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Home My WebLink About6.p. 2012 Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Grant Applications�OSEMOU r 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CITY COUNCIL City Council Meeting Date: February 5, 2013 AGENDA ITEM: 2012 Safe Routes to School AGENDA SECTION: Infrastructure Grant Applications Consent PREPARED BY: Jason Lindahl, AICP AGENDA NO. Planner ATTACHMENTS: Resolution, Rosemount Elementary and Middle Schools Project Map and APPROVED BY: Estimate, Shannon Park Elementary Project Map and Estimate RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to Approve a Resolution Authorizing Submission of the City's 2012 Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Grant Applications for trail, sidewalk, and crosswalk improvements near Shannon Park Elementary and the Rosemount Elementary and Middle School campus. SUMMARY In coordination with Independent School District (ISD) 196, City staff has prepared two Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Grant applications. The proposed improvements were specifically identified in the 2010 Safe Routes to School Plans for Shannon Park Elementary, Rosemount Elementary and Rosemount Middle Schools. These applications have the full support of ISD 196 Superintendent Jane Berenz, the principals of each school, the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Rosemount Area Business Council. Furthermore, they are consistent with the City Council's 2012 Infrastructure and Sustainability goals as well as the goals of the Active Living chapter of the City's Comprehensive Plan and Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan. Should the City receive these grants, funds from the Safe Routes to Schools program would reimburse the City for 100 percent of the project costs. The first grant application is for $137,500 and would fund improvements near Rosemount Elementary and Middle Schools. It calls for installation of an 8' wide sidewalk directly abutting the curb along 144`h Street West from Chili Avenue to Cameo Avenue. The second grant in the amount of $128,750 would fund improvements near Shannon Park Elementary School. It calls for construction of an 8' wide bituminous trail connecting the City's existing trail along Shannon Parkway to the south side of the school campus and an LED crosswalk sign at Evermoor Parkway and Greggs Circle. Both projects would be located within City or School District property or existing public right -of -way. However, the sidewalk along 144`h Street West would be located within the public right -of -way directly in front of private residences. Should the City receive this grant, staff plans to conduct the typical public process to engage and inform residents along this portion of 144`' Street West about the project. BACKGROUND The Safe Routes to School program was created in Section 1404 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users Act (SAFETEA -LU). The legislation was signed into law on August 10, 2005, providing State departments of transportation with federal funding for the Safe Routes to School program. This program provides communities with the opportunity to improve the built environment and promote bicycling and walking to school with infrastructure and non - infrastructure projects. The goals of the program include: 1. Enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and bicycle to school. 2. Make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age. 3. Facilitate the planning, development and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption and air pollution in the vicinity of schools. Safe Routes to School grants provide 100 percent federal funding for infrastructure projects located within two miles of a school with students in grades K -8 ranging in cost from $100,000 to $300,000. Should the City receive these grants, funds from this program would reimburse the City for the costs of these projects. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends the City Council authorizes submission of two Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Grant applications for trail, sidewalk, and crosswalk improvements near Shannon Park Elementary and the Rosemount Elementary and Middle School campus. These projects have the full support of ISD 196 and are consistent with the City Council's 2012 Infrastructure and Sustainability goals as well as the Safe Routes to School, Active Living and Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plans. 2 CITY OF ROSEMOUNT DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION 2013- A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF THE CITY'S 2012 SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR TRAIL, SIDEWALK, AND CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS NEAR SHANNON PARK ELEMENTARY AND THE ROSEMOUNT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS WHEREAS, the federal Safe Routes to School program seeks to enable and encourage children to walk and bicycle to school; make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative; and facilitate the planning, development and implementation of projects and activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption and air pollution in the vicinity of schools; and WHEREAS, the Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Grants provide 100 percent federal funding for infrastructure projects located within two miles of a school with students in grades K -8 ranging in cost from $100,000 to $300,000; and WHEREAS, the Rosemount Elementary and Middle Schools grant application would fund installation of a sidewalk along 144`'' Street West from Chili Avenue to Cameo Avenue and a crosswalk at Chili Avenue; and WHEREAS, the Shannon Park Elementary School application would fund construction of a trail connecting the City's existing trail along Shannon Parkway to the south side of the school campus and an LED crosswalk sign at Evermoor Parkway and Greggs Circle; and WHEREAS, The proposed improvements were specifically identified in the 2010 Safe Routes to School Plan for Shannon Park Elementary, Rosemount Elementary and Rosemount Middle Schools; and WHEREAS, the proposed improvements are consistent with the Active Living chapter of Rosemount Comprehensive Plan as well as the City's Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan; WHEREAS, the proposed improvements are consistent with the City Council's 2012 Infrastructure and Sustainability goals; and WHEREAS, the Superintendent for Independent School District 196 and the principals of each of the three schools fully support both grant applications; RESOLUTION 2013 - NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Rosemount hereby authorizes submission of the City's 2012 Safe Routes to School Infrastructure Grant applications for Shannon Park Elementary, Rosemount Elementary and Rosemount Middle Schools. ADOPTED this 5`' day of February, 2013, by the City Council of the City of Rosemount. ATTEST: Amy Domeier, City Clerk William H. Droste, Mayor 2 a: ,,� t o cn 3 � • Y =h; / ct 0- E N vh t CL I - a i L L� m -1 ~ -6 -o (0 '- -- -- ,: 0 .j ♦ .4. i� ,r♦ 1. !t .' .0 �. -.. { o o '.•� p V Cn ., lk O U Q W iL `'`► ' U o a� a. 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T:\GIS\City\Maps \Departmental Maps \CommunityDevelopment\Shannon Park Elementary_Safe Routes to School- Infrastructure Project Cost Itemization Item No. Description Quantity Unit Price Total Cost 1 SALVAGE AND REINSTALL LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES 1 $10,000.00 $10,000.00 2 SITE GRADING 1 $30,000.00 $30,000.00 3 BITUMINOUS TRAIL 3750 $4.00 $15,000.00 6 SITE RESTORATION 5000 $5.00 $25,000.00 4 SOLAR POWERED LED PUSH BUTTON ACTIVATED CROSSWALK SIGNS 2 $10,000.001 $20,000.00 5 IREPLACE PEDESTRIAN RAMP 2 1 $1,500.001 $3,000.00 Shannon Park Elementary Trail Improvements: Subtotal + 25% Indirect Cost Shannon Park Elementary Trail Improvements: Total $103,000.00 $25,750.00 $128,750.00