Board of Estimate & Contract:
RESOLVED, that an ordinance adopted by the City Council on December 23, 2024, and signed by the Mayor on December 24, 2024, authorizing the Mayor to Accept Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Federal Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation and to Create a Road Safety Action Plan for the City of Mount Vernon - ($296,000 SS4A grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The City is further authorized to provide the required $74,000 matching funds, which shall be funded through the Department of Public Works Expense Code A5110-433); be, and the same is hereby approved.
City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO ACCEPT SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR
ALL (SS4A) FEDERAL GRANT FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND TO
CREATE A ROAD SAFETY ACTION PLAN FOR
THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON
Whereas, by letter dated December 16, 2024, the Department of Planning and Community Development Commissioner requested legislation authorizing the Mayor to accept the $296,000 SS4A grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The City is further authorized to provide the required $74,000 matching funds, which shall be funded through the Department of Public Works Expense Code A5110-433; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon has been awarded a grant in the amount of $296,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) as part of the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) federal grant program; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon seeks to use the grant funds to create a Road Safety Action Plan as an essential first step toward meeting its goal of being a zero-fatality city; and
Whereas, local data demonstrates an increasing need for a Road Safety Action Plan, as Mount Vernon experienced a 19% annual increase in traffic accidents in 2022, as reported by the Fire Department of Mount Vernon in 2023; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon, through its Departments of Planning, Community Develo...
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