Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.) A Citizens' Petition regarding lack of safe and accessible bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in Flagstaff

In accordance with Art. II, Sect. 17 of the Flagstaff City Charter, any citizen may present a written petition to the City Manager, signed by a minimum of 25 citizens from the City...who shall present it to the Council at its next regular meeting. The attached petition was filed with the City Clerk's Office on June 9, 2021, requesting "immediate action to improve infrastructure to protect pedestrians and cyclist through the following actions:

1. Reallocate the $157 Million allocated to new streets and street widening in Proposition 419 (which was sold to the community as a bicycling- and pedestrian-focused Proposition but in fact allocated the majority of funds to road expansion) to fund safe bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure as identified in the draft Active Transportation Management Plan.
2. Install protected bike lanes on Beaver St., San Francisco St, Butler Ave, and 4th St by December 2022 and Milton Ave and West Route 66 by December 2023.
3. Reduce the speed limit on Butler Ave and Lone Tree to 25 miles per hour by August 2021."

Chapter 1-12 of the Flagstaff City Code formalizes the information to be required, and the attached petition conforms to those requirements. As outlined in this chapter, the petition is to be submitted to the Council under Future Agenda Item Request (F.A.I.R.) to determine if there is Council interest in placing the item on a future agenda for consideration.