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• S • Complete Streets Routinely Addressed by All Departments. All relevant departments and agencies of Los Altos Hills shall work towards making Complete Streets.practices a routine part of everyday operations, approach every relevant project, program, and practice as an opportunity to improve streets and the transportation network for all categories of users, and work in coordination with other departments, agencies, and jurisdictions to maximize opportunities for Complete Streets, connectivity, and cooperation. The following projects provide opportunities: pavement, resurfacing, restriping, accessing above and underground utilities, or modifications, and maintenance of landscaping/related features. • All Projects and Phases. Complete Streets infrastructure sufficient to enable reasonably safe travel along and across the right of way for each category of users shall be incorporated into all planning, funding, design, approval, and implementation processes for any construction, reconstructions, retrofit, maintenance, operations, alteration, or repair of streets (including streets, roads, highways, bridges, and other portions of the transportation system), except that specific infrastructure for a given category of users may be excluded if an exemption is approved via the process set forth in section 9 of this policy. Implementation • Plan Consultation and Consistency. Maintenance, planning, and design of projects affecting the transportation system shall be consistent with local bicycle, pedestrian, transit, multimodal, and other relevant plans, except that where such consistency cannot be achieved without negative consequences, consistency shall not be required if the head of the relevant department provides written approval explaining the basis of such deviation. • Street Network/Connectivity. As feasible, Los Altos Hills shall incorporate Complete Streets infrastructure into existing streets to improve the safety and convenience of users and to create employment, with the particular goal of creating a connected network of facilities accommodating each category of users, and increasing connectivity across jurisdictional boundaries and for existing and anticipated future areas of travel origination or destination. • Traffic and Safety Committee Consultation. If Los Altos Hills has a Traffic and Safety Committee, transportation projects shall be reviewed by the Committee early in the planning and design state, to provide the Committee an opportunity to provide comments and recommendations regarding Complete Streets features to be incorporated into the project. • Evaluation. All relevant agencies or departments shall perform evaluations of how well the streets and transportation network of Los Altos Hills are serving each category of users by collecting baseline data and collection follow-up data on a regular basis. Resolution No.8-13 Page 4