HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 10-20 LRSP GrantRESOLUTION NO. 10-20
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF MORRO BAY, CALIFORNIA
AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR, AND RECEIPT OF, A LOCAL
ROAD SAFETY PLAN (LRSP) GRANT THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS), DISTRICT 5
THE CITY COUNCIL
City of Morro Bay, California
WHEREAS, Federal regulations require each State has a Strategic Highway Safety Plan
(SHSP), and
WHEREAS, An SHSP is a statewide data -driven traffic safety plan that coordinates the
efforts of a wide range of organizations to reduce traffic accident fatalities and serious injuries
on all public roads, and
WHEREAS, The SHSP addresses the 4Es of traffic safety: Engineering, Enforcement,
Education, and Emergency Services, and
WHEREAS, the SHSP is used as a statewide approach for improving roadway safety,
and a Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) can be a means for providing local and rural road owners
with an opportunity to address unique, highway safety needs in their jurisdictions while
contributing to the success of the SHSP, and
WHEREAS, the process of preparing an LRSP creates a framework to systematically
identify and analyze safety problems and recommend safety improvements, and
WHEREAS, Preparing an LRSP facilitates the development of local agency partnerships
and collaboration, resulting in a prioritized list of improvements and actions that can
demonstrate a defined need and contribute to the statewide plan, and
WHEREAS, the LRSP provides a framework for organizing stakeholders to identify,
analyzeI and prioritize roadway safety improvements on local and rural roads. The process of
developing an LRSP can be tailored to local protocols, needs, and issues, and
WHEREAS, beginning April 2020 the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)
Cycle 11 will preference having an LRSP, or its equivalent, when considering applications for
federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funds, and
WHEREAS, beginning April 2022 the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)
Cycle 11 will require an LRSP, or its equivalent, to be eligible to apply for federal Highway
Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funds, and
WHEREAS, to assist local agencies developing their safety plans, a total of $10 million
from the HSIP was set aside and exchanged for state funds, and
WHEREAS, the HSIP funds will be awarded to the applicants on a "first come first
serveIf basis. Caltrans will continue to accept applications as long as the funding is available.
hereby:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Morro Bay
1. Authorizes and directs the Public Works Director to apply for, and submit an
application to the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), District 5
for, a Local Road Safety Plan (LRSP) Grant not to exceed $72,000.
2. Authorizes and directs the Public Works Director to execute a Local Road Safety
Plan (LRSP) Grant application, and any amendments thereto, on behalf of the
City of Morro Bay.
3. Authorizes the expenditure of up to $7,200 in City Transportation Impact Fees or
the appropriate amount of in -kind services for the required 10 percent match.
4. Authorizes and directs the Public Works Director to implement the preparation of
the LRSP upon receipt of such grant funding.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Morro Bay, at a regular meeting
held on this 28th day of January 2020 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
Headding, Addis,
None
None
SW�CNSON, City Clerk
Davis, Heller, McPherson