Title
Resolution - A Resolution Authorizing the Application to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation for Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant
Requested Action
Consider the authorization of the grant application.
Recommendation
Approval of the Resolution authorizing the grant application.
Description/History
The Safe Streets and Road for All grant is a federally funded grant opportunity to improve roadway safety by significantly reducing or eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries through safety action plan development and refinement and implementation focused on all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation users, motorists, personal conveyance and micro mobility users, and commercial operators. The USDOT has allocated $1.17 Billion in Fiscal Year 2023 to be granted to communities of all sizes and an additional $3 Billion over the next 3 years. A portion of these funds are allocated for communities to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan.
The proposed project for this grant application is to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for Mansfield's motoring, pedestrian and bicycling needs along with an ADA Transition Plan. The attached resolution is to seek the City Council's approval to apply for this grant.
The grant process requires application by July 10, 2023, to the Secretary of Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation. The estimated cost for this effort is approximately $650,000, with 80% of the cost funded by the federal program. The city is obligated for 20% of the cost. This grant is similar to the TxDOT Transportation Alternative Program grant which was submitted on June 1, 2023. The intent, if selected for either or both grants, is to use the funding from one grant to fund the plans.
Justification
The proposed Comprehensive Safety Action Plan will set a detailed course for safety improvements to our pedestrian and bicycling transportation network along...
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