8945-17 Council Budget Priorities

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• Resident Attraction and Retention Equity • Public Health • Economic Development 3. Estimated expense (provide a range):Proposal: a $50,000 - $100,000 allocation for 2018, broken out in these components (amounts for subcategories are approximate, not strict allocations, and should be understood to allow flexibility within categories): • Design for Lakewood's bikeway network as a whole and /or for a significant specific project such as north -south connector streets, Lake Avenue, or Riverside Drive. Design includes activities such as facilitation of public input, producing renderings or blue prints, development of a Bicycle Infrastructure Design Guide, making grant applications for funding from foundations or state and federal programs). • Infrastructure Improvements to pay for small improvements (e.g. an always -ready supply of bike parking hitches and corrals at City Hall, signage, refreshing sharrows, intersection markings). • Education, Encouragement and Enforcement (EEE): Safety trainings in schools and workplaces, free safety lights for graduates of traffic safety courses, group rides, etc.) 4. If applicable, summarize any proposals or discussions from the past that are related to this priority. Lakewood's Bicycle Master Plan (available at this link) has been previously adopted with strong support by both the Planning Commission and City Council. Several elements of this plan have already been implemented, with encouraging results. Bike Lakewood has provided a separate set of recommendations with many overlapping areas in its "Lakewood Bicycling Priorities Interim Report 2014." 5. Briefly describe any preliminary discussions you have had with colleagues, the administration and /or relevant department directors about this priority, if applicable. In 2016, Council used the Finance Committee budget priority process to express its support for investing in the Bicycle Master Plan. Input from the Administration and Bike Lakewood has been incorporated into this proposal. Please provide detail on how your idea fits within the SMART objectives framework: Provide a reliable funding source to enable more consistent, year -by -year implementation of Lakewood's Bicycle Master Plan. The implementers would chiefly be Planning and Public Works, but Police have an education role, and outside partners such as Bike Lakewood, City of Lakewood Schools, Lakewood Alive, and others could play a role (especially in education and encouragement). SPECIFIC State precisely what you intend For 2018, goals might include: to accomplish and who will • Design work for Lakewood's bikeway network as a whole or for a accomplish it. significant specific project such as north -south connector streets, Lake Avenue, or Riverside Drive • Infrastructure Improvements such as an always -ready supply of bike park4ig hitches and corrals at City Hall and high - visibility green markings where needed at at specific intersections) Education, Encouragement and Enforcement (EEE): adding significant new capacity (i.e. consultant time) for safety trainings in schools, consistent