25C - AGMT - BIKE AND PED SAFETY

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• Latino Health Access assists in improving the quality of life and health of the uninsured, under - served people through quality preventive services and educational programs emphasizing responsibility and full participation in decisions affecting health. The entire coalition brings over 15 years of experience in working with and providing the community bicycle and safety education programs. The work for the execution of tasks one through five will be divided among all the non - profit partners and resident leadership who are part of the coalition. The coalition recognizes that it requires the assistance of a Project /Program coordinator to assist will day to day activities. Part of this funding will be utilized to hire a part time project /program coordinator to work 20 hours a week for 10 months. This position will be an independent contractor position. The Project Owner is NeighborWorks Orange County who will be responsible for contractual obligations, reporting and compliance. SAAS and its collaborative members will be responsible for executing the day to day items needed for tasks one through five. UNDERSTANDING OF NEED According to the California Office of Traffic Safety, among the 14 California cities with a population over 250,000, in 2013 the city of Santa Ana had the 3rd highest rate of traffic fatalities and injuries, the 5th highest rate of pedestrian fatalities or injuries (31d for pedestrians under 15 years old), and the highest rate in the state for bicyclists killed and injured. The number of annual pedestrian collisions has remained consistently high for years, and despite various safety initiatives implemented in the city, the number of annual bicycle collisions has increased every year from 2006 to 2013. From 2005 -2014, pedestrians accounted for approximately 55% of traffic fatalities, while nearly 12% were bicyclists; in both cases, these vulnerable road users suffered fatalities at much higher rates than the proportion of trips taken by these modes. For example, the American Community Survey for these years indicates that around 2% of Santa Ana's workers travel to their workplace on foot, while fewer do so by bicycle, and approximately 8% use transit (which typically has a walking or biking component). Clearly, these high rates of collisions, injuries, and fatalities need to be remedied with strong action. The city is making impressive strides toward improving the built environment of Santa Ana's streets as described in their Safe Mobility Santa Ana plan, utilizing detailed data and community outreach to identify problem areas and seeking to address them using a diverse toolbox of infrastructure treatments and education strategies. Though profoundly influenced by the built environment, the behaviors of road users are ultimately what cause injury and death. Various unsafe and illegal behaviors can be identified as causative factors in Santa Ana collision records. From 2005 -2014, at least 25C -20