Meeting Time: May 28, 2020 at 10:00am PDT
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40. SUBJECT: OPEN STREETS PROGRAM RESPONSE TO COVID-19 APPROVE Motion by Directors Garcetti, Solis, Garcia, Bonin, and Fasana that the Board authorize the CEO to negotiate administrative scope changes to awarded events in the Open Streets Grant Program, at the written request of the grantee, such that funds may be used for COVID-19 response Slow Streets or similar programs, including but not limited to: - Expanding one-day events to longer-term temporary traffic interventions; - Replacing a large, single-corridor event intended for regional audiences with many smaller, neighborhood-scale interventions catering to local audiences; - Creating spaces within the public right-of-way to support economic activity such as dining and vending; and - Providing education, encouragement, and monitoring for safe physical distancing in accordance with the Safer at Home Order in partnership with and supporting community-based leadership.