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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY Memorandum | |
| | | | | | | | | To: | Executive Committee | | From: | Theresa Wright, Community Outreach Coordinator | | Meeting Date: | January 8, 2020 | | Subject: | Transportation Excellence Awards |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | | RECEIVE and SELECT nominations for the Transportation Excellence Awards for 2019. |
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| | | | | | | | | SUMMARY: | | The Transportation Agency received nine nominations for the Transportation Excellence Awards by the deadline of Friday, December 6, 2019. The awards ceremony to recognize the honorees will be held during the January 22, 2020 Board meeting. |
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| | | | | | | | | DISCUSSION: | The annual awards program gives the Transportation Agency the opportunity to show its appreciation to the local community for its outstanding efforts to improve transportation in Monterey County.
Examples of past award winners include:
- Citizens who have made significant efforts to educate the public about transportation, such as Jennifer Cline from the Monterey-Salinas Transit navigator program;
- Innovative projects that have improved the local transportation network, such as the West Broadway Urban Village Improvements in Seaside;
- Impressive state highway projects, such as the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge on Highway 1;
- Successful efforts to improve transit services, such as the "Ride the 40's on Us"; and,
- Transportation professionals who excel at their jobs and go the extra mile to improve out transportation system, such as Enrique Saavedra, Monterey County Public Works.
This year, staff received nine nominations for Transportation Excellence Awards, within the categories of: Individuals/Groups, Projects, and Programs. Below is a web-link to a summary of the nominations at the meeting and will ask that the Committee select the honorees to be awarded Transportation Excellence Awards.
Attached to this staff report is a compilation of the nominations submitted for the 2019 Transportation Excellence Awards. |
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