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Agmt PW 43-60-23 with USDOT to receive Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Program grant funds to develop a Hennepin County Toward Zero Deaths Action Plan; (county recv: $240,000 Federal Aid)
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Administrator be authorized to execute Agreement PW 43-60-23 with the United States Department of Transportation to receive Safe Streets and Roads for All Program grant funds to develop a Hennepin County Toward Zero Deaths Action Plan at a county receivable of $240,000; that upon review and approval by the County Attorney's Office, the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the agreement on behalf of the county; and that the Controller be authorized to receive and disburse funds as directed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the sponsorship and acceptance of grant funding for this program by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners does not imply a continued funding commitment by the county for this program when grant funds are no longer available.
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Background:
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law established the new Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) discretionary program with $5 billion in grants available over a five-year period (2022 - 2026). The program funds regional, local, and tribal initiatives to prevent roadway deaths and serious injury crashes. The SS4A funding is awarded on a competitive basis to projects that have a significant local or regional impact. The county will use the SS4A planning grant award to develop the Hennepin County Toward Zero Deaths Action Plan.
Hennepin County previously entered into agreements with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for smaller state grants totaling $75,000 during the 2019 through 2020 timeframe to continue development of a county roadway safety program with the goal of reducing and eventually eliminating fatal and serious injury crashes on county roadways (Agreement PW 23-40-19 (Resolution 19-0202) and Agreement PW 36-40-...
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