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Consultant outlines Safe Streets action-plan process, grant funding and public engagement
Summary
Kimley-Horn told Saginaw council the Safe Streets action plan will use crash data to identify countermeasures, is funded primarily by an SS4A planning grant with a $230,000 project cost and 20% local match, and will rely on task-force meetings, online maps and pop-up events for public input.
Pete Kelly, project manager with engineering firm Kimley-Horn, presented the cityfs Safe Streets action-plan kickoff, describing project scope, timeline and engagement methods. He said the planning phase is estimated at $230,000 with the Federal Highway Administration administering an SS4A (Safe Streets for All) planning grant that requires a 20% city match.
Kelly outlined the planfs purpose: collect crash data and maps, identify specific countermeasures (engineering, policy or systemic changes), form a task force of city staff and community representatives and hold four task-force meetings during the process. Public engagement will include two online surveys, an interactive map to allow residents to flag problem locations, and targeted pop-up events at existing community gatherings rather than stand-alone town halls. Staff and Kelly said they expect to return a draft plan for council adoption in the fall, with final adoption targeted for October, and noted that an implementation grant would be a separate competitive phase if the city wishes to pursue construction funding.
Council members asked about task-force composition (staff, school-district representatives, emergency services and citizens), budget sources for implementation, and timeline. Kelly and staff confirmed the city would be competitive for additional state grants if the action plan is in place and reiterated that the planning grant carries a 20% local match.
