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Safe Routes to School Master Plan LANCASTER SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL MASTER PLAN NOVEMBER 2016 City of Lancaster Safe Routes to School Plan i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Architectural and Design Commission Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Chairman April Bartlett Uyen Ngo Commissioner Angela Hearns Jean Armbruster Commissioner Andrew Mercy Commissioner Timothy M. Wiley Antelope Valley Partners for Health Jean Varden Planning Commission Mandy McConaha Chairman James Vose Michelle Fluke Vice Chairman Thomas (Randy) Hall Commissioner Diana Cook Commissioner Dr. Miguel Coronado Transpo Group Commissioner Cassandra Harvey Ryan Snyder Commissioner Sandy Smith Melody Wu Bob Cisco City Council Mayor R. Rex Parris Additional Consultants Vice Mayor Marvin Crist Michele Weisbart Councilmember Raj Malhi Jewel DeGuzman Councilmember Ken Mann Scott Eckersall Councilmember Angela Underwood-Jacobs City of Lancaster Elma Watson Brian Ludicke Pastor Casanova Special thanks to Lancaster School District, Eastside Union School District, Westside Union School Michelle Cantrell District, Antelope Valley Union High School District, Jullie Eutsler, Jenny Sampson, and Rhonda Hanson. Melissa Varela Randie Davis Made possible with the funding from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention through the Los Brenda Gamlowski Angeles County Department of Public Health. City of Lancaster Safe Routes to School Plan ii TABLE OF CONTENTS SRTS Plans by School 17 Introduction 1 A. Amargosa Creek Middle School 18 B. Desert View Elementary School 26 Evaluation 3 C. Discovery Elementary School 36 Future Evaluation 4 D. El Dorado Elementary School 46 E. Endeavour Middle School 56 Design Guidance 5 F. Joshua Elementary School 64 G. Lincoln Elementary School 72 California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Signs and Markings 5 H. Linda Verde Elementary School 82 Other Devices 8 I. Mariposa Elementary School 90 J. Miller Elementary School 97 Funding 10 K. Monte Vista Elementary School 105 Federal Funding 10 L. Nancy Cory Elementary School 114 State & Regional Funding 13 M. New Vista Middle School & Jack Northrop Elementary School 121 Local Funding 15 N. Piute Middle School 133 O. Sierra Elementary School 142 P. Sunnydale Elementary School 152 Q. West Wind Elementary School 160 R. Columbia Elementary School 170 S. Enterprise Elementary School 178 T. Gifford C. Cole Middle School 185 U. Tierra Bonita Elementary School 193 V. Del Sur Elementary School 200 W. Sundown Elementary School 206 X. Valley View Elementary School 214 Y. Antelope Valley High School 223 Z. Eastside High School 232 AA. Lancaster High School 239 BB. Quartz Hill High School 250 CC. SOAR High School 258 City of Lancaster Safe Routes to School Plan 1 • Evaluation—to track the Plan to assess its success and to INTRODUCTION modify it accordingly Experience shows that this approach yields successful results in The City of Lancaster has embarked on an effort to improve safety both making our communities safer to walk and bicycle in, and at all of its public schools. The City was awarded a grant from the increasing the number of students doing so. County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health (DPH) to create a City of Lancaster Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Plan (the Plan). The DPH grant funds a range of efforts at the schools to develop The Plan will include SRTS plans for each school, and citywide and initiate the Plan. The grant is used to do the following: efforts to support and complement the individual plans. This document details work completed thus far and future steps. • Conduct a variety of workshops at schools There are two primary purposes for SRTS plans: • Assess the safety issues • Plan physical modifications to the routes 1. To make it safer for students to walk and bicycle to school • Set up SRTS committees that will carry out the Plan • Train people in how to run the programs within the 2. To increase the number of students walking and bicycling to school Plan • Prepare future grant applications to fund engineering In addition to safety benefits, there are health benefits for students improvements and programmatic efforts who walk and bike to school. Environmental benefits result as fewer parents drive their children to school every day. Additionally, The Antelope Valley Partners for Health serves as a key partner in as children and families adopt more active lifestyles, their quality the process to develop and implement the Plan. The organization of life increases, they have more free time from driving less, and takes the lead in forming SRTS committees at schools and community relationships are strengthened. All of these benefits implementing programs at the schools. Two citywide committees combine to create more livable neighborhoods surrounding schools help to steer the project. A Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) where children walk or bike to school. provides broad oversight, data, and technical support. The TAC includes principals from each school as well as representatives from This document contains a program for a “5E” approach to making the following organizations: walking and bicycling safer and more attractive to Lancaster’s students and parents. The 5Es include the following: • Each of the five school districts: Lancaster School District, Eastside Union School District, Westside Union • Engineering—to make physical improvements to the routes School District, and Antelope Valley Union High School that students use to walk or bicycle to school District • Antelope Valley School Transportation Agency • Education—to teach students safe walking and bicycling • Antelope Valley Partners for Health habits, to teach parents the importance of safe driving habits, and to emphasize health and environmental benefits • Los Angeles County Department of Public Health • Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department • Encouragement—to promote walking and bicycling to • City of Lancaster City Manager’s office, Planning school so more students choose to do so Department, Traffic Engineering, Public Works Department, • Enforcement—to ensure that rules and laws of the road are and Parks Department followed, as well as safe pick-up and drop-off practices are adhered to at the schools City of Lancaster Safe Routes to School Plan 2 A second committee, the Community Advisory Committee (CAC), • Enterprise Elementary School provides hands-on support to promote and implement the program. • Gifford C. Cole Elementary School Its membership includes the Antelope Valley Partners for Health, • Tierra Bonita Elementary School Lancaster School District, Eastside Union School District, Westside Union School District and Antelope Valley Union High School Three schools from the Westside Union School District: District. • Del Sur Elementary School This project began in August of 2013 with representatives from • Sundown Elementary School the City and the consulting group holding introductory meetings • Valley View Elementary School with both the TAC and CAC. In September of 2013, the City and the consulting group began conducting walk audit workshops and And five schools from theAntelope Valley Union High School training people to carry out programs. The consultant facilitated the District: workshops, developed SRTS plans, and conducted training. • Antelope Valley High School The project was done over a period of three years. The City, schools • Eastside High School and consultant conducted walk audit workshops and prepared • Lancaster High School engineering plans for schools within the Lancaster School Distrct, • Quartz Hill High School Eastside Union School District, Westside Union School District and • SOAR High School the Antelope Valley Union High School District. A nationally-certified SRTS instructor from the consultant team The following schools from the Lancaster School District facilitated the SRTS workshops. The workshops began with a included: presentation that described why SRTS is important, along with a sampling of engineering devices that can be applied to make Safe Routes to School workshop • Amargosa Creek Middle School walking and bicycling safer. After the presentation, stakeholder • Desert View Elementary School attendees walked around the school and identified safety concerns • Discovery School at particular locations along common routes to each school. Upon • El Dorado Elementary School returning to the presentation room, attendees drew on large-scale • Endeavour Middle School maps of their schools and the surrounding areas. Each group • Jack Northrop Elementary School marked common walking and cycling routes to their school and • Joshua Elementary School identified key issues and locations needing improvement. The • Lincoln Elementary School groups identified general safety issues, as well as location-specific • Linda Verde Elementary School safety issues. These led to the creation of SRTS plans for each • Mariposa Elementary School school. • Miller Elementary School • Monte Vista Elementary School The workshops were also used to initiate formation of SRTS • Nancy Cory Elementary School committees at each school. Ideally, these committees are led • New Vista Middle School by parents, and have participation from school administration, • Piute Middle School students, crossing guards, various city departments, and the • Sierra Elementary School sheriff’s department, as well as neighborhood/community • Sunnydale Elementary School organizations. Walk audit conducted around the school • West Wind Elementary School Three schools from the Eastside Union School District: • Columbia Elementary School City of Lancaster
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