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URANUE CUUN'rY' <br />GUARD OF CUMMISSIUNERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December ~, 2DD?' <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Safe Raines to School Action Plan A lication <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections .PUBLIC HEARING: YIN} <br />ATTACHMENTS}: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Resolution of Support and Administration Karen Lincoln, 2452594 <br />Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br />PURPOSE: To endorse a Resolution of Support and Administration to sponsor an application <br />far a North Carolina Safe Routes to School Action Plan Service Award to develop a multiple <br />schools Action Plan for New Grady Brown Elementary School, Stanford Middle School and <br />Cameron Park Elementary School. <br />BACI~GRUUND: The 2oD5 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A <br />Legacy far Users ~SAFETEA-LU}federal transportation legislation established the Safe Routs <br />to School SRTS} Program, a federally~funded grant reimbursement program, to provide an <br />opportunity for communities to improve conditions for bicycling and walking to school. The <br />North Carolina Department of Transportation ~NCDOT} has set aside $3DD,DDD SRTS dollars to <br />assist communities in preparing Action Plans to address active travel to schools serving <br />Kindergarten ~-Grade S. Each SRTS Action Plan must address engineering, education, <br />encouragement, enforcement and evaluation. The plan will provide a framework to <br />systematically identify obstacles to safe travel and~then identify solutions and prioritize their <br />implementation. Any state, lvcal,~and regional agency, including nonprofit organizations, that <br />can demonstrate the ability to meet the requirements of the federal SRTS program is eligible to <br />apply for an Action Plan. <br />The Action Plan Service Award program is unlike other NCDOT SRTS grants. in that it is not a <br />reimbursement program. The NCDOT will assign a qualified consultant under contract with <br />NCDOT to work with recipients of Action Plan Service Awards, and will directly compensate <br />consultants according to an agreed upon scope of work and agreed upon fee ~$15,DDD <br />$3D,DDD}. This is a competitive program and requires support of local government, schools, <br />school board, .the Metropolitan Planning Organization, and other stakeholder and partners <br />teachers, parents} committed to making changes required to get mare children walking and <br />biking to school. <br />The lead agencylsponsor must be able to enter into an award agreement with NCDOT and is <br />responsible for the following tasks: <br />® Lead and coordinate public meetings; <br />® Provide start-up materials maps, other information}; <br />Provide meeting venues; and <br />