Jessica Binnquist

This Active Transportation Plan for the City of Alhambra outlines a roadmap for implementing progressive and innovative active transportation facilities, aiming to create a safe, comfortable, and connected network. Key objectives include providing safe access to destinations, facilitating convenient multimodal transportation, reducing vehicle miles traveled, and enhancing the overall walking, biking, and rolling experience. The plan seeks to guide the development of sustainable and equitable transportation options and improve the city's eligibility for grant funding.

This Active Transportation Plan for the City of Alhambra acts as a roadmap to promote walking, biking, and rolling as integral parts of daily life. It aims to develop safe, sustainable, and equitable transportation options, enhance grant funding competitiveness, and guide future development. Key objectives include providing safe access to destinations, facilitating convenient multimodal transportation, reducing vehicle miles traveled, and creating a comfortable experience through innovative facilities and a connected network.

The Active Transportation Plan for the City of Alhambra serves as a roadmap to foster safe, sustainable, and equitable transportation options, promoting walking, biking, and rolling as integral parts of daily life. The plan aims to build a comfortable and connected network through progressive infrastructure, convenient multimodal transportation, and reduced vehicle miles traveled. Key focus areas include enhancing pedestrian and bicycle facilities, implementing traffic calming strategies, coordinating with regional agencies, and offering programs that encourage active transportation and improve safety, particularly in disadvantaged communities.

This document presents the findings from a 2025 Community Satisfaction Survey for the City of Alhambra, which is intended to inform the city's strategic planning process. Key strategic priorities identified include improving maintenance of city infrastructure and facilities, enhancing public safety services (police, fire, emergency response), reducing traffic congestion and increasing safe mobility options, moving towards a sustainable environment, revitalizing commercial areas, and facilitating affordable housing. The survey aims to provide insights into resident opinions, satisfaction, and concerns to guide future strategic decisions and service enhancements.

The City Council meeting agenda included several key items. Ceremonially, the council planned to commend a retiring Water Utility Supervisor with a Certificate of Service. Informational reports included an update from the Chamber of Commerce. A primary action item involved adopting Resolution No. R2M26-5 to accept the 2026 City of Alhambra Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, developed using a FEMA grant. The Consent Agenda featured items such as authorizing an agreement with Caltrans for the Fremont Avenue Interchange Project phases (PA&ED, PS&E, R/W), approving the distribution of a Notice Inviting Bids for a major sewer main replacement project, authorizing an RFP for Construction Management and Inspection Services for the Poplar Boulevard Rehabilitation Project, and authorizing an RFP for Professional Information Technology and Support Services for the Police Department. Further consent items included approving contract amendments for maintenance services for the Fire Department fleet with Performance Truck Repair, Inc., and for the mental performance and coaching platform (Sharp Performance) for sworn personnel. Additionally, the council planned to award contracts for the purchase and installation of a new Jail and Station Controller System, approve a contract amendment with Motorola Solutions, Inc. for the Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System (CAD/RMS), ratify personnel actions, and approve outstanding demands and EFT payments.