To: Dale K. Weighill, Community & Economic Development Committee Chairperson
From: Derek Bradshaw, Director of Planning
title
RE: Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Contract Approval
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Staff is requesting approval to enter into a contract with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in the amount of $515,000 (Acct. #2324-734.01-804.000) and for the attached contract to be signed by Genesee County Board of Commissioners Chairperson Ellen Ellenburg.
BACKGROUND:
Safe Streets for All (SS4A) is a new federal program established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The program funds initiatives preventing roadway deaths and serious injuries. The program supports the development of a Safety Action Plan. This plan will identify the most significant safety concerns in communities and appropriate strategies for remedying safety issues on roadways. Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission was awarded a $412,000 Safe Streets for All federal grant with a local match of $103,000 for a total of $515,000.
DISCUSSION:
Funds will be used to hire a consultant and prepare a Safe Streets for All Action Plan. This will serve as the County’s Safety Action Plan and assist Genesee County in achieving the Toward Zero Death vision laid out by FHWA. The action plan will provide access to over a billion dollars annually in implementation grant funding to implement the strategies and projects defined in the Action Plan.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
N/A
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Funding in the amount of $103,000 is represented in the FY 2024 Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission budget.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
N/A
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
N/A
IMPACT ON INDIRECT COSTS:
N/A
IMPACT ON OTHER COUNTY DEPARTMENTS OR OUTSIDE AGENCIES:
N/A
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Director of Planning to authorize entering into a grant agreement between Genesee County and the Federal Highway Administration (FWHA), in the amount of $515,000.00 (2324-734.01-804.000); $412,000.00 of which is a federal grant and $103,000.00 of which is a local match, to prepare a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Action Plan that will serve as the County’s Safety Action Plan and assist Genesee County in achieving the Toward Zero Death vision laid out by the FWHA, is approved (copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the September 6, 2023, meeting of the Community and Economic Development Committee of this Board), and the Chairperson of the Board is authorized to execute the agreement on behalf of Genesee County.