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4N pLEASANTONc City Council Staff Report January 3, 2006 Economic Development SUBJECT: "WAIVER OF CLAIMS AND INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT-- REGIONAL RIDESHARE PROGRAM STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager to sign the attached Agreement. SUMMARY: The Rides to School program is an interactive partnership be~een the City, the School District and parents to plan and manage school traffic at individual schools, primarily by reducing the number of vehicles through carpools and the like. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has a computer based Regional Rideshare Program that it has offered to the City to help make the Rides to School Program operate better. In order for the City to use the program, the MTC has requested that the City sign a Waiver of Claims and Indemnification Agreement. If the agreement is approved, there is no cost for the City to use this program. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND Rides to School is an interactive partnership bet"\Veen the City, Pleasanton Unified School District and parents to plan and manage school traffic at individual schools. The main goal of the Program is to provide the tools and process "\Vhereby each of the partners can come to a consensus on a traffic management plan for each school. An essential "\Vay to alleviate school traffic is by reducing the number of vehicles entering and leaving the school. This can be accomplished by forming parent-led carpools, "\Valkpools or bikepools. The pooling program matches students from the same school. Once the necessary information is entered into a database, a matchlist of parents/students can be generated. Personal information is kept confidential. Only the parent's name, street name, cross street and contact information SR:06:025 Page 1