2010-093 RES APPROVING AN ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS AND TXDOT FOR CHILDREN TO WALIK TO SCHOOL

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