City shall ensure that all street projects support pedestrian and bicycle travel. Improvements may include narrow lanes, target speeds less than 35 miles per hour, sidewalk widths consistent with the Pedestrian Master Plan, street trees, high-visibility pedestrian crossings, and bikeways (e.g., Class II and Class III bike lanes, bicycle boulevards, separated bicycle lanes and/or parallel multi- use pathways).
M 4.2.5 Multi-Modal Corridors - Consistent with the Roadway Network and Street Typologies established in this General Plan, the City shall designate multi- modal corridors in the Central City, within and between urban centers, along major transit lines, and/or along commercial corridors appropriate for comprehensive multimodal corridor planning and targeted investment in transit, bikeway, and pedestrian path improvements if discretionary funds become available.
M 4.2.6 Identify and Fill Gaps in Complete Streets - The City shall identify streets that can be made “complete” either through a reduction in the number or width of travel lanes or through two-way conversions, with consideration for emergency vehicle operations. The City shall consider including new bikeways, sidewalks, on-street parking, and exclusive transit lanes on these streets by re- arranging and/or re-allocating how the available space within the public right of way issued.
M 5.1.5 Motorists, Bicyclists, and Pedestrian Conflicts - The City shall develop safe and convenient bikeways, streets, roadways, and intersections that reduce conflicts between bicyclists and motor vehicles on streets, between bicyclists and pedestrians on multi-use trails and sidewalks, and between all users at intersections.
The City’s Vision Zero Resolution (No. 2017-0032) establishes the following commitment to reducing fatality and serious injury collisions:
Section 1. City of Sacramento recognizes that safety of human life is our highest priority, and that traffic deaths and serious injuries are preventable, a public health issue, and must be addressed.
Section 2. No fatality or serious injury is acceptable on our streets because crashes are preventable incidents that can be addressed through engineering, enforcement, and
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education.
Section 5. Actions towards Vision Zero will be data driven based on available crash data.
Section 6. Evaluation of reaching the goal to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2027 will be ongoing, measuring performance against the Vision Zero Action Plan objectives.
Section 7. The City of Sacramento will work collaboratively in a data-driven effort to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2027.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): The award of a professional services agreement for the preparation of a transportation planning study is exempt from the requirements of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15262, Feasibility and Planning Studies. Section 15262 exempts projects involving only feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions, which have not been approved, adopted, or funded. It is anticipated that future projects identified in this plan may be subject to environmental evaluation under CEQA guidelines and possibly National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements.
Sustainability: The transportation sector accounts for over 50% of community-wide greenhouse gas emissions, the largest single sector in the community. This plan will encourage less driving and further reduce dependence on the private automobile, laying the groundwork to significantly reduce the use of fossil fuels. The Active Transportation Plan will support City Council sustainability priorities, with a focus on supporting active transportation modes, safety, and transit access. The plan will improve the experience for those walking, bicycling, and using transit to foster behavioral change throughout the City.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: Alta Planning + Design was selected as the preferred consultant team for the Active Transportation Audits project using the Request for Proposal (RFP) process per City guidelines. Supplemental Agreement No. 3 will expand the scope of the project to include a citywide analysis of the bicycle and pedestrian networks, and access to transit.
Financial Considerations: There is sufficient funding within the Active Transportation Program
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(T15180400) to execute Supplemental Agreement No. 3 with Alta Planning + Design for an amount not to exceed $424,322 (General Fund, Fund 1001 and New Measure A Safety, Streetscape, Pedestrian, and Bicycle, Fund 2039) to support the Supplemental Agreement.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Alta Planning & Design is an LBE.
Background: The objective of the Active Transportation Audits is to identify barriers to walking and rolling in order to shift more trips to active transportation modes; present recommended countermeasures in response to barriers and implementation strategies; and provide fundable, actionable project recommendations that address barriers and equip the City to seek competitive grant funding for implementation. The project focuses on three Community Plan Areas, as defined in the City’s General Plan: North Sacramento Community Area, Fruitridge Broadway Community Area, and the South Area Community Area.
The Active Transportation Audits project is a direct response to the Mayor’s Commission on Climate Change “Year One Project” recommendation to: Conduct a comprehensive neighborhood-level audit to identify deficient active transportation infrastructure and prioritizing 2021 investments in high-injury portions of the network.
A professional services agreement with Alta Planning + Design was executed in August 2021 for $499,995 to initiate the planning process to identify barriers to walking, bicycling and transit access in three focus areas in the City.
Supplemental Agreement No. 1 was administered in October 2021 authorizing the addition of a subconsultant. Supplemental Agreement No. 2 was administered in December 2021 for project team modifications for the prime consultant.
The scope of services in the original agreement only focused on three areas in the City. However, there is a citywide need to update plans for active transportation. The 2006 Pedestrian Master Plan does not provide an implementable blueprint to improving conditions for walking. The 2016 Bicycle Master Plan was a minor update to meet State requirements; the bikeway network has not be revisited in over 15 years; and the plan does not reflect best practice designs and approaches. Staff seek to amend this agreement to expand the contracted work to citywide, updating these plans into an Active Transportation Plan that addresses climate change, equity, and mobility. Supplemental Agreement No. 3 will expand the project scope to include a citywide analysis of the same work already being performed under the original contract.