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Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Enter Into Agreements With the Federal Highway Administration and the North Carolina Department of Transportation for the Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant for the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization to Complete a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan
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LEGISLATIVE INTENT/PURPOSE:
WHEREAS, using federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ("IIJA") funding, the Federal Highway Administration ("FHWA") established the new Safe Streets and Roads for All ("SS4A") discretionary program, with $5 billion to be dispersed over the life of the program; and,
WHEREAS, SS4A funds are to be awarded on a competitive basis to support planning, infrastructure, behavioral, and operational initiatives to prevent death and serious injury on roads and streets involving all roadway users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, public transportation, personal conveyance, micro-mobility users, motorists, and commercial vehicle operators; and,
WHEREAS, the SS4A program provides funding for the completion of action plans and implementation, and to access the implementation funding, a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan ("CSAP") meeting United States Department of Transportation ("USDOT") standards must first be completed; and,
WHEREAS, the estimated cost to complete a CSAP for the Wilmington Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's ("WMPO") planning area is $500,000, and the WMPO applied for and was awarded $400,000 to complete a CSAP; and,
WHEREAS, the grant provides 80% federal funding and requires a 20% local match; and,
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation ("NCDOT") is not an eligible applicant for the SS4A grant, but has committed to provide $50,000 in funding as a local match and the WMPO's adopted FY 24 budget included the remaining $50,000 from our member jurisdictions, which funds have been carried forward in the FY25 budget; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Wilmington is the Lead Plann...
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