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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director r Contra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrato Costa
DATE: June 23, 1994 County
SUBJECT: Approve Submission of Funding Application #28-558 to the
California Office of Traffic Safety
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve submission of Funding Application #28-558 to the California
Office of Traffic Safety, in the amount of $364 ,206, for the period
from October 1, 1994 through September 30, 1997, for the "California
Bicycle Safety Network" project.
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this application will result in $364, 206 of State funding
during the three-year period from October 1, 1994 through September
300, 1997, for the California Bicycle Safety Network project. No
County funds are required.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
In one year, more than 680 people in Contra Costa County were injured
in bicycle-related crashes, according to the California Highway
Patrol's Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (1989-1990 data) .
The average cost of treating one severely head injured bicyclist is
$4 . 5 million. Many organizations throughout California have worked
diligently to decrease the incidence of bicycle injuries, however,
without a unifying force, these efforts have been fragmented.
This project will be a collaborative effort among bicycle safety
advocates throughout the state, with the Department's Prevention
Program and the California Center for Childhood Injury providing
leadership and staffing roles. The project goals include:
coordinating consistent community-wide safety concepts; increasing
bicycle. safety knowledge and skills; stimulating organizations to
enhance safety efforts; and monitoring, evaluating and disseminating
information about bicycle legislation and policies.
In order to meet the deadline for submission, the application has been
forwarded to California Office of Traffic Safety, but subject to Board
approval. Four certified and sealed copies of the Board Order
authorizing submission of the application should be returned to the
Contracts and Grants Unit.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMM DATI N OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D. (313-6712) OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED I�
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