EJ-2.2: Require future community parks are connected
Update the Municipal Code to require that future community parks incorporate a connectivity assessment and active transportation improvements [Source: New Program, City Staff]
Update the Municipal Code to require that future community parks incorporate a connectivity assessment and active transportation improvements [Source: New Program, City Staff]
Prepare a City-wide connectivity assessment in coordination with HARD, including bike lanes, greenways, existing and planned trails and parks as part of the City's future Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan update. City will include parking assessments as part of future parking studies. Develop a summary report that identifies priority improvement areas for connectivity. [Source: New Program, City Staff]
Identify areas within the City where excessive truck idling is occurring and post “no idling” signage that is visibly accessible for motor vehicles utilizing the roadways. [Source: New Program, City Staff]
Perform a review of designated truck routes in the City to identify routes abutting residential land uses that can be effectively rerouted. Develop a Truck Route Ordinance to designate Truck Prohibited Streets and include fines and penalties to enforce restrictions. [Source: New Program, City Staff]
Develop a community protection program that offers health resources, monitoring, and additional support to residents living within a half-mile radius of a hazardous waste facility or cleanup site. [Source: New Program, City Staff]
Prepare and publish an annual report identifying the location and status of local cleanup sites and hazardous waste facilities to keep residents informed about local polluting sources. Identify sites that are at risk of contaminant mobilization due to sea level or groundwater rise. [Source: New Program, City Staff]
Incorporate the BAAQMD Spare the Air widget into the City’s webpage to highlight daily air quality information and highlight when air quality is notably critical. [Source: New Program, City Staff]
Advocate for the Hayward Unified School District to install MERV-13 air filtration systems in all local schools to reduce the impacts from air pollution, especially Particulate Matter pollution. [Source: New Program, City Staff]
Establish an Air Filtration Grant program for low-income residents, allowing for free indoor air filtration improvements to qualifying community members. Coordinate with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to explore opportunities to collaborate on existing initiatives. [Source: New Program, City Staff]
Develop freeway-adjacent urban greening initiatives, including vegetative barriers and greenwalls, to reduce the impacts from Diesel Particulate Matter pollution on sensitive land uses located adjacent to major highways and roadways. [Source: New Program, see also CAP CS-1.5]