To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Agreement #78-024-3 with the California Office of Traffic Safety
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
RATIFY the Health Services Director, or their designee's December 14, 2025 execution of Standard Agreement #78-024-3 (State #PS26027) from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), to pay County an amount not to exceed $222,000 for the Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program for a Countywide Vision Zero roadway safety education campaign, for the period from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will result in the receipt of funding in an amount not to exceed $222,000. No County match is required.
BACKGROUND:
Unlike those traveling in vehicles with seat belts, air bags and other safety features, bicyclists and pedestrians do not have the same level of protection and are more vulnerable every time they are on the road. In California, pedestrian fatalities rose 26% between 2014 and 2018. California's pedestrian fatality rate is almost 25% higher than the national average. There has been a greater than 60% increase in bicyclists killed per year since 2010. OTS provides grant funding made available to California by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, for innovative, evidence-based education and enforcement programs and technologies designed to make California's roadways safer.
On January 28, 2025, the Board of Supervisors approved Grant Agreement #78-024-2 with OTS, to pay County an amount not to exceed $208,475 for the Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program for a countywide Vision Zero roadway safety education campaign, for the period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.
Approval of Agreement #78-024-3 will allow the County's Public Health Division to continue receiving funding for the Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Program for a county...
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