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Council authorizes staff to apply for supplemental Safe Streets grant funding
Summary
The council unanimously authorized staff to apply for supplemental Safe Streets for All funding to define priority projects and improve prospects for implementation grants, directing the mayor to sign required grant documents.
The Fremont City Council voted 7–0 to authorize staff to apply for supplemental Safe Streets (SS4A) funding aimed at defining priority projects and strengthening future implementation grant applications.
"We would like to apply for that in order to better define some priority projects," Angie Olsen, the city's grant coordinator, said, adding that having an action plan in place strengthens competitive grant applications by showing the engagement and research already completed. She told the council supplemental funding could be followed later by implementation grants.
Council members discussed grant matches and whether new priorities would displace previously approved projects. Anna Allen, the city engineer, said the city can mirror existing projects with the safety plan so grants can help fund work the city already plans to do. The authorization was passed as Resolution 2026-119 with a 7–0 vote; the motion also authorized the mayor to sign necessary grant documents.
