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CC Resolution 13194 - Safe Streets for All Program Planning Grant Application RESOLUTION NO. 13194 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAMPBELL AUTHORIZING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PROGRAM PLANNING GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CAMPBELL COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC SAFETY ACTION PLAN WHEREAS, on October 6, 2022, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Board of Directors adopted the Countywide Local Roads Safety Plan (CLRSP) to provide participating Member Agencies with a framework for identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing roadway safety improvements on surface streets to reduce the number of fatal and severe injury collisions to zero deaths; and WHEREAS, Campbell was included in the CLRSP; and WHEREAS, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) established the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary program with $5 billion in appropriated funds over 5 years, 2022-2026; and WHEREAS, in February 2024, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Program; and WHEREAS, the SS4A Program supports the development of comprehensive safety action plans (referred to as an "Action Plans") that identify the most significant roadway safety concerns in a community and the implementation of projects and strategies to address roadway safety issues; and WHEREAS, there are two types of SS4A grants: 1) Planning and Demonstration Grants and 2) Implementation Grants; and WHEREAS, Planning and Demonstration Grants have a minimum to maximum award range of$100,000 to $10 million; and WHEREAS, Implementation Grants have a minimum to maximum award range of $2.5 million to $25 million; and WHEREAS, SS4A requires an eligible Action Plan to be in place before applying to implement projects and strategies; and WHEREAS, preparing a Campbell Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan would be consistent with the City's General Plan Action T-6.a; and WHEREAS, the Campbell Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan would seek to build upon the VTA's CLRSP; and WHEREAS, the SS4A Program Guidelines outline eight required Action Plan Components; and WHEREAS, the CLRSP did not include the level of public engagement and collaboration that the SS4A Program requires; and WHEREAS, the Campbell Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan would incorporate public engagement and collaboration; and WHEREAS, grant applications are due to the USDOT by August 29, 2024; and WHEREAS, for planning projects, a minimum SS4A grant request is $100,000 and a minimum 20% local match of non-federal dollars or $25,000 is required; and WHEREAS, staff recommends a combination of Vehicle Impact Fees and/or Gas Tax revenues to serve as the local match. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Campbell that the Public Works Director is hereby authorized to submit a SS4A grant application for Fiscal Year 2024 to the USDOT for the Campbell Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Campbell will provide a 20 percent local match for the Campbell Comprehensive Traffic Safety Action Plan with local matching funds from Vehicle Impact Fees and/or Gas Tax revenues to serve as the local match PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of August, 2024, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Bybee, Furtado, Scozzola, Lopez, Landry NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None • APPROVED: 0 AV I Susan M. Landry, or ATTEST: Andrea Sand , City Clerk