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Grant Project Ordinance for Safe Routes to School Grant
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to request that the Town Council adopt a grant project ordinance for the Safe Routes to School Non-Infrastructure Grant
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Finance
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, Planning Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918- 7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov; Arche McAdoo, Finance Director, 919-918 7439, AMcAdoo@carrboronc.gov; Langston Ramseur, Deputy Finance Director, 919-918-7345, lramseur@carrboronc.gov
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
This agenda item is necessary for the Town to enter into a municipal agreement with NCDOT to receive funding. Safe Routes to School is an important national program that promotes walking, biking, and rolling to school to encourage physical activity and healthy lifestyles at a young age, activities that further the Town's efforts toward Racial Equity and Climate Action.
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Information
INFORMATION: At the June 27, 2023 meeting, the Town Council approved a resolution to authorize the Town Manger to accept the award of a 2023 Safe Routes to School Non-Infrastructure grant and to enter into a municipal agreement with NCDOT (Town of Carrboro - Meeting of Town Council on 6/27/2023 at 7:00 PM (legistar.com). Funds from the grant will be used for consultant services to update the Town's adopted Safe Routes to School Strategic Action Plan to add Morris Grove Elementary School and McDougle Middle School to the plan, to update demographic information and to begin to conduct travel audits to inform possible walk/bike to school routes. The existing plan may be found here:
). Carrboro staff will also continue to work with staff at the Town of Chapel Hill and the Chap...
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