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County approves $545,818 amendment to Safe Streets for All contract to finish outreach; officials say federal reimbursement risk remains low
Summary
Teton County approved a $545,817.50 amended contract March 4 with Alta Planning and Design to complete public engagement and finalize the Safe Streets for All Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, with grant and private funds covering the cost.
The Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously March 4 to approve Amendment No. 1 to the professional services contract with Alta Planning and Design for the Safe Streets for All Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, bringing the contract total to $545,817.50.
The motion, made by Commissioner Probst and seconded by Commissioner Macker, authorized the additional public-engagement work and specified that all expenses will be paid from the Safe Streets for All grant and a private donation from the Guerraman Family Foundation.
Bridal (Brian) Schilling, town and county pathways coordinator, told the board the amendment covers outreach needed to finish the plan. Steering-committee member Tim Young urged the board to expand the work beyond the Town of Jackson to county “villages” such as Teton Village, Aspens, Hoback Junction and Wilson. Schilling said that expansion would be a substantial scope increase and that the county and town will work with the consultant to scope any possible future expansion, including cost and schedule impacts.
County staff and the project team told commissioners that while reimbursement of work already awarded under the federal Safe Streets for All program appears secure, there is “massive uncertainty” around new, follow-on federal funding streams. "The general feeling is that money that's already been awarded will continue to be reimbursed," Schilling said, while noting that new applications or implementation funding requests may face more uncertainty.
Why it matters
The Safe Streets for All plan is intended to produce a comprehensive safety action plan guiding investments in pathways, crossings and other infrastructure to reduce crashes and improve active-transportation connections for people walking and biking. The amendment covers additional public engagement to finish the plan and preserve the county's ability to request reimbursement under awarded grant funds.
Next steps
The county will complete the public-engagement tasks under the amended contract and continue discussions about the scope and cost of any countywide expansion of complete-streets planning.
