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<br /> <br /> CSJ # <br /> District # <br /> Code Chart 64 # <br /> Project: <br /> CFDA # <br /> STATE OF TEXAS § <br /> <br /> COUNTY OF TRAVIS § <br /> <br /> ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT <br /> FOR A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT <br /> <br /> This Advance Funding Agreement for a safe routes to school project (the Agreement) <br /> is made by and between the State of Texas, acting by and through the Texas Department of <br /> Transportation, hereinafter called the "State", and the City of Paris, acting by and through <br /> its duly authorized officials, hereinafter called the "Local Government." <br /> <br /> WITNESSETH <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Local Government prepared and submitted to the State an application for <br /> consideration under the Safe Routes to School Program for the project which is briefly <br /> described as City of Paris Safe Routes Infrastructure Improvements, hereinafter called <br /> the Project; and <br /> WHEREAS, federal law establishes federally funded programs for transportation <br /> improvements, including safe routes to school programs, to implement its public purposes; <br /> and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Title 23 U.S.C. §134 requires that Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the <br /> States' Transportation Agencies to develop transportation plans and programs for urbanized <br /> areas of the State; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code, §201.614 directs the State to establish the <br /> Safe Routes to School Program to enhance safety in and around school areas through a <br /> construction program designed to improve the bicycle and the pedestrian safety of school <br /> age children; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Texas Administrative Code Title 43, Part 1, Chapter 25, Subchapter I, §25.500 <br /> - 25.505 directs the State to implement the Safe Routes to School Program to enhance <br /> safety in and around school areas through a comprehensive program designed to improve <br /> the bicycle and pedestrian safety of school age children; encourage a healthy and active <br /> lifestyle from an early age; enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, <br /> to walk and bicycle to school; and to facilitate projects and activities that will improve safety <br /> and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air pollution in the vicinity of schools; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, federal and state laws require local governments to meet certain contract <br /> standards relating to the management and administration of State and federal funds; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Commission passed Minute Order 112268 awarding <br /> funding for projects in the 2009 Program Call, including the Project; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the rules and procedures for the selection and administration of the Safe <br /> Routes to School Program are established in 43 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §§25.500 <br /> et seq.; and <br /> AFA_AFA_SafeRts2School Page 1 of 14 EXHIBIT L 07/07/10 <br /> <br /> 55 <br />