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| DATE:
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8/5/2013 7:00:00 PM |
| SUBJECT: |
| Council Consideration of a Resolution Authorizing the Filing of an Application for Funding Under the Wyoming Transportation Enhancement Activity Program - (TEA) Program, Administered by the Wyoming Department of Transportation. |
| BACKGROUND: |
| In December of 2011, the City Council approved a Resolution to authorize a Safe Routes to School Program grant application to the WYDOT. The grant was awarded which allowed Gillette to contract with KLJ Engineering. KLJ prepared a report analyzing the problems and develop solutions to increase opportunities for students who walk or use a bicycle to travel to their schools. The report, titled Safe Routes to School Travel Plans for the City of Gillette, Campbell County School District, Campbell County and the Town of Wright in May of 2013 (the Safe Routes Plan), identified specific school crossings which would increase the safety of students traveling to schools if the signals for those crossings were improved. The Transportation Enhancement Activity (TEA) grant application that is before the Council for approval, seeks funding from WYDOT to enhance 17 crossings for 9 schools within Gillette, that were identified in the Safe Routes Plan. |
| SUGGESTED MOTION: |
| I move for the Approval of a Resolution authorizing the filing of an application for funding under the Wyoming Transportation Enhancement Activity Program- (TEA) Program, administered by the Wyoming Department of Transportation. |
| STAFF REFERENCE: |
| Charlie Anderson, City Attorney |
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