To: Dr. Beverly Brown, Community & Economic Development Committee Chairperson
From: Derek Bradshaw, Director
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RE: Genesee County Transportation Safety Action Plan Consultant Contract Approval
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BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Staff is requesting approval to enter into a contract with AECOM Great Lakes, Inc. in the amount of $483,558.00 (Acct. #2323-734.01-804.000) and for the attached contract to be signed by Genesee County Board of Commissioners Chairperson James Avery.
BACKGROUND:
Safe Streets for All (SS4A) is a new federal program established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). The program funds initiatives preventing roadways 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 Safe Streets for All federal grant in 2023.
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 Transportation Safety Action Plan. The consultant will provide project set-up, administration, public agency and stakeholder engagement, data collection, safety analysis, strategy and grant application development, and a final report. 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:
No impact on human resources.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Funding in the amount of $483,558.00 is represented in the FY 2025 Genesee County Metropolitan Planning Commission budget.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
No impact on facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
No impact on technology.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This project serves Genesee County’s priority of Healthy, Livable, and Safe Communities by addressing current and future road safety concerns and providing solutions for reducing roadway fatalities and injuries.
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 contract between Genesee County and AECOM Great Lakes, Inc. (AECOM), at a cost not to exceed $483,558.00 to be paid from account 2323-734.01-804.000, whereby AECOM will prepare a Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Action Plan that will serve as the County’s Transportation Safety Action Plan that will identify the most significant safety concerns in communities and appropriate strategies for remedying safety issues on roadways, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the official records of the August 14, 2024 meeting of the Community and Economic Development Committee of this Board), and the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute the contract on behalf of Genesee County.