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Request to Authorize the Town Manager to Accept a Safe Routes to School Non-Infrastructure Grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is for the Town Council to consider authorizing the Town Manager to accept the award of a 2023 Safe Routes to School Non-Infrastructure Grant from the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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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
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
This agenda item is necessary for the Town to accept the award of the grant and 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. Racial Equity Pocket Questions are completed in Attachment B. ]
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Information
INFORMATION: On April 12, 2023, staff received notice that the Town's application for a 2023 Safe Routes to School Non-Infrastructure grant had been selected for funding. The Town has been awarded a grant of $89,349 with no required local match.
Funds from the grant will be used to update the Town's adopted Safe Routes to School Strategic Action Plan, to include Morris Grove Elementary School and McDougle Middle School, update demographic information and begin to conduct travel audits to inform possible walk/bike to school routes. The adopted plan may be found here: https://www.carrboronc.gov/741/Safe-Routes-to-School). Carrboro staff will continue to work with staff at Chapel Hill and the Chapel Hill Carrboro City School System (C...
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