09 - 2019 Safe Routes to School Grant ApplicationItem No. 9
TO: Mayor & City Council
John Godwin, City Manager
FROM: Carla Easton, PE, City Engineer
SUBJECT: 2019 TxDOT SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL APPLICATION — PINE MILL
ROAD SIDEWALKS
DATE: August 2, 2019
BACKGROUND: TxDOT has issued a call for projects for the 2019 Transportation Alternatives
Set -Aside (TA) and Safe Routes To School (SRTS) grant programs, which provide funding for
projects that enhance pedestrian safety, access, or mobility while connecting important community
destinations such as schools, places of employment, and recreational areas.
In April of this year the city submitted a preliminary grant application under the SRTS program to
construct concrete sidewalks along Pine Mill Road, connecting 3 residential neighborhoods to
Aikin Elementary School. The proposed project cost is $350,000, and if awarded, the SRTS grant
will cover 100%.
STATUS OF ISSUE: The preliminary application was accepted by TxDOT, and it is now time to
submit a detailed application for the proposed project. A resolution of support is required for the
application.
BUDGET: NA
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the resolution of support for the 2019 SRTS grant application.
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS APPLICATION
TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S 2019
TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES SET-ASIDE (TASA) / SAFE ROUTES
TO SCHOOL -INFRASTRUCTURE (SRTS) CALL FOR PROJECTS, GRANT
NUMBER 3921101.
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) issued a call for
projects in February 2019 for communities to apply for funding assistance through the
Transportation Alternatives Set -Aside (TASA) and/or Safe Routes to School -Infrastructure
(SRTS) Programs; and
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2019, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas approved
Resolution 2019-019 authorizing the submission of application for Project Safe
Neighborhoods Program, FY 2020, Grant Number 3921101; and
WHEREAS, the TASA funds may be used for construction of pedestrian and/or bicycle
infrastructure. The TASA funds require a local match comprised of cash plus in-kind
contributions, if any. As the Project Sponsor, the Local Government would be responsible for
all non -reimbursable costs and 100% of overruns, if any, for TASA funds; and
WHEREAS, the SRTS funds may be used for development of plans, specifications, and
estimates; environmental documentation; and construction of pedestrian and/or bicycle
infrastructure. The SRTS funds do not require a local match. As the Project Sponsor, the City
of Paris would be responsible for all non -reimbursable costs and 100% of overruns, if any,
for SRTS funds; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in
all things approved.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Paris, Texas supports funding Project Safe
Neighborhoods Program, FY2020, as described in the Local Government's 2019 TASA/SRTS
Detailed Application (including the construction budget, TxDOT's administrative cost, and
the required local match, if any) and is willing to commit to the project's development,
implementation, construction, maintenance, management, and financing. The city council of
the City of Paris, Texas, is willing and able to authorize, by resolution or ordinance, the City
of Paris, Texas to enter into an agreement with TxDOT should the project be selected for
funding.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 12th day of August, 2019,
Steven J. Clifford, M.D., Mayor
ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephanie H. Harris, City Attorney