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Council authorizes signature on Safe Streets action-plan letters as plan nears completion
Summary
With the mayor absent, the City Council authorized the mayor's signature on two letters required by the Safe Streets for All grant program so the city can apply for implementation funds; staff said the action-plan phase is nearly complete and the city intends to apply for implementation funding in July.
David Scott told the council on April 22 that the city has spent more than two years preparing a Safe Streets action plan after winning a $300,000 Safe Streets for All grant (with a 10% match) under the federal infrastructure package.
Scott said the action plan is nearly finished and that two letters from the mayor committing to the goal of zero traffic deaths are part of the grant application package for future implementation funds. Because Mayor Brad Sherman was absent, Scott asked the council to authorize the mayor's signature on the letters so staff could proceed with the implementation grant application in July.
A councilmember moved and another seconded to authorize the mayor to sign the letters in his absence. The motion passed on voice vote. Scott said the implementation grant application would be submitted as soon as the action plan is finalized, and that the Safe Streets committee included stakeholders from transportation, parks, police, hospital, and other community groups.
No binding new commitments of funding were made at the meeting; the council's action was limited to authorizing the mayor's signature on the grant-related letters so staff could proceed with the implementation application process.
