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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2010-163RESOLUTION NO. 2010-163 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING THE SUBMITTAL OF GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR STATE-LEGISLATED SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL FUNDING CYCLE 9 TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE FACILITIES AT THREE ELIGIBLE LOCATIONS WHEREAS, California legislated a Safe Routes to School (SR2S) program in 1999 with the enactment of AB 1475. The goals of the program aze to reduce injuries and fatalities to schoolchildren and to encourage increased walking and bicycling among students; and WHEREAS, Section 2333.5 of the Streets and Highways Code calls for the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the California Highway Patrol (CHP), to make grants available to local governmental agencies under the program based upon the results of a statewide competition; and WHEREAS, the goals of the program are to reduce injuries and fatalities to schoolchildren and to encourage increased walking and bicycling among students; and WHEREAS, a call for Cycle 9 grant applications was announced on April I5, 2010. Eligible applicants must be an incorporated city or a county within the State of California and the eligible projects are infrastructure projects; and WHEREAS, for Cycle 9 of the State Safe Routes to School Program, it is recommended that the City apply for funding for the following three pedestrian improvement projects: 1. Montgomery Elementary School Neighborhood Traffic Calming. 2. Quintazd Street Sidewalk and Crosswalk Improvements from First Avenue to Third Avenue. 3. Moss Street Sidewalk Improvements from Third Avenue to Fifth Avenue. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista approves the submittal of grant applications for State-Legislated Safe Routes to School funding Cycle 9 to improve pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Presented by Approved as to form by _% ~ , ~_~ Richazd A. Hopl ' s B C. Miesfeld ~-' Director of Public Works ity Attorne~ ; i Resolution No. 2010-163 Page 2 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 22nd day of June 2010 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, Thompson and Cox NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: Ramirez C~~~.c, Cheryl Cox, yor ATTEST: Donna R. Noms, CMC, City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO CITY OF CHULA VISTA I, Donna R. Noms, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2010-163 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 22nd day of June 2010. Executed this 22nd day of June 2010. ~e~h,~, „ Donna R. Noms, CMC, City Clerk