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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07832ORDINANCE NO. 7832 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A "SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL" CONTRACT, NO. SRTS, M086 -051 (16511), BETWEEN THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY OF PUEBLO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ESTABLISHING CAPITAL PROJECT NO. DT0804, BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF $108,338 THEREFOR, AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL TO EXECUTE SAME BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: SECTION 1: The Contract between Pueblo, a Municipal Corporation, and the State of Colorado, for the use and benefit of the State Department of Transportation for SRTS M086 -051, (16511) (hereinafter referred to as the "Contract "), a copy of which is attached hereto, having been approved as to form by the City Attorney, is hereby approved. The President of City Council is authorized to execute the Contract in the name of the City and the City Clerk is directed to affix the seal of the City thereto at attest same. SECTION 2: Project No. DT0804 is hereby established in the Transportation Grants special revenue fund. The amount of $108,338 is hereby budgeted and appropriated in said project. SECTION 3: This Ordinance will become effective upon final passage and approval. INTRODUCED June 23. 2008 BY Vera Ortegon Councilperson PD ATTESTED aY: CLEW PASSED AND APPROVED: July 14. 2008 Urd -. - 793z PED D � ED Background Paper for Proposed ORDINANCE q AGENDA ITEM # J DATE: June 23, 2008 DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR — DANIEL E. CENTA, P.E. ltktR= AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A "SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL" CONTRACT, NO. SRTS M086 -051, (16511), BETWEEN THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY OF PUEBLO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ESTABLISHING CAPITAL PROJECT NO. DT0804, BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF $108,338 THEREFOR, AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL TO EXECUTE SAME ISSUE Shall City Council approve a contract with the Colorado Department of Transportation, SRTS M086 -051, (160511). Approval of Ordinance BACKGROUND The City's Transportation and Planning Departments worked with Hellbeck Elementary to secure a safe routes to school grant through the Colorado Department of Transportation. The safe routes to school grant program is designed to be a cooperative process between the Municipality and the School District with a common goal of providing safe alternatives for children walking and biking to school. The Hellbeck Elementary School project installs sidewalk, curb ramps, intersection bumpouts and establishes bike routes in the neighborhood. FINANCIAL IMPACT The grant is 100% federally funded; there is no financial impact to the City of Pueblo