June 7, 2016 Ms Sabrina Landreth City Administrator Oakland City Hall Oakland, CA, 94612 Re: Support for Oakland’s Active Transportation Program Application for Safe Route To School - Crossing To Safety Project Dear Ms Landreth, On behalf of Achieve Academy, | write in strong support of the City of Oakland's application for a Caltrans Active Transportation Program (ATP) Safe Route To School Grant to fund bicycle/pedestrian ale Avenue between International Bl and Foothill Bl. infrastructure improvements along Fri We encourage walking to school, and as more families walk, we have become even more concerned about street safety. This ATP project will improve pedestrian safety by reducing the number of vehicular travel lanes pedestrians would have to cross and by enhancing bicycle and pedestrian facilities. We are excited to see the needed implementation of these design recommendations to calm traffic along Fruitvale Ave. come to fruition, \We thank you for your consideration and strongly encourage you to fully fund this project. Sincerely, ‘acy Schmidt Principal, Achieve Academy