PREPARED BY: ELIZABETH LOPEZ DATE OF MEETING: 01/21/2025
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A $1,000 SPONSORSHIP FOR BIKE EAST BAY'S ANNUAL BIKE-TO-WHEREVER DAY ON THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Build a Healthy Community: Improve Connections to Healthy Eating and Active Living is an adopted policy item under the FY 2023-25 Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
On December 9, 2024, the City Manager's Office received an email from the Bike East Bay Team requesting annual sponsorship for their Annual Bike to Wherever Day event scheduled on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Bike East Bay seeks to increase bicycling to improve the health and quality of life of all residents, reduce environmental impacts and make our streets and communities vibrant places to live, work and play. Since 1972, Bike East Bay has advocated for, helped pass, and established various bicycle-related initiatives like Contra Costa County's Measure J and lifting BART's rush-hour ban on bikes. Various sponsorship levels of Bike to Wherever Day help provide Bike East Bay with the resources to promote bicycling as an everyday means of transportation for all residents of the East Bay. Support goes directly to the creation and distribution of promotional materials such as Bike to Wherever Day stickers and Bike to Wherever posters as well as supporting volunteer coordination and incentives for bicyclists. The City Council has previously sponsored this event. The City has participated in Bike to Wherever Day by hosting an energizer station in the past and will also be hosting a station this year.
Over the last three years, Bike to Wherever Day has grown in size and numbers of riders who pledge to participate. It has also added new partnerships, an evening block party, and a strong digital engagement. In 2025, Bike ...
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