FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 7, 2024
COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
TO: City Council
FROM: Interim City Manager Alex Posada
SUBJECT: Proclamation – “National Bike Month” – May 2024
Present a Proclamatio n recognizing May 2024, as “National Bike Month” in the City of Santa Maria, and encourage people to join in celebrating bicycling.
BACKGROUND:
The bicycle is an economical, healthy, convenient, and environmentally sound form of transportation and an excellent tool for recreation and enjoyment of Santa Maria’s scenic beauty
DISCUSSION:
The City of Santa Maria facilitates and promotes bicycling through: our Public Works Department which creates and maintains bike lanes, paths, signs and signals, our utilities department which sweeps bicycle lanes clean, our GIS Department which facilitates reporting of needed maintenance, our Community Development Department which makes sure developments have adequate short and long -term bicycle parking, our Rec & Parks Department which maintains bicycle paths and trims City trees and bushes adjoining bicycle paths and lanes and facilitates bicycling events, our Code Enforcement Department which facilitates the trimming of trees and bushes on private property and the proper placement of garbage cans (not in bike lan es), our Police Department which enforces no parking in bicycle lanes and helps protect bicyclists from children to seniors as well as patrolling on bicycles themselves, our Public Library which lends books of how to repair and safely ride bicycles as well as books and movies of bicycle adventures, our schools which teach children to bicycle and the City Council which considers and passes budgets and ordinances to protect and regulate bicycling in our fair city.
Attachment: Proclamation