Res 2014-13
RESOLUTION NO. 2014 - 13
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE APPLICATION FOR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS
INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS FOR IMPROVED BIKE/PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO
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FRIDLEY MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS ON 7 STREET
WHEREAS, Section 1404 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users Act (SAFETEA-LU) created the Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS)
program in 2005; and
WHEREAS, SRTS funding from the Federal Highway Administration is administered by the
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), which is soliciting proposals from state aid
cities for infrastructure projects that improve the built environment to promote bicycling and
walking within two miles of schools for students in grades K-12; and
WHEREAS, it is a common goal of the Fridley School District ISD 14 and the City of Fridley to
improve safety, reduce vehicle traffic, reduce fuel consumption, and reduce air pollution in the
vicinity of our schools; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fridley is using the previous round of SRTS infrastructure funds it was
granted to provide secure bicycle parking areas at the Fridley Middle School and sees the need to
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complete those improvements with safe bike trail access along 7 Street to the Fridley
Middle/High School complex;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Fridley chooses to be a Project
Sponsor for a SRTS project that would install safe walk/bicycle access to the Fridley Middle and
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High Schools from the south along 7 Street south to Medtronic Parkway and hereby agrees to
assume full responsibility for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of property
and facilities related to the aforementioned transportation enhancement project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City of Fridley act as the fiscal agent for this Safe
Routes to School (SRTS) Project within the City of Fridley and acknowledges herewith that it is
willing to be the project sponsor knowing full well that such sponsorship includes a willingness
to secure and guarantee the local share of costs associated with this project and responsibility for
seeing this project through to its completion, with compliance of all applicable laws, rules and
regulations.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEYTHIS
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27 DAY OF JANUARY 2014.
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SCOTT J. LUND - MAYOR
ATTEST:
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DEBRA A. SKOGEN - CITY CLERK