RECEIVE report and SELECT nominations for the Transportation Excellence Awards for 2021.

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 and the City of Monterey's Citywide Adaptive Traffic Signal System;
• 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 our transportation system, such as Enrique Saavedra, Monterey County Public Works and Andrea Renny, City of Monterey.

This year, staff received seven nominations for Transportation Excellence Awards, within the categories of:  Individuals, Groups, Projects, and Programs. A brief summary of each nomination is attached to this staff report for the committee's review. 

Staff will present the nominations and will ask that the Committee select the honorees to be awarded Transportation Excellence Awards.