Approve an ordinance authorizing negotiation and execution of a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration to accept $10,456,068 from the 2024 Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program for safer transportation routes; amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Transportation and Public Works Department Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20240814-007) to accept and appropriate $10,456,068 in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All program and amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Transportation and Public Works Department Capital Budget (Ordinance No. 20240814-007) to transfer in and appropriate $10,456,068 in grant funds to implement safety countermeasures at a citywide scale to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes, especially those involving pedestrians. Funding: $10,456,068 is available from the U.S. Department of Transportation. A City funding match of $2,614,017 is required and is available in the Transportation and Public Works Department’s Capital Budget and through staff time in the Transportation and Public Works Department’s Operating Budget.
25-0117 · Consent · Passed