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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originating Department: <br />Presented By: <br />A.genda Item No.: <br />11 /06/09 <br />Council Date: <br />City Manager <br />Kevin Carruth <br />18. <br />11 /09/09 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Move to approve a resolution approving an application to the Texas Department of Transportation Safe <br />Routes to Schools Infrastructure Grant Program and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and <br />execute all necessary documents. <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />Grant application; Infrastructure development <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Safe Routes to Schools Infrastructure Grant Program <br />provides up to $500,000 to develop the infrastructure to connect schools to trails so that school children <br />have a safe environment to ride or walk to school. The proposed project will connect Justiss Elementary <br />and Crocket Middle School to the Trail de Paris and follows the Safe Routes to School Master Plan <br />previously adopted by the City and funded through another TxDOT grant last year. This project is in <br />cooperation with the Paris Independent School District. <br />BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Resolution; Draft application <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />$ <br />❑ Department Report ❑ Resolution <br />Budgeted Amt. <br />$ <br />❑ Presentation Z Ordinance <br />y'I'D Actual <br />$ <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />Z Administration Z Ciry Cletk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court Z Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />City of Paris 0 17 5 Revised 2/04/08 <br />