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Commission agrees to keep Safe Streets committee for supplemental planning grant
Summary
Commissioners signaled support to continue the original Safe Streets for All committee to manage the supplemental planning grant and staff said work will begin once the grant agreement is fully executed.
The commission agreed to keep the existing Safe Streets for All committee to manage the supplemental planning grant rather than forming a new committee. Staff said the federal award funds a supplemental routing and planning analysis — not construction — and the grant agreement must be executed before the project fully begins.
Staff outlined next steps: once the grant agreement is signed, the commission will issue an RFP for engineering services to perform a routing analysis to connect the Marquette Greenway Trail and Prairie Dooneland, and to study safety enhancements at high‑crash locations including the US‑20/149 intersection and parts of Old Porter Road. Staff offered to support the committee and to include broader stakeholders (National Park, businesses) as recommended by the program.
No formal vote was required tonight; commissioners said they were comfortable continuing with the existing committee pending confirmation from committee members.
What happens next Staff will await the fully executed grant agreement, then prepare an RFP for engineering services and expect periodic updates to the commission from the committee.
