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COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
TITLE:
APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT
ACCEPTING SAFE ROUTE TO
SCHOOL FEDERAL PROGRAM
GRANT FUNDS
CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
? As Recommended
? As Amended
? Ordinance on 1St Reading
? Ordinance on 2nd Reading
? Implementing Resolution
? Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting $338,900 in Safe Route To School Federal
Program grant funds into the Traffic System Management revenue account (Account No.
14817002-52000) and appropriating the same amount to the Traffic System Management
expenditure account (Account No. 14817611-66220) for the purpose of implementing a Safe Route
to School Project.
DISCUSSION
On August 24, 2011, the City Council authorized staff to submit a Federal Safe Route to School
(SRTS) grant application to fund a citywide pedestrian safety educational campaign. Caltrans,
which administers the SRTS program, approved funding in the amount $338,900 for the
educational program, with a nominal funding match of $40. In September 2012, the City received
authorization from Caltrans to proceed with the program.
Public Works Agency staff will conduct a three-year campaign to raise pedestrian safety
awareness to a new generation of school-age children, and to continue encouraging safety
practices for all pedestrians. The campaign's objective is to speak to 39 elementary schools, 15
neighborhoods, and six senior centers throughout the city. Staff recommends that this grant
funding be accepted and appropriated so that this needed safety campaign can be completed.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Environmental review (NEPA determination) was conducted by Caltrans. The State has
determined that the project is a Categorically Exempt activity under Section 6004, 23CFR
771.117(c): activity (c)(1).
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Appropriation Adjustment Accepting Safe Route to School
Federal Program Grant Funds
November 19, 2012
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FISCAL IMPACT
The appropriation adjustment will recognize additional revenue of $338,900 in the Traffic System
Management revenue account (Account No. 14817002-52000) and appropriate the same amount
to the expenditure account (Account No. 14817611-66220). Required matching funds in the
amount of $40 is budgeted in the Measure M - Street Construction Fund, in Project 106704
(Account No. 03217660-66220).
APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
v
Rau odinez II
Executive Director
Public Works Agency
RG/TH
Francisco Gutierrez
Executive Director
Finance & Management Services Agency
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