NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF ORANGE COUNTY, INC. DBA NEIGHBORWORKS ORANGE COUNTY - 2017

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APPENDIX ATTACHMENT A SCOPE OF WORK CITY OF SANTA ANA REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR EDINGER AVENUE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM RFP NO.: 17- 018 SCOPE OF WORK The Edinger Avenue Safe Routes to School Program at three public schools in the City of Santa Ana will focus on Education, Encouragement, Enforcement, and Non -Construction Engineering components that are in accordance with best practices in Safe Routes to Schools. Students will participate in a total of 12 workshops that provide education in safe urban cycling and basic bike mechanic skills and encourage ridership through group bike rides. The Edinger Avenue Safe Routes to School Program will educate students on safe urban cycling and basic bike repair skills. The program will encourage ridership by training students on how to ride on bike lanes individually and in groups. Once the program culminates, participating students will receive a certificate that identifies them as school bike ambassadors. Students will gain knowledge and experience related to bike safety measures and will be able to provide workshops to other students in their respective schools. The consultant will work directly with the following schools: (1) Carr Intermediate, (2) Valley High School, and (3) Godinez High School and will use a multi -faceted approach to accomplish the objectives of pedestrian and bicycle safety as effective ways to commute to and from school. The consultant is encouraged to introduce new ideas and activities related to educating students, faculty, and parents about pedestrian and bicycle safety. This program will be accomplished through the following tasks, which include but are not limited to: Task 1: Safe Urban Cycling Workshops— The consultant will be responsible for scheduling and conducting four (4) safe urban cycling workshops at each school over the contract period for the Edinger Avenue Safe Routes to School Program. The consultant will be required to provide the City of Santa Ana with a scope of educational activities and materials such as web resources, brochures, newsletters, and walking/biking safest route maps. Safe urban cycling workshops will be taught both in English and Spanish; these workshops are designed to increase bicyclist's safety awareness of common car/bike collisions, teach ways to prevent and avoid crashes and collisions, and emphasize the importance of helmet use when riding a bicycle. Additionally, the rights and responsibilities of cyclists must be discussed during the Safe Urban Cycling Workshops and Group Bike Rides in order to help increase the number of cyclists riding safely and legally. The workshops will also offer students a theoretical explanation of vehicular cycling principles supported by relevant examples of safe cycling using audio/visual and group learning techniques. Students are required to complete the workshops prior to participating on the Group Bike Rides, Task 2: Basic Bike Mechanic Skills Workshops— Five (5) basic bike mechanic shills workshops will be conducted for each participating school. The main objective of these workshops is to teach and prepare students on how to respond in case of fiat tires and/or City of Santa Ana RFP 17- 018 Page 1