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MOU No. ; M-025-18 SCACr ProjecttOWP No.: 225-3$6472.i i MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING No. M-025-18 BETWEEN THE SOUTBERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS AND THE CITY OF SANTA ANA FOR BICYCLIST/PEDESTRUN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IMPLEMENTATION (SLAG Project/OWP No. 225-3564J2.11) This Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU" or "Agreement's is by and between the Southern California Association of Governments ("SCAG") and the City of Santa Ana ("CITY"), for Bicyclist/Pedestrian Education Campaign Implementation, subsequently herein referred to as "Project." SCAG and CITY are individually referred to herein as "Party" and may be collectively referred to herein as "Parties." RECITALS WHEREAS, SCAG is a Joint Powers Agency and a federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Southern California. As an MPO, SCAG is primarily responsible for the development of a Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) for the counties of Imperial, Us Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, and Ventura; WHEREAS, SCAG has also initiated its Sustainability Planning Grant Program ("Sustainability Program") to assist Southern California jurisdictions in evaluating planning options and stimulating development consistent with SCAG's RTP/SCS and the region's overall planning goals. SCAG's Sustainability Program support visioning efforts, infilI analyses, economic and policy analyses, and marketing and communication programs; WHEREAS, pursuant to its annual Overall Work Program (OWP), SCAG will be engaged in activities and projects that will require certain technical, professional, or support services from time to time related to its work regarding the RTP/SCS and the Sustainability Program; WHEREAS, CITY will conduct a citywide bicycle and pedestrian education campaign that will include advertisements, safety courses, police saturation patrols, safety/encouragement events, and other related activities to improve awareness in the city related to bicycle and pedestrian safety issues; WHEREAS, through its Sustainability Program, SCAG has awarded the CITY grant funds to pursue the Project which supports the goals and policies of SCAG's 20I6 RTP/SCS; WHEREAS, the purpose of this MOU is to describe the responsibilities of the Parties, which includes SCAG to provide funding for the Project; WHEREAS, SCAG shall provide funding for the Project using federal grant funds awarded to SCAG as part of SCAG 2017 Active Transportation Safety and Encouragement Campaign, administered by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans); Whereas, the Parties agree and acknowledge that performance of the Scope of Work shall be done by CITY and its applicable personnel, and that CITY shall not utilize third party contractors or subcontractors Febmary 26, 2019 Page 2