HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2012-014RESOLUTION NO. 2012-014
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING THE FINAL REPORT FOR THE
"SENIORS, SIDEWALK AND THE CENTENNIAL" GRANT
(TF-380)
WHEREAS, on February 8, 2011, the City Council & Redevelopment Agency approved
Resolution 2011-017 authorizing the filing of an application for the Active Community
Transportation Grant Program to the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) for the
implementation of a seniors, sidewalks and the centennial multi-modal transportation audit of
seniors to determine existing access to public transportation and develop a priority list for
improvements to increase the mobility of seniors; and
WHEREAS, the application submitted by the City of Chula Vista stated that the City will
partner with Safe & Healthy Communities Consulting and WalkSanDiego to complete the scope
of work on project TF-380 "Seniors, Sidewalks and the Centennial;" and
WHEREAS, on March 25, 2011, SANDAG's Board of Directors authorized
Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) funds for the following project: "Seniors,
Sidewalks and the Centennial Program;" and
WHEREAS, the project budget was $60,000 of which the City of Chula Vista has been
awarded up to $50,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grant funds for the
Active Community Transportation Grant Program, for the following project to address health
disparities and inequities in lower income and minority senior communities, promote physical
activity and access to neighborhood destinations to build consensus in the community around
transportation-related public health needs in order to develop and adopt a final report that will
identify procedures, policies and recommendations for improving access and infrastructure needs
focused on the senior citizen community; and
WHETREAS, due to the federal requirements for the ARRA funds showing and
reporting that progress was made on the grants on a monthly basis, work commenced in Fiscal
Year 2010/2011 due to a grant completion date requirement of February 1, 2012; and
WHEREAS, per Council Resolution 2011-017, the City has executed the SANDAG grant
agreement and amended the Fiscal Year 2010/2011 Capital Improvement Program budget to
create a new project TF-380 "Seniors, Sidewalks and the Centennial" so that work could
commence immediately in that fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the identified project is the development and implementation of "Seniors
Sidewalks and the Centennial," amulti-modal transportation audit of seniors resulting in a series
of prioritized pedestrian issues and infrastructure improvements focused on seniors' specific
needs, which allow Chula Vista to create a community centered around active transportation for
people of all abilities; and
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WHEREAS, the project was designed to further nazrow down the geographic area from
all of western Chula Vista to three target neighborhoods within that portion of the City. The
three tazget neighborhoods, Northwest, Northeast and South Project Areas, were selected through
an in-depth geographical analysis of western Chula Vista, including where seniors live, where
they might walk to based on daily needs, and an analysis of collision data to begin determining
where it may be unsafe to walk or roll; and
WHEREAS, on January 4, 2012, the Safety Commission of the City of Chula Vista voted
4-0-3 to hereby recommend that the City Council, accept the Final Report for the "Seniors,
Sidewalks and the Centennial" grant (TF-380).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby accept the Final Report for the "Seniors, Sidewalks and the Centennial" grant.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 24th day of January 2012 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Bensoussan Castaneda, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2012-014 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 24th day of January 2012.
Executed this 24th day of January 2012.
Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk